Cv for Student Applying for Postgraduate Study
Andrew John Patrick Taylor
33 Union Street , Canterbury, CT2 7XX Tel. 0779 111 11111 Email: serjeantanrewde@yoohoo.com Date of Birth: 5. 11. 1987 |
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Setting out your address and other contact details in this format saves space and makes a smart heading. Use a sensible email address. Something like RavingLoony@hotmilk.com may not make the best impression! |
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EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS University of Kent. B.Sc. (Hons.) History 2006 - 2009. Class 2.1. (68%) Modules included: Plague, Community and Conflict in Late Medieval England 66% The Hundred Years War 63% Popular Uprisings and the Making of Civil War 72% Pre-Industrial England 64% Intermediate Latin 70% Final-year dissertation: Pestilence, Peasants and Prosperity: the agrarian labour market in East Kent in the aftermath of the Black Death. This involved research using primary sources in Kent County Archives and Canterbury Cathedral Archives. This dissertation was awarded a grade of 75% (First Class) and the Faculty History Prize. Manchester Community College 2004 - 2006 'A' Levels: History A, Economics B, German B St. John's School for Boys, Manchester 1999 - 2004 8 GCSEs including Mathematics, English, Latin and French. |
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Modules are listed as these are important indicators of performance and interest for postgraduate study. Dissertations and projects are very important when applying for postgraduate study as they are important elements of most postgraduate courses. You could sell the skills you had gained here:
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WORK EXPERIENCE Canterbury City Council June 2008 to date Accounts Clerk in City Treasurer's office. Tourist Information Office, Canterbury Summer 2007 Assisting customers from all over the world with a wide variety of enquiries, advising on places of interest in Canterbury and Kent and booking theatre and concert tickets. Simple Simon's Public House, Canterbury 2006 - 2007 Part-time bar work throughout the year. |
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Transferable skills are emphasised here. For example, people skills, teamworking skills, communication skills - all valuable evidence that you could employ these in an academic setting. |
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ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS
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Gives details of competencies gained that would be valuable in jobs: managing, arranging, planning, promoting, organising skills and team sports. |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Computing, driving and language skills are the usual ones to mention here |
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REFEREES : Prof. Harold Godwinson, Dept of History, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7 NX. Tel: 01227 764000 ext. 1234 Email: H.Godwinson@kent.ac.uk Dr Titus Livy, School of European Culture and Languages, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NF Tel: 01227 764000 ext. 1212 Email: T.Livy@kent.ac.uk |
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Normally you would give one academic referee (tutor or project supervisor) and one employment referee. See our references page |
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