FAQ list
Download our booklet to find out what you can get points for!
Up to 4 internships and as many other rewards as you want after that. We don't take points until you have undertaken the reward.
No. We offer the opportunity to apply for exclusive and unique opportunities.
We encourage you to get involved with the careers service, events and lectures which interest you. Even if you are not rewarded anything this year through EP, you will be getting involved in something you are interested in and improving your employability through getting involved with the careers service - i.e. CV reviews, applications, or practice interviews. Also, we recommend you apply for as much as you can, not just work based rewards. We will do our best to shortlist and make sure that you do get a reward which you have applied for.
If you are in your first or second year, your points automatically roll over into the next year of your study and will not reset between years. You can use them for next years reward process.
If you are in your final year, the points will go, however, you can access the Careers and Employability Service for up to three years after you graduate!
Certainly! If it is in the booklet and you have done it, it doesn't matter if you have completed, attended or been employed somewhere outside of the University of Kent. So long as you have been a registered student at the University of Kent when it has been completed, we will give you points for it. Whether it is in associated with the University or not!
HOWEVER!
The booklet for what we award points for is not comprehensive. We will certainly consider giving points for something not mentioned already. Just contact us at the email address above.
No, but there is a deadline for you to be able to use your points to apply for rewards. This is around March - the team does not validate points logged past the deadline, until around June.
This will usually be around a month after the applications have closed. We have to shortlist which can be time consuming.
Points can be logged from when you started university to when you have ended. If you are in your second or third year, you can log activities from your first year. Just check what can be given points for & give us details.
Either it will be bulk uploaded if it is in connection with the Careers and Employability Service, or log it via MyFolio. Some departments don't share that information with us. Let us know what you have done and we will give points for it.
You can log it, but we will not give you points for it. We can only give you points if you have completed the activity during your time at university.
Drop us an email and we will either adjust the points or give our justification for the amount of points given.