Knowledge Building

Knowledge building activities are opportunities for you to develop personally and professionally across the areas of employability, enterprise and wellbeing.  Engaging with different activities in these areas could help you to broaden your knowledge for your intended career or for personal interest, or simply to aid in looking after your physical and mental health.  Being able to demonstrate a wide variety of skills and interests will boost the power of your CV and interview examples, as well as making you a more rounded global citizen.

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Active Hud

Within Active Hud's £18 p/m membership, having teamed up with KAL, they provide access to 10 sites across Kirklees - alongside their own facilities.

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British Red Cross workshops

The British Red Cross is offering free online and face-to-face workshops to help you develop skills that will improve your wellbeing and also learn life-saving first aid skills.

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Careers and Employability Service

The University's Careers and Employability Service offers a range of activities, workshops and appointments to help you secure your next opportunity.

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Digital skills and IT training

In an increasingly digital world, explore how you can equip yourself with essential digital and IT skills to benefit your personal and professional development.

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Gradcracker

Gradcracker specialises in supporting students into STEM roles, offering resources such as webinars and job resources.

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Heritage Quay

The University's Archives team at Heritage Quay offer an interesting opportunity to sample different archiving activities.  Discover how archives might help you in your degree.

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iDEA

iDEA is an international award-winning programme that helps you develop digital, enterprise and employability skills for free.

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Learn a language

Want to learn a new language? The languages centre are offering a range of languages – this is a great opportunity for development and learning about other languages.  

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The Library

The Library offers a range of events related to personal and professional development such as: mindfulness, referencing and research.

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LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning is free to use as a University student and it offers a wide selection of online courses - over 10,000 in fact.  There will be something of interest for everyone.

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Skills audits

Not sure where to start to develop your knowledge and skills?  Completing a skills audit is a great opportunity to identify strengths and opportunities for development.

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TogetherAll

TogetherAll is an anonymous support community designed to help with your wellbeing, and offers a variety of self-paced wellbeing courses.  It is free to you as a member of the University.