Boost your CV and become more attractive to potential employers. Complete the award to guide you through your options and gain experience to get you job-ready.

Westminster Employability Award

What is the Westminster Employability Award?

Westminster Employability Award is an employability achievement award supporting your career and personal development by formally recognising the extra-curricular activities you complete during your time at the University of Westminster. 

It is designed to help you gain experience and develop key skills that employers want you to have. Find out more about yourself, explore different options and get job-ready by completing the Award.

How to sign up

If you are new to the award and an undergraduate student, you can register by clicking Bronze level on Engage. For Postgraduate taught students (MA, MBA, MsC, MRes), you can register by clicking PG level on Engage.

For returning students who have completed some levels already, don't worry; we are making some important changes so that you don't have to repeat the same level. We will be emailing you soon about how to access the brand new look of the award.

Please feel free to email the Westminster Employability Award team if you have any further questions at .

When to complete the Award

You can complete the Award during your time at the University of Westminster. There is no sign-up deadline, and you have until 1 May of your graduation year to complete the Award.

2023/24 prizes

Our undergraduate and postgraduate prizes are awarded to students who can demonstrate evidence of personal development and commitment with attending sessions, being an active member of the community and seeking support to help develop their employability. See a breakdown of the prizes on offer below.

Undergraduate prizes:

  • Bronze level: 6 x £50 (2 per college)
  • Silver level: 12 x £100 (4 per college)
  • Gold level: 15 x £200 (5 per college)

Postgraduate prizes:

  • PG Gold level: 12 x £200 (4 per college)

Special category prizes:

  • Platinum level: 15 x £250 (5 per college, split between undergraduate and postgraduate)
  • WEA Outstanding Contribution: 6 x £500
  • WEA Personal Development Award: 40 x £200

There are some other prizes that will be announced later in the year. Terms and conditions apply to prize draws and we reserve the right to cancel or amend criteria for prizes without prior notice. For further information about prizes please email .

Why you should get involved

Nowadays, employers want much more than just graduates with a degree. They value individuals who have invested in their personal and professional development and have gained skills through various activities. 

You will get recognition for the extra-curricular activities you do on and off-campus and will be able to identify and evidence the skills you have developed to potential employers.

Watch this video to find out what our students say about completing this Award:

 

Upon successful completion of the Award, you will:

  • Receive a digital badge for achieving a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award
  • Add something different to your CV and stand out from the crowd
  • Gain confidence and be able to articulate your skills and experience to employers
  • Attend the Vice-Chancellor’s Employability Awards celebration event in June

How it works

For 2022, the Westminster Employability Award has been redesigned to make it even easier for students to complete. We understand that life can get in the way, so the award is achievable and supportive in recognising students for trying out new things that they may not always have the time to complete fully.

To access the Westminster Employability Award, you will need to access the Pathways option via Engage. There are four pathways in total for Undergraduates: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. For Postgraduate Taught students, we have two: PG Gold and Platinum.

If you are completely new to the Westminster Employability Award, you will have to start at the first Pathway available to you (this excludes students who completed prior to September 2022) and have the option to work your way through. Each pathway is divided into ‘development areas,’ which aim to improve your confidence, expand your knowledge, and gain work experience, so you become highly employable for when your course finishes.

To complete a Westminster Employability Award Pathway, a student must register, then pick and choose from a list of activities, read what is required, and in most cases, upload evidence (could be a screenshot of an event, an email confirming participation in an activity, or digital certificate as some examples). Once the evidence has been accepted, the student will receive points for that activity and will contribute to an overall score. 

Each Pathway has a target score to fulfil before students can complete it. Once students have gained enough points required within a Pathway, students can either keep continuing gaining points on the same Pathway or make their final submission to claim their digital badge.

To move up through the different Pathway’s, students must complete them in sequence. For example, an Undergraduate wanting to gain the Gold Pathway would need to complete Bronze, then Silver and then finally Gold.

For any questions about the Westminster Employability Award, please do feel free to contact the team via email: