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Future Ready Award

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Future Ready Award (Formerly Researcher and Graduate Plus)

As a current postgraduate student of Queen’s University, you will have the opportunity to gain official recognition by the University as a result of developing your own skills and research in addition to your studies.

Researcher Plus/ Future Ready Award

Researcher Plus/ Future Ready Award is open to PhD and MPhil students. The Researcher Plus award is an opportunity for postgraduate research students to gain official recognition by Queen’s University for their range of skills and research achieved in addition to their research. As well as developing research expertise in their subject discipline, postgraduate research students have opportunities to develop a range of skills, which are transferable beyond their research degrees to both academic and careers beyond academia. 

Please contact the Graduate School if you have any queries:  pg.skills@qub.ac.uk.

Graduate Plus/ Future Ready Award

Graduate Plus/ Future Ready Award is a vehicle for accrediting work-related learning and skills that current postgraduate taught students develop through extra-curricular activities. The award is open to all postgraduate taught students. 

You can choose from two routes to gain the Graduate Plus/ Future Ready Award:

  • Provider Verified: Complete one activity from the list for automatic qualification. These activities are substantial and will involve a significant input of time and work. 
  • Combined Experience (Self Nomination): Combine at least two different extra-curricular activities, which accumulate to a minimum of thirty hours active engagement and apply by completing the Step by Step Induction available via your MyFuture account. 
    The Induction should be completed for assessment before 1st November (for those graduating in winter) or 1st April (for summer graduates). Please note you do not complete the Step by Step Induction for the provider verified route mentioned above.

Graduate Plus/ Future Ready Award is open to postgraduate taught students. The Award is free, although some of the qualifying courses do charge their own small fee.

For further information on the  routes to Graduate Plus, click here.

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