School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Preparing for your future
Personal development
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Whilst studying with us you will be part of a large and active student community. This means you will have a range of opportunities to gain new skills and experiences alongside your academic study.
Arts degrees provide you with great skills for your career, whatever you want to go into. We provide a range of opportunities for you to discover the right career and prepare you to be a graduate that makes a difference.
Leeds for Life
We want all our students to get the best out of the whole experience of coming to study at the University of Leeds. We want Leeds students and graduates to be distinctive, to stand out from the competition by being able to demonstrate academic excellence and the skills and attributes that equip them for the challenges of the 21st century. Our Leeds for Life scheme encapsulates that aim; it's the way we view the Leeds University academic community to which you belong.
Leeds for Life will help you make the most of your time here, and help you see what's distinctive about a University of Leeds education, preparing you for a bright future outside the University.
With support from your personal tutor, the Leeds for Life scheme helps you:
- recognise what skills you are getting through your course
- identify what employers are looking for
- describe your skills and attributes more effectively
- find opportunities outside your course, to develop and add to your skills make the most of your personal tutorial sessions
Societies, volunteering, internships, sport, work-experience, project work - these are all opportunities which can provide you with really valuable experience and new or enhanced skills that will benefit you while you are at University and when you move on. Funding is available, through the Leeds for Life Foundation, to help you to undertake your own projects.
More information is available on the Leeds for Life website