Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 15

The experience of starting up a business, and
overcoming its challenges, can provide you with
the opportunity to consider an alternative career
to being an employee.
Showing entrepreneurial spirit requires innovative
and creative flair as well as initiative, hard work,
determination, flexibility, time management and
strong communication skills – all transferable
skills that can help you to stand out from the
crowd when you’re starting out in the world
of work.
Whatever your motivation for getting involved
in enterprise, whether you’re ready to get going
now or at some stage in the future, we’re keen
to encourage as many of you as possible to
be engaged in entrepreneurial activities.
Keele University is here to help you get your
business dream off the ground.

Keele Internships – Your ticket
to a successful career

An internship provides you with valuable paid
work experience, allowing you to apply the
knowledge learnt as part of your studies/degree
in a real work situation. You will gain additional
workplace skills and be more employable, and
an internship can be the start of an exciting
graduate career! In 2014, over 70% of Keele
students/graduates doing an internship were
offered permanent or extended employment.

Working for a small to medium
sized business can give you an
even broader experience and
understanding of how a company
operates as you can be involved
in many different areas of that
business. Staffordshire offers a wealth of diverse
work opportunities, with an excellent central
location and easy access to many parts of the
UK. These employers look to Keele University for
talented students and graduates to help them
grow, which is where you come in!

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Student enterprise

Getting involved in enterprise activity at
university isn’t just about starting a business
– it’s also about learning and developing skills
that you may never have known you had and that
you can use inside and outside the workplace.

Many of the internships on offer to Keele
students and graduates have the potential to
turn into extended or permanent employment,
so what starts as an internship could be the start
of your dream career! Keele works hard to ensure
that opportunities on offer are with reputable
businesses, where you have the chance to make
a real difference. The businesses are looking for
fresh talent, and you are the UK’s next generation
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