Lincoln Award Plus

The Lincoln Award Plus is our award framework for undergraduate and postgraduate students who have already completed one of our Lincoln Awards, including  Lincoln Award, Lincoln Award Employer Projects and Lincoln Award Teacher Training. It is designed to take your learning and development to the next level. 

Lincoln Award Plus has been created to prepare students for the professional workplace. Students will develop valuable skills and attributes to utilise throughout their working career and receive vital tools to enable self-reflection, development, and lifelong learning. 

Why should I do Lincoln Award Plus?

By completing one of our Lincoln Award’s, you should now have a good understanding of employability skills.  Lincoln Award Plus will build on this learning and take your understanding and skills to the next level.  Graduate labour market research tells us there is an employer demand for skills such as critical thinking and analysis, as well as skills in self-management such as active learning, resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility.  This programme has been designed to meet the needs of the current and future labour market and support you in navigating your future career.

What’s involved?

The programme will run over 4 weeks starting with the Strengths Profile workshop which will include a 15-minute induction. The total time commitment for the award is 10 hours. There will be more than one option to attend each workshop, and these will be bookable on your pathway. All parts of Lincoln Award Plus must be completed within the set timeframe to achieve the Award.  You will be able to book activities and monitor progress on your Lincoln Award Plus digital pathway on CareerLinc.

The final part of Lincoln Award Plus is the reflection session which is a 30-minute session with one of our careers staff members, where you will present for 10 minutes about what you have learnt during the Award. It’s advised that you mention all aspects of the Award and how the skills you learnt have benefited you. We recommend that you use a PowerPoint presentation and include relevant visuals such as your strengths profile results and interview review tool.

This will be marked against our Lincoln Award Plus assessment criteria, focusing on the quality of your content and how you deliver it. The rest of the session will be an informal chat about your career aspirations, and we’ll offer you advice on how the careers team can further support you in those areas.

How do I sign up?

Places are limited and are for current students who have already completed a Lincoln Award. We run the Award twice a year, once in Semester B and once in the summer. Please note that the summer cohort will run exclusively online. If you have completed a Lincoln Award you will be contacted regarding Lincoln Award Plus when applications open.