On April 9th and 10th, GSNet held its annual conference and this year’s venue was in Nottingham. The agenda for this year’s conference was packed full of items directly relating to this year’s GSNet business plan.
Top of the agenda was to provide a guidance piece to both graduate and student members who are currently out of work or are facing the terrible prospect of not having a job once they leave university. The item was discussed at great length over both days with GSNet extremely keen to have a response to the graduate and student membership on this issue very soon. An article is expected to be printed in New Civil Engineer (NCE) magazine in the next couple of weeks. The item is also due to go back to all regions for further discussion as GSNet are keen to continue offering advice and support to graduate and student members.
Other issues discussed at conference included improved support for University initiatives and the continued improvement of communication links between the regions and between the regions and GSNet. Discussion papers from all these items went out to regions prior to conference for discussion at regional level and feedback was brought by each of the regional representatives. Summary notes of all these discussions can be found at the ICE GSNet website.
ICE President Paul Jowitt opened the second day of conference and discussed the challenges and opportunities facing graduate and student at this time. Professor Jowitt then opened the floor to Engineers without Borders who carried out a training session incorporating scenario building focusing on non-governmental organization (NGO) work being carried out abroad in the Developing Countries. Andrew Lamb (CEO, EWB-UK) also highlighted the opportunities available to graduates and students at this time and directed conference delegates towards the placements and schemes which are currently available for both individuals and companies.
Kieran Owens
Kieran is the Chairman of GSNet and is responsible for chairing the GSNet committee and executive, liaising with the ICE President and representing GSNet on council. Kieran will be contributing to the blog on a monthly basis with updates about GSNET.
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