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Experience Accelerator
The CSE Connect Experience Accelerator is a dynamic program designed to rapidly enhance the skills, knowledge, and practical experience of students, graduates, and career changers. Through a structured and concentrated set of resources, mentorship, and live project opportunities, it aims to fast-track the professional development and employability of its participants.
The CSE Connect Experience Accelerator is an intensive programme that demands extensive collaboration, independence, commitment and ownership to complete it successfully. The aims of the programme are:
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To bridge the gap between academic learning and practical industry-relevant skills.
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To accelerate the transition from learning to career advancement through intensive, focused experiences.
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Provide participants with access to workshops, courses, and seminars led by subject specialists.
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Offer live, real-world projects and challenges that allow participants to apply their learning in practical and impactful ways.
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Foster a community of collaboration, feedback, and support, enhancing learning experiences and network building.
Primary Aims
On successful engagement and completion of the full CSE Connect Experience Accelerator, participants can expect the following:
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Get practical experience, contextualise knowledge and skills acquired during your academic studies, within a real-world scenario.
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Collaborate on live projects as a member of a team, where projects are based on solving real problems, that require real solutions, that aim to have a real impact, on real people.
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Enhance your professional skills (e.g., problem-solving abilities, communication, teamwork, and time management).
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Expand your professional network through interactions with professionals, supervisors, project colleagues and the broader CSE Connect community.
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Evidence your achievements through a portfolio of tasks and activities that will help you develop a personal and compelling narrative for interviews and networking scenarios.
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Develop your professional profile by receiving a formal LinkedIn recommendation from CSE Connect and/or collaborating partners.
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Self-assess and explore your interests, strengths and weaknesses in a professional context, so that you can make informed decisions about your future career choices.
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Request professional references from project supervisors, collaborating colleagues or CSE Connect, which can strengthen your future job applications.
Benefits for students and graduates
Getting Started
Students and graduates can explore projects that are currently available here, and apply online. As part of the application process, you will need to meet with the project director.
Following a successful application you will be given access to our virtual learning environment, where requirements and administration of the programme are specified in detail. During the entirety of the programme you will have the opportunity to assemble a personalised portfolio as evidence of your activities and engagement with the programme. Your performance on the programme will be quantitatively scored and published to your private Activity Tracker profile page.