Career Pathways and Professional Skills for PGT Students

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Careers and Professional Skills Sessions for PGT Students

Careers and Professional Skills Sessions are a Faculty-wide development programme for Arts and Humanities PGT students. Across the year, you’ll explore career options, build confidence and professional skills, and learn how to articulate what you can do - whatever direction you choose.

Why this matters

Postgraduate study in Arts and Humanities invites you to explore ideas in depth and engage with the world in transformative ways. Alongside your degree, this programme helps you translate your learning into a clear professional story, supporting skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creative problem‑solving.

What you’ll gain

By taking part, you will:

Explore a wide range of postgraduate destinations through real examples.
Learn how to identify and communicate your strengths and graduate attributes.
Build practical skills for applications, networking and career planning.
Connect with alumni, specialists and fellow PGT students across the Faculty

The sessions

Session 1: Real Stories, Real Pathways
Week 1, Term 1
Hear from Arts & Humanities alumni and work through a real-world scenario in small groups. Includes signposting to support on LinkedIn profiles and applications. Run by Careers and Enterprise.
Session 2: Pathways to PhD
Week 4, Term 1
A practical session on routes into doctoral study, what a PhD involves, and how to explore research careers, with input from staff and PGRs.
Session 3: Professional Skills: Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Skills
Week 1, Term 2
Supported by Venture Lab: develop an entrepreneurial mindset and transferable skills valued across sectors — including how to shape ideas, communicate value, and spot opportunities.
Session 4: Leadership and Creative Thinking
Week 5, Term 3
A reflective session focusing on articulating your skill-set, networking with purpose, and building confidence in what you offer.

Who delivers it

Sessions are delivered in collaboration with Faculty colleagues, Careers & Enterprise colleagues, and alumni contributors, providing both practical guidance and real-world perspectives.

How it connects to your degree

Your Arts and Humanities PGT programme combines a disciplinary core with opportunities to shape your direction through carefully curated elective modules. This skills programme complements that academic choice by supporting your future ambitions alongside your studies.

Explore all PGT elective modules available to you:

Shape your path in the Arts and Humanities

Across our 15 postgraduate taught programmes (PGT), our range of Postgraduate Taught elective modules offers the flexibility to create a degree that reflects your intellectual passions and your future ambitions.