Uni welcomes Careers representative from UNIST South Korea
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:28:00 GMT
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology come to Huddersfield for careers fact-finding visit
University of Huddersfield's Head of Careers and Employability Stephen Boyd [right] with Seungmin Baek Head of Careers from Ulsan's National Institute of Science and Technology.
A DELEGATION from one of the most go-ahead universities in South Korea chose the University of Huddersfield as its sole British stop-off on a fact-finding visit to Europe. It wanted to learn about careers advice and employability innovations at the UK’s University of the Year.
The visitors were from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), one of the top research-oriented universities in South Korea. It is based in a city that is home to industrial giants such as Hyundai and Samsung.
Founded in 2009, UNIST has developed rapidly, but offers just a basic careers advisory service. Its Head of Careers, Seungmin Baek, is determined to improve the service and decided to find out what is on offer at key universities in France, Switzerland and the UK. Impressed by Huddersfield’s new designation as University of the Year and aware of innovations made by its award-winning Careers and Employability Service, he added it to his itinerary.
On his visit to the University of Huddersfield, he met the Head of Careers and Employability, Stephen Boyd, who said: “Mr Baek wanted to visit institutions that had engaged in innovation”.
He and his colleagues visited the all-new Student Central building, in which the careers service is prominently placed.
“Mr Baek was impressed by the way that we build employability into the student experience, with a highly-visible profile in the new Student Central building,” said Mr Boyd.
The South Koreans were also shown the new My Career feature of the University’s Student Portal. This means that when students log on to their accounts they are offered interactive and personalised careers help, such as guidance on preparation for interviews and assessment centres.
Soon to start is a campus-wide campaign called Employable Me, and this initiative was also demonstrated to the South Koreans.
“We were delighted to welcome the visitors from UNIST and hope that we gave them plenty of food for thought,” said Mr Boyd.
