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            <description><![CDATA[In May 2021 we welcomed six History graduates to a Careers event run in partnership with the Alumni History Chapter. The event was a chance for students to learn about different career paths and options with their degree subjects. Most of the speakers had completed joint honours degrees but all of them spoke about the value of the History degree and the transferable skills that come from studying in the humanities.&nbsp;&nbsp;
First to share their career journey and answer student questions was Rachel, who had extensive experience in journalism and was currently working as a political reporter. She talked about&#8230;]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 15 March 2023 we welcomed two alumni to an event highlighting careers with a DHPA degree. The first of two events in the semester, here we focused on the transferability of a DHPA degree to a number of sectors. We were delighted to be joined by Rebecca, who graduated with a degree in English and History and now works for the Civil Service in the Department for Education, and Lauren, an English-Art History graduate now working as a senior content marketing manager for a content performance and digital PR firm.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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            <description><![CDATA[On 22 March 2023 we held our second DHPA event and welcomed three alumni from the School to share their career journeys and their top tips for students. Kieran and Liz both pursued a postgraduate Master's degree in Museum Studies after completing their undergraduate degrees in History and Art History-English respectively. They now work as curators, Kieran for the R&amp;A World Golf Museum and Liz for the National Galleries of Scotland. The aim of this event was to highlight the many different paths a DHPA can take you and our third speaker, Aurora, demonstrated the transferability of her Religious Studies-International&#8230;]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In February 2024, DHPA collaborated with colleagues in LLMVC, Social Sciences,&nbsp;the Careers and Employability Service and Alumni Relations, holding two panel events in which Aberdeen alumni spoke about how their careers involve &lsquo;working with words&rsquo;. Support was generously provided by the Development Trust&rsquo;s Student Experience Fund.
Our fantastic speakers were:
Rory Buccheri: Food and Drink Reporter for&nbsp;The Grocer&nbsp;and Freelance Journalist (MA English-History of Art, 2022).
Eloise Leeson-Smith: Strategic Linguistic Consultant (MA Language and Linguistics, 2013).
Hannah Nicholson: Writer, Library Assistant, Contributor to Speakin&rsquo; Weird (MLitt Creative Writing, 2017).
Tilda Nilsson: Programmes and Administrative Officer, Cease UK (MA Business Management-International Relations,&#8230;]]></description>
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