The Programme is rolled out over three years for undergraduate students:
(i) GET INVOLVED at Level 4
- Students complete a Self-Evaluation on arrival at LST to set expectations and begin to understand your call. We get you to think about who you are in Christ (identity); what fires up your faith (motivation) and where God is calling you (vocation). This evaluation forms a benchmark against which to track progress.
- A Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) helps you gather a body of evidence of vocationally- relevant experience across your undergraduate years.
- Students can undertake Practical Placement on either a curricular or extra-curricular basis.
ii) GET PLANNING at Level 5
- Students revisit and revise your Self-Evaluation with your Tutor on a 1-1 basis, using it to trigger helpful questions and challenges.
- Vocational Services run two vocational workshops to help students know yourself, clarify employer expectations, understand how your Theology-based degree meets those expectations, understand what vocational resources are available. We also think through what makes a good CV and covering letter, and reflect on interview techniques and the do’s and don’t’s of social media presence.
- Students are offered 1-1 sessions to review your CV and talk through specific vocational pathways and work experience, if appropriate through our Alumnus Mentoring Scheme.
- Students can undertake Practical Placement on either a curricular or extra-curricular basis.
- We encourage students to take advantage of our accrediting University, Middlesex’ online employability service, by registering with MDXworks (email mdxworks@mdx.ac.uk and request access, as a LST student. An adviser will create these login details for you.)
(iii) GET EMPLOYED at Level 6
- Students revisit the Self-Evaluation and PDP with your Tutor for a final push!
- A final vocational workshop covers any outstanding areas of student concern
- 1-1 vocational development sessions continue to be on offer
- Through the second semester live job ads are regularly distributed to all graduating students
- Students can undertake Practical Placement on either a curricular or extra-curricular basis.