{"id":3415,"date":"2016-09-23T10:07:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T10:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2016-09-23T11:07:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T11:07:42","slug":"new-or-returning-students-should-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/new-or-returning-students-should-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity for new and returning students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/2016\/09\/23\/new-or-returning-students-should-register\/shu_gg_june16_1295\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3416\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/new-or-returning-students-should-register\/shu_gg_june16_1295\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3744,5616\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467198700&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Shilton Photo Film&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;140&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295-683x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-3416 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295\" width=\"253\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_1295-900x1350.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><strong>Deadline to apply\u00a09 October<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Culture Connect is our cross-cultural peer mentoring scheme that\u00a0helps new students settle into university life and meet friends from around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why you should become a mentee or mentor<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a great opportunity to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>get to know someone through a one-to-one supportive mentoring relationship<\/li>\n<li>develop your cultural awareness and learn about different traditions<\/li>\n<li>attend social activities and regular soft skills training with other members<\/li>\n<li>reflect on your learning and monitor your own behaviour<\/li>\n<li>prepare for work in diverse organisations and add to your CV<\/li>\n<li>gain eligibility for the Hallam Award which is recognised by employers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional support\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will also be allocated a Super Mentor and a mentoring group \u2013 with whom you can discuss challenges and share helpful advice during your time on the scheme. Your group will be made up of different nationalities which enables you to gain a wide range of perspectives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more and apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qycVDTQKQ-Q&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=PLe6xN3tUiWJCBfil7aU-Gy6AFzO9yxKfV\" target=\"_blank\">Watch a video created by students about the scheme<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/~\/media\/home\/international\/files\/culture-connect-flyer-2016.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\">Download a leaflet<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.shu.ac.uk\/applycc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Register your interest<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline to apply\u00a09 October Culture Connect is our cross-cultural peer mentoring scheme that\u00a0helps new students settle into university life and meet friends from around the world. Why you should become a mentee or mentor It&#8217;s a great opportunity to get to know someone through a one-to-one supportive mentoring relationship develop your cultural awareness and learn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/new-or-returning-students-should-register\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Opportunity for new and returning students<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":3417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[86,7,78],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-3415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-connect","category-employability","category-social-activities","tag-22-september-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/09\/SHU_GG_JUNE16_0980.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RiUv-T5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}