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October 2024 University of Hertfordshire newsletter.

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This month's newsletter is a special edition!

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Hertfordshire Internships for postgraduate students.

Hertfordshire Internships

Our internships will empower students to take charge of their career and gain the skills needed to stand out amongst peers whilst bringing an additional element to their time studying at Herts.

What is a Hertfordshire Internship?

Hertfordshire Internships are remote opportunities personalised to each student and based within an organisation they are specifically matched to. These innovative host companies span over 18 career fields across the world, such as Engineering, Finance, Media, Legal, Computer Science, Green Tech, and much more! Developed on a flexible schedule, students will gain experience from a global team and develop the skills that employers are looking for in today’s market.

A Hertfordshire internship is a professional development, employability enrichment, and upskilling opportunity which involves taking a remote voluntary internship with a company. Instead of commuting or travelling, students complete the internship on their laptop in the comfort of their own working space.

Benefits of an internship

• Gain experience to improve career prospects and boost employability
• Build a network of global relationships
• Enjoy the flexibility of being able to fit the internship around studies and lifestyle
• Be supported by a team of professionals throughout the internship

• 1 in 4 Interns are offered further opportunities with their host company*

Criteria

Hertfordshire Internships are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Spaces are limited for our January intake. Please speak to your relevant country or regional manager for more information on how you can secure places for your students. To be eligible to apply for an internship, students need to be an offer holder for our January 2025 intake.

*Based on previous data

In other news

We have some exciting news about scholarships, discounted English tests and new awards for the University.

Our International Office and In Country teams also hosted a special guest on campus, one of King Charles’ personal representatives.

This newsletter includes;

• Hertfordshire Internships
• Scholarships for January
• King's Award presentation ceremony
• Discounted SELT
• Rookies

King's Award scholarship

Back by popular demand, our £2,000 King's Award scholarship is available for our January postgraduate offer holders.

Applicants on eligible courses need to pay their £5,000 deposit and have it received by Herts by the 30th November. Applicants should pay their deposit as soon as possible to secure their place on the programme.

Undergraduate applicants can claim the Tri-Annual scholarship.

In addition to the King's Award and Tri-Annual scholarships, applicants who can pay their first years tuition fee in full by 3rd February will receive a further £1,000 tuition fee reduction via our Full Payment Discount.

King's Award presentation ceremony

During a prominent ceremony held on College Lane campus, the University  was formally presented with a Grant of Appointment scroll and crystal trophy to affirm its status as a 2024 winner of the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Robert Voss, King Charles’ personal representative, presented Vice Chancellor Professor Quintin McKellar MBE with the official certificate and commemorative trophy, which officially acknowledges the University’s internationalisation strategy as being “one of the best in British business”.

Opened with dancing by the Herts’ Student Union’s Bhangra Society, the event also saw the University’s vast international team honoured for their hard work in achieving the accolade, which is considered the UK’s highest business honour, endorsed by both the Prime Minister and The King.

Discounted Skills for English: SELT tests

Applicants to the University of Hertfordshire can take advantage of a discount on Skills for English: SELT.  The discount is for 10% on B1 and B2 tests and 33% on C1 tests.

Access the SELT website via our link and the discount will be applied after you click ‘Pay for test’ on your account screen.

School of Creative Arts named best UK creative school

Herts School of Creative Arts has been ranked the best creative school in the UK in the 2024 Rookies Global School Rankings.

Showcasing the top 50 creative schools worldwide considered to be providing the “absolute best in creative education and excellence across all categories”, Herts was the top UK institute to be listed – coming two places above the University of Arts London - and ranked within the top 20 places to study creative arts in the world.

In addition to being recognised as the top creative institution in the UK, the School of Creative Arts' Animation courses achieved notable success in several categories:

• Best 2D Animation School in Europe and Number Two in the World
• Best 3D Animation School in the UK
• Best Concept Art School in the UK
• Best VFX School in the UK
• Number Two in the World for VFX Production Excellence

Considered the leading community for digital creatives, The Rookies formulated their rankings by using industry-leading professionals to review student art portfolios based on criteria that encompass creative skills, technical proficiency, presentation quality, diversity of skills, project complexity, raw talent, and employment potential.

Herts News

University of Hertfordshire awarded Silver Athena Swan Charter for gender equality

The University of Hertfordshire has been granted a prestigious Silver award in the Athena Swan Charter – one of only 38 institutions to receive the recognition.

Awarded by Advance HE and originally established in 2005, the Athena Swan Charter recognises the advancement of gender equality in science, technology, engineering, maths, medicine (STEMM), arts, humanities, social sciences, business, and law within higher education and research.

It promotes inclusivity for people of all gender identities and those facing intersectional inequalities, and its global framework helps institutions tackle structural inequalities, embed diversity and inclusion in their practices, and support the promotion of inclusive working environments.

The Silver Award, valid until September 2029, highlights the University’s ongoing commitment to gender equality.

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Herts professor leads survey of largest ever infrared map of the Galaxy

A University of Hertfordshire Professor of Astrophysics has played a leading role in mapping our Galaxy, the Milky Way.

Professor Philip Lucas, from Herts Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR) co-led an international survey team that has mapped over 1.5 billion objects in the Milky Way using infrared technology.

The research has just been published in the journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Mapping the Milky Way has taken some 13 years and involved an international range of research partners. These include the VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy), a European Southern Observatory (ESO) facility in Chile.

Beginning in 2010, these surveys required 420 nights of observation to capture around 200,000 images, monitoring over 1.5 billion celestial objects and generating 500 terabytes of scientific data. This represents the largest volume of data ever collected for an ESO observational project.

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