Lucy Cavendish
SKILLS PROGRAMME
Welcome to Lucy! And welcome back to our returning students!
Lucy Cavendish is committed to supporting our students academically, pastorally and in increasing your employability; we intend that you leave Lucy with the best degree possible, and with the skills to make your way in the world and in your career.
Lucy has brought together its support for students under the banner of the Lucy Skills Programme. The Skills Programme has three strands: Academic, Wellbeing and Life, and Careers. The Programme will help you to really get the best out of your time at Lucy.
The Skills Programme offers a range of events and support across the academic year.
Across your first year, as an Undergraduate or taught Postgraduate, you will attend group sessions intended to introduce you to the Cambridge system, and what the College and University can offer. Each session will connect to one of the Programme’s pillars of Academic, Wellbeing and Life, and Careers.
In the Academic strand, for example, first-year Undergraduates will will have four one-hour sessions with second or third year UG students in their subject (or a related subject) across the year. Students will be able to ask for advice from these ‘Student Subject Volunteers’ and gain valuable insight into how to maximise their academic potential. Postgraduate students will have sessions on preparing for your first coursework assignment, and dealing with feedback. We will introduce all students to Lucy’s academic skills resources.
The Wellbeing and Life sessions will include an overview of wellbeing support and case studies: where would you find support for mental health; where for physical health; where for a Specific Learning Difficulty?
Finally, we will be making sure you have access to the considerable Careers and Employability support which Cambridge offers, and we will introduce you to Lucy Careers, Employability and Enterprise and University Careers Services.
At Cambridge, all students are assigned a Tutor for Pastoral support, which can include advice about academic, financial, health, family or other personal issues that may be affecting your ability to pursue your studies. While you are at Cambridge, you can approach your Tutor for guidance if you have a personal or pastoral issue. Tutors also offer advice about employability, careers and career skills and where to seek further or more specialist advice.
The Skills Programme is led by Dr Ben Wiedemann and Dr Koenraad Claes, with support from the College’s academic and Pastoral teams, and the Lucy Futures Hub.
If you have any questions, please contact: tpc@lucy.cam.ac.uk.
For more information please visit our 'Skills Programme' page in the members' area.
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