AA is an online course which means you can participate at times that suit you and work at your own pace. Within each module is a series of units. We suggest you start with ‘Introduction to AA’ and 'Improving Academic Skills' as these are designed to help you understand how AA works and to help you settle into you PhD. After starting a module, we recommend that you complete the units in order, but the course is designed to be flexible to your needs so if you'd rather just dip into certain units, you can do this too.
The AA persaone
The content in AA has been developed to be interactive and engaging. Alongside you as students, taking the course are a set of digital personae. These are representations of Imperial students (they are not real) that have been created to help describe elements of the course. These personae identify skills, apply for jobs, and start work as they progress through AA. Click here to meet them.
Plan: Me
Throughout AA we encourage you to reflect on the experiences you have and keep a log of these in your Plan: Me. This is the decision-making tool, used by the Careers Service, which incorporates skills development and reflection to help you track your progress as you move through the course. To try out the course and learn more about the process of reflection try the first few slides of the ‘Reflection’ unit.
Interactive Content
Half of the AA short course gives you practical tips on how to navigate job hunting and interview processes. As well as the personae we give you content to explore such as the activities you might expect at an Assessment Centre, or activities like the Interview Question Generator. These are just extracts from the course, so enrol now to find out more.