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What Do You Actually Do?
UoY Careers and Placements
Show • 90 episodes
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Find out what people actually do in their jobs, the skills they use and how they got there. A podcast from the Careers and Placements team at the University of York.
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Art appraisal with Leah Tharpe
Episode • Apr 30
Flora Palmer - Production & Operations at The Walt Disney Company
Episode • Mar 28
Working in International Development with Juany Murphy
Episode • Mar 25
Facilititating the recovery of lost and stolen art with the Art Loss Register
Episode • Feb 25
What do you actually do if you're graduating with a disability
Episode • Nov 20, 2024
A career in International Development with Laura Gravini-Rodriguez
Episode • Nov 6, 2024
Working at the UK Space Agency with Faz Kazmi
Episode • Oct 23, 2024
Engineering in the Nuclear Industry with Cezara Jalba
Episode • Oct 9, 2024
Media and Communications with Molly Watson
Episode • May 1, 2024
The Civil Service Science and Engineering Fast Stream with James Halpin
Episode • Apr 17, 2024
Client Account Management in Advertising with Izi Hutchinson
Episode • Mar 20, 2024
English grad to junior doctor: Graduate medicine and beyond, with Ian Henderson
Episode • Mar 6, 2024
Flirting with Algorithms with Harpal Sahota
Episode • Feb 21, 2024
Human-centred design in the cultural sector
Episode • Dec 6, 2023
Service Designer
Episode • Nov 22, 2023
Engineer at National Grid
Episode • Nov 8, 2023
Consultant in the heritage industry: helping galleries, theatres and museums
Episode • Oct 18, 2023
Placement year in recruitment 🧑💼
Episode • Oct 4, 2023
Climate Communications Consultant
Episode • Jun 7, 2023
Working in rail industry: life as an engineer at Network Rail
Episode • May 24, 2023
Senior Estate Manager - English Heritage
Episode • May 10, 2023
Investigative journalist
Episode • Apr 26, 2023
Speech and Language Therapist (SLT)
Episode • Mar 1, 2023
Executive producer in TV
Episode • Feb 15, 2023
Barrister
Episode • Feb 1, 2023
Imposter syndrome: how to deal with it in university, work and everyday life
Episode • Jan 18, 2023
Digital archaeologist and entrepreneur
Episode • Nov 16, 2022
Running a startup
Episode • Nov 2, 2022
Placement Year in the NHS
Episode • Oct 19, 2022
Journalism researcher at the BBC
Episode • Oct 5, 2022
Life as a CEO: running Cafédirect
Episode • Jun 8, 2022
Financial services
Episode • May 25, 2022
Working in international development
Episode • May 11, 2022
Student Internship Bureau special
Episode • Apr 27, 2022
What do you actually do if you're graduating in a global pandemic?!: 2022 edition
Episode • Mar 16, 2022
Environmental Consultant
Episode • Mar 2, 2022
University widening participation officer
Episode • Feb 16, 2022
Engineer - European Space Agency
Episode • Feb 2, 2022
Prison Officer (Unlocked Graduate scheme)
Episode • Jan 19, 2022
Thanks for listening this autumn - here's what's coming up in Spring term
Episode • Dec 1, 2021
Management Consultant
Episode • Nov 17, 2021
Film composer
Episode • Nov 3, 2021
Aldi Graduate Area Manager Programme
Episode • Oct 20, 2021
Civil Service Fast Stream
Episode • Oct 6, 2021
Six key questions you need to know the answers to if you’re graduating in 2021
Episode • Aug 23, 2021
That's it for another season - but stay tuned for a graduation special in August!
Episode • Jun 23, 2021
Training to be a lawyer, with Alex Stewart-Moreno
Episode • Jun 9, 2021
How to make a portfolio career work
Episode • May 26, 2021
Changing careers: switching heritage for accounting, with Alice Yevko
Episode • May 12, 2021
Working in heritage: In the archive in lockdown
Episode • Apr 28, 2021
Changing fast: working in agile project management, with Alison Critchley
Episode • Mar 17, 2021
English grad to junior doctor: Graduate medicine and beyond, with Ian Henderson
Episode • Mar 3, 2021
Running an advertising firm, with Luke D'Arcy
Episode • Feb 17, 2021
Exploring clinical science, with John Filby
Episode • Feb 3, 2021
Talking census: a career in genealogy, with Christina Copland
Episode • Jan 20, 2021
Leading innovation in the legal sector, with Alexander Malt
Episode • Dec 2, 2020
Making a splash, with Tom Pagett
Episode • Dec 2, 2020
From TV to tech, with Vivien Chung
Episode • Nov 4, 2020
Life as a social worker, with Bethany Pease
Episode • Oct 21, 2020
A career in corporate social responsibility, with Daniel Arda
Episode • Oct 7, 2020
What do you actually do if you're graduating in a global pandemic?!, with Tom Banham
Episode • Jun 17, 2020
Making Medicine, with Tom Ronson
Episode • Jun 3, 2020
Flirting with Algorithms, with Harpal Sahota
Episode • May 20, 2020
Starting a Startup, with Phil Daneshyar
Episode • May 6, 2020
Managing a University, with Charlie Jeffery
Episode • Apr 22, 2020
Writing for a living, with Lewis Lansford
Episode • Mar 11, 2020
Pollution is in the air, with Aiden Heeley-Hill
Episode • Feb 26, 2020
A day in the life of a BBC journalist, with Lucy Vladev
Episode • Feb 12, 2020
On the beat, with Ross Gehnich
Episode • Jan 29, 2020
Placement year in a political think tank, with Andrew Gloag
Episode • Jan 15, 2020
Calling the Midwife, with Jessica Allason
Episode • Dec 4, 2019
Making people's lives healthier, with Sam Thomas
Episode • Nov 20, 2019
Marketing in the museum, with Tasha McNaught
Episode • Nov 6, 2019
Managing the economic growth of York, with Alex Dochery
Episode • Oct 23, 2019
Get into book publishing, with Helen Barton
Episode • Oct 9, 2019
How to train your teacher, with Sarah Dagnell
Episode • Jun 12, 2019
Getting on a top grad scheme, with Lewis McDowell
Episode • May 29, 2019
Summer Internship: Make it yours! with Julia Hebron
Episode • May 15, 2019
Historical consulting for video games, with Nicholas Gliserman
Episode • May 1, 2019
Summer Internship: It's not easy being green, with Oscar Bentley
Episode • Apr 17, 2019
Being a project manager, with Laura Hallett
Episode • Mar 13, 2019
All roads lead to film-making, with Richard Knight
Episode • Mar 6, 2019
Pursuing your passions in the charity sector, with Cat Schroeter
Episode • Feb 26, 2019
Lecturing is the tip of the iceberg, with J.T. Welsch
Episode • Feb 20, 2019
I ❤ Compliance, with Kate Pyle
Episode • Feb 12, 2019
Getting involved with theatre, with John Tomlinson
Episode • Feb 5, 2019
Within and without the laboratory, with Stefan Sipika
Episode • Jan 29, 2019
Bringing social media into The Economist, with Adam Smith
Episode • Jan 22, 2019
From lecture theatres to film sets, with Hannah Greig
Episode • Jan 15, 2019
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Episode • Jan 7, 2019
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