Today it is International Women’s Day. The theme this year is #ChooseToChallenge. A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, we can
Congratulations, you’ve reached the milestone in your life of reaching university! Now I suppose you’re wondering what extra activities you can get involved in alongside your studies. Societies? A part-time job? Volunteering? We want to tell you about some of the benefits of volunteering whilst completing your studies. Meet New People & Socialise One of the most exciting aspects about
You have just a week left to apply for our new internship role! We are looking for a creative individual to upgrade and redesign our website as well as ensure that it meets all accessibility requirements. The role will include creative content design as well as the technical aspects of updating the website. Email discovery@swansea.ac.uk for more information. The application
Brenna, a Masters student, writes about her volunteering at St Thomas food bank. My 3 years at Swansea I’d never spent much time in the St Thomas community. I’d only ever visited to see Swansea from Kilvay Hill. But to my surprise there’s actually a massive community at St Thomas and much of that is centred around the church. Since
Employers like people with initiative – if you are a student or a recent college graduate and you don’t have much to include in your CV, then the experience you had as a volunteer will help you. Young people who go through such an experience during their studies are very well seen by employers, they appreciate people with initiative. Moreover,
Volunteering can bring many benefits, both to those around and to those involved in volunteer activities. As long as there are will and enthusiasm, anyone can make a contribution to the world in this way. Check our Discovery Training program here Discovery’s Training Programme – Discovery SVS. There are dozens of reasons why you should volunteer, but we’ve focused on
As part of #studentvolunteeringweek we asked some of our student volunteers why they volunteer. Gail, an Applied Medical Sciences Swansea University final year student tells us all about her COVID support volunteering and how volunteering makes her feel. #SVW2021 #SVW21 #lovevolunteering
It is back for 2021! It is the Discovery Podcast with Arjun & Jack. Tune in now for your latest upload on all things Discovery and volunteering related! You can find out all about what is happening with Discovery, our latest volunteering opportunities and some of the training we currently have offer for Swansea University student volunteers. So make yourself
Student Volunteering Week is an annual event that celebrates student volunteering in all its glory! This year, Student Volunteering Week is taking place from Monday 8 – Sunday 14 February and Discovery Student Volunteering Swansea, in conjunction with the Students’ Union, has some fab events in our digital volunteering programme. We will also be celebrating Swansea University student volunteers and
Discovery has some great training booked for this term. Any Discovery volunteer can attend the training and it is free to participate. Any training you participate in also counts towards your volunteering hours so you can log the hours. Below is the schedule for training this term with the links to sign up. If you have any questions about the