How the Cumbrian Hills set the perfect scene for my first Reverse Mentoring Session
Communications Director, Rhiannon Carss reflects on her first experience of being a mentee in Curtins’ Reverse Mentoring programme, and how conversations whilst walking can open the mind and the soul....
Myth busting: 5 things wrongly assumed about apprenticeships
National Apprenticeship Week is a key part of Curtins’ Learning and Development calendar and as part of this national campaign, we get the opportunity to celebrate and shout about apprenticeships...
National Apprenticeship Week 2023: The value of apprenticeships
It's National Apprenticeship Week and we're highlighting the value and positive impact our apprentices have on their projects, as well as the 'skills for life' they have developed in their...
Pursuing a new career path through an apprenticeship
It's National Apprenticeship Week and we're spotlighting skills for life and career development opportunities through apprenticeships. Kimberly Dunning-Philp joined our Leeds office as Office Manager in 2018 and became involved...
Could the future of STEM careers outreach be on TikTok?
Technology is always evolving but I do think that in decades to come we’ll look back at the period between 2019 and 2023 as a time of particularly rapid change...
International Men’s Day: Achieving a better balance
Are we doing enough to support a healthy balance between working parents? Evidence shows that less than 50 years ago, a father’s involvement in child-care was limited to around 15...
National Mentoring Day
As today is National Mentoring Day, I wanted to reflect on the successes of our Reverse Mentoring 2022 cohort. There has been so much activity since we started this journey...
Reflections on Curtins’ Summer Insight Programme
Author: Rebecca King
Category: Careers, Civil and Structural, Digital Delivery, Sustainability
Curtins’ Civil Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure Insight Programme has drawn to a close, with 27 budding civil engineers successfully completing the programme on 3rd September. Designed to encourage new talent...
Experiences of Curtins’ Virtual Work Experience Programme
Shaped partially by Covid and from observing how online interactions can support work experience, as proven by our University Student Summer Online Placement (featured in New Civil Engineer magazine), we...
Rob Melling: My journey from Apprentice to CEO
"Someone asked me recently how it came to pass that I chose a career in engineering, and the answer is; ‘complete fluke’. It was 1981, I had left school with...