The University of Westminster has brought together over 250 students, colleagues and employers to celebrate achievements across a range of initiatives at this year’s Westminster Employability Award (WEA) celebration event.
The Westminster Employability Award supports the careers and personal development of students by formally recognising the extracurricular activities completed during their time at the University of Westminster. Each initiative is designed to help students gain experience, build key skills, better understand themselves, explore different career paths and prepare for life after university.
The annual celebration recognised students who have successfully taken part in a range of initiatives throughout the year, with awards presented during the event. It also featured speakers representing the various schemes, who shared insights and experiences.
Taking place on 17 June, this year’s event showcased a range of initiatives from across the University, including Talent Bank, Placements, Work-Based Learning, Westminster Enterprise Network, Future Ready Mentoring and Global Mobility.
This year, over 3,500 students completed the Westminster Employability Award, with over 100,000 activities logged. There were more than 1,000 careers consultant appointments, 54 employer events with more than 2,750 student attendees and over 1,000 placement appointments. Along with this, more than 4,500 students completed 35+ hours of work-based learning during the 2024/25 academic year and over 2,100 mentoring relationships were created across three branches of the Future Ready Mentoring scheme.
Deepanvita Koppada, a third-year student from the Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience BSc Honours course, and winner of the Westminster Personal Development Award, said: “The Westminster Personal Development Award has helped me grow in confidence and self-awareness. It gave me the structure to reflect on my experiences beyond the classroom and recognise the transferable skills I’ve developed. This recognition motivates me to continue building a career that’s driven by purpose, impact and continuous learning.”
The opportunities available at the University of Westminster directly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and 10: Reduced Inequalities. Since 2019, the University of Westminster has used the SDGs holistically to frame strategic decisions to help students and colleagues fulfil their potential and contribute to a more sustainable, equitable and healthier society.
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