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Design Your UTS

17 February 2021

Learn about Design Your UTS, where we work with you to design your career.

Roxanne Nguyen  0:03  
Hi guys! Welcome back to the UTS Student hacks podcast. Today we have an additional episode delving into the Design your UTS workshop. And my name is Roxanne and I study Medical Science and International Studies, in my fourth year, majoring in Japan. And here we have-

Kelly Ding  0:17  
 Kelly! I'm going into my fourth year as well studying Law and Business majoring in accounting. Before we get right into it, get some water, fruit, maybe some snacks to accompany you throughout this podcast. 

Roxanne Nguyen  0:30  
So Kelly, What is the Design your UTS workshop?

Kelly Ding  0:34  
Great question Roxanne. So the design UTS workshop is run by UTS careers which is a UTS service, which specifically helps you in advancing your employability skills. And this is one of the workshops that they run! Design your UTS workshop focuses on what kind of UTS experience you want to have. 

Are you a social butterfly, are you looking for networking opportunities to meet people, or just simply join fun activities? Or do you want to focus on studying and reduce the amount of distractions, around you to help you focus on academics? Or are looking forward towards your career, or maybe even starting your own startup? Literally whatever your plan is Design your UTS workshop can help you. There are two types of workshops that the design UTS workshop holds, a formal workshop and an informal workshop Roxanne had the pleasure of attending the formal workshops. So Roxanne take it away!

Roxanne Nguyen  1:30  
Yeah! Um, so for the formal workshop, it was during orientation with first years and me being a fourth year was a very daunting experience. Because I've been here for three years. For the workshop, one of the activities that we did was a mind map. And it was a big circles that had work, social, health, and another bubble that I can't really remember right now. And then we have smaller bubbles that are associated to that. And then different ways that we can achieve it. So it helps with prioritizing what you would want to do at uni. And looking back as a fourth year, it was quite an interesting activity to do, essentially, because I didn't know how much I grew as a person or changed until I did the activity. And I was like, oh I knew where to go with my degree a little bit at least-

Kelly Ding  2:16  
 It helps you visualise it like a- like a mood board.

Roxanne Nguyen  2:24  
Yeah, it definitely helped visualise, like everything that I experienced so far. And it was interesting to also see what- how everyone else experienced it, especially amongst first years, everybody came from different perspectives different priorities. So it was a very, it was a very interesting take.

Kelly Ding  2:42  
Well, the workshop I went to was informal. So you can just drop in and like, just see what the workshop has to offer. The one activity that I did for that informal workshop was this dashboard, kind of like a dashboard you will see on a car where you see how much fuel you have, or how much you have left things like that. But there are a few it looked at elements such as work, social and other factors that could influence our uni experience. 

I really like this workshop, this particular activity. In fact, since it, visualised what I prioritize the most, and what I might, I probably should invest more time in from that I can try and achieve my goals, whether it be getting a HD, or like career wise employability and seeing how things if like, small changes where they can take me.

Roxanne Nguyen  3:41  
Yeah. Do you think the workshop helped you especially looking back now if you were back in the first year? If you were back in first year?

Kelly Ding  3:48  
Yeah it did, my priorit- priorities have really changed have really shifted from first year. First year was like purely academic, okay, maybe not purely academics. But I put a lot of emphasis on the type of grades and marks I would get. But that has definitely shifted to really just enjoying uni life and seeing what uni has to offer. Because it is an experience, and I want to be there for it. If you want to attend one of these, Design your UTS workshops they're currently being held in building two level four (CB02.04) at the Student Learning Hub. So drop on by, take a look at it. And if you complete the workshop, you might be put into a draw of winning a prize. So that's always a plus.

Roxanne Nguyen  4:30  
 Thanks for listening! If you want to check out any of our previous episodes, they are on our website and other sites like Spotify. And don't forget to join us on our next podcast on "Settling in and joining a community". Until next time.

Kelly and Roxanne  4:42  
See ya!

Transcribed by https://otter.ai
 

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About this episode

Looking to get the most out of your time at UTS? Kelly and Roxanne give you the run-down on Design Your UTS in this bonus mini-episode.

What we talked about this episode:

  • Join in Design Your UTS at the Student Learning Hub
  • Find out more about UTS Careers

Credits

Written and Presented by Kelly Ding and Roxanne Nguyen
Music: Spark of Inspiration – https://www.silvermansound.com/   

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