Did you apply for a full-time higher education place in 2005/6?
If so, you are a member of the Futuretrack cohort. Futuretrack is an independent study conducted by the Institute for Employment Research (IER) at the University of Warwick, and funded by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU). Over the last five years we have been following the experiences of the 2005/6 Futuretrackers as they have progressed through higher education and into the labour market.
We are now conducting the fourth survey of 2005/6 UCAS applicants, and the online questionnaire is available. If you have taken part in a previous stage of the research, you should have received an email giving you a link to the survey. If you haven’t received it, or would like to join the survey for the first time, you can use the link below:
https://www.snapsurveys.com/futuretrack?u=alu
The questionnaire takes, on average, 18 minutes to complete, depending on how many questions apply to you. All eligible respondents who complete the survey have the chance of winning cash prizes: ten of £1,000 or one hundred of £100.
The survey is hosted securely and responses are confidential and will not be passed or made available to any other person or organisation. You can access our privacy statement at http://go.warwick.ac.uk/futuretrack/what/privacystatement
Please pass on the message, so that we can develop as full a picture as possible about the relationship between opportunities, qualifications and the realities of graduating at a time of recession.
You can find out more about Futuretrack at http://go.warwick.ac.uk/futuretrack/ or email us with any questions at Futuretrack2006@warwick.ac.uk
Can you offer young people in Wales Somewhere to....
This new initiative run by Laura Kelly in collaboration with Newport Alumnus Robert Lee Jenkins, Managing Director of Lily Pad Films, aims to provide young people the the space to develop their creative ideas, if it's dancing, music or film making, somewhereto has a space to do it in. Visit http://www.somewhereto.com/ for more information.
Opportunity for former Art Students to exhibit and sell work online
Recent graduate Richard Wilde has just started an art community website predominantly aimed at students and recently graduated students of art, design and photography courses. The website is
http://www.artybuzz.com/
and among other things, it gives the opportunity for artists, photographers and designers to exhibit their work online and also sell it if they wish on a number of products including posters, t shirts and canvas prints. Importantly, the website is completely free for both past and present students to join.
Are you a musician, musical group, a music related business or music lover?
Whether you're looking for a band or choir, a music teacher, shop or venue you can find it here at Musiconnections - the new, online UK musicians network.
Also forums for you to chat to other musicians about playing music, banding and so on as well as blogs for you to tell your music stories, gig guides, articles and news.
That place now exists and can be found at www.musiconnections.co.uk.
Listings of everything you need - bands, musicians, venues, teachers, shops, etc.
Gig guides - advertise your gigs and concerts here.
Forums - chat, express opinions, inform or get informed here on all aspects of music making.
News, articles and blogs - Got something to say? Get it published on the web right here.
Not just pics but audio/video clips as well - Let your audience or other musos see and hear what you can do.
So come and check out the site now and remember that although we are new we are aiming to be the best musicians network in the UK and so we need your help as the more people that are registered the more useful the site will become.
Paul Chapman
Musiconnections
The online musician's network.
Calling all International Alumni
The Wales International Consortium have launched a search to find current and former students who are willing to be Ambassadors for Wales and represent Welsh higher education in promotional materials, publications, interviews at higher education events.
It is also trying to seek out any of the more challenging experience of education in Wales so that in future, each international student can maximise the positive impact of their educational experience for both themselves and the countries to which they return.
To read more from the Wales International Consortium website.