Start Date: 28 December 2023 7:00 pm
End Date: 28 December 2023 10:00 pm
Location: Community Hub, Exton Park
Join us for some gentle modern boardgames and some snacks (feel free to bring along your favourite game and a snack – not sure we’ve time for Magic or Twilight Imperium!). Games will include things like Just One, Tsuro and possibly Exploding Kittens! or Calico.
Start Date: 13 February 2024 10:00 am
End Date: 13 February 2024 4:00 pm
Location: Creative Campus Kingsway
Did you know that the university holds its own licenced TEDx event?
For the past six years we have brought some amazing speakers to the stage in a transformed TEDx Studio at Creative Campus Kingsway in Chester.
This year the theme is: TEDxUoChester: Shaping Tomorrow This theme focuses on ideas and approaches which have potential to shape a future for better or worse. The event will invite the audience into a discussion about whether the world is improving in various fields. The goal is to encourage attendees to think critically and creatively to make sense of a changing, challenging and complex world.
There are strictly limited places for tickets as we can only have 100 people at the event. This event is EXCLUSIVELY for University of Chester students. Click here to apply for a ticket. Ticket applications close on 29 January 2024
To find out more and see past talks, please visit www.tedxuochester.com
Be part of the 100!
Start Date: 11 December 2023 11:30 am
End Date: 11 December 2023 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Join us for an in-person get together to mark the end of the calendar year and term 1 of the academic year. It will be an opportunity to make introductions, talk about the journey so far and there will be some festive fun thrown in! Click here to find the link to join the network and find out more.
Start Date: 6 December 2023 1:30 pm
End Date: 6 December 2023 2:30 pm
Location: Online
Join us for an online get together to mark the end of the calendar year and term 1 of the academic year. It will be an opportunity to make introductions, talk about the journey so far and there will be some festive fun thrown in! Click here to find the link to join the network and find out more.
Start Date: 14 December 2023 4:00 pm
End Date: 14 December 2023 5:00 pm
Location: Online
When the money for paid ads dries up, so does your outreach. Search Engine Optimisation, on the other hand, keeps your world spinning even when you’ve finished placing the groundwork.
In a discussion with Jade Berry, you’ll be given industry insights into how SEOs do their work so you can begin laying the foundation for your own digital ecosystem.
Start Date: 14 December 2023 2:00 pm
End Date: 14 December 2023 4:00 pm
Location: Online
Come and learn how to grow your followers on social media with some top tips from industry expert Becs Bate from Social Media Executive Ltd.
Becs will be showcasing the most effective ways of growing your followers, she’ll be demonstrating some hacks you can do on some of the platforms to encourage more followers.
Start Date: 14 December 2023 12:00 pm
End Date: 14 December 2023 2:00 pm
Location: Seaborne Library, Exton Park
Join us for our CDA Digital Skills Masterclass which is designed to amplify your digital skills in a dynamic two-hour masterclass that is beginner-friendly. The masterclass will help you complete the Digital Skills section of the CDA with the support of peers and career development professionals.
The objectives of the masterclass are:
· To understand the importance of digital skills and increase your digital proficiency.
· To familiarize yourself with Canva
· To create a simple hands-on digital project using Canva
· To develop a STAR example for the CDA Digital Skills Section.
What to Bring:
· [Optional] Laptop and charging cable.
· Your curiosity, creativity, and a readiness to elevate your digital skills!
Start Date: 13 December 2023 3:00 pm
End Date: 13 December 2023 6:00 pm
Location: Online
This social media marketing session is a short course for people who want to know what works and what doesn’t work on social media. We discuss how to cut through the noise and get the best out of social media without burning too much time on it.
The session concentrates on social media as a marketing channel: how it fits in with your overall marketing strategy and how to use it to support your objectives and ultimately gain more business in the real world. We discuss the difference between social media as an objective, and social media as a marketing tool, with the focus being on empowering attendees to use the available channels in the most productive, efficient and successful ways for their current or future business.
Start Date: 12 December 2023 5:00 pm
End Date: 12 December 2023 6:00 pm
Location: Online
Join web designer Katy Carlisle as she shares her top tips for creating a website that works for your business. The session will cover:
· Five strategies that most good websites use
· Common design mistakes to avoid
· Quick ways to get up and running
· How AI can help with your website
· SEO: WTF?
Along with useful resources and practical examples
Start Date: 12 December 2023 12:00 pm
End Date: 12 December 2023 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Find out how the online professional networking site LinkedIn, can be used to get a job. Knowing how to set-up and use an effective, personalised LinkedIn profile to connect online will help you discover job opportunities, gain information about the organisation and promote yourself to employers.
Learn how to connect and communicate with professionals, follow organisations in which you are interested and join discussion groups and forums. By having an active presence on LinkedIn, you can get a job speculatively, hear about job opportunities early and apply to advertised positions.
The workshop will provide you with information and advice, signposting you to further resources and support, so that you can work on your profile and use LinkedIn afterwards. There will be an opportunity to chat and have your questions answered too.
By the end of the session, you will:
· Know how to build your identity and create and effective profile on LinkedIn
· Be able to contact and connect with employers and professionals on LinkedIn
· Understand how you can use LinkedIn to develop your knowledge of employers, organisations and industry sectors.
