The EDGE Award (Postgraduate)

The EDGE Award (Postgraduate)

The all new EDGE Award (Postgraduate) will provide you with new opportunities to develop your employability through tailored extra curricular activities. As this is a 'pilot' your experience and feedback will be used to inform the development of a new EDGE Award framework for postgraduate students.

The value of EDGE

The value of EDGE

Over 10+ years thousands of undergraduate students have demonstrated how extra curricular activities and EDGE benefits career progression. This new offering for postgraduate students will support you to improve your confidence, develop your career readiness and expand your network and connections.

Completing the EDGE Award (Postgraduate)

Your EDGE Award Journey as a postgraduate student involves a simple registration, selection and completion of EDGE Award activities and then completion of a short final application and evaluation.

Important points to remember:

  • You need to complete 2 activities that are listed on the EDGE Award list of activities.
  • These activities must be completing during and alongside your programme of study.
  • Activities completed before you registered on your postgraduate course will not count towards your EDGE Award.
  • The EDGE Award (Postgraduate) is in a pilot phase, helping us develop an informed view of what the official EDGE Award (Postgraduate) will become.

We will guide you along the way so please feel free to reach out to us by emailing graduatefutures@ulster.ac.uk

  • Register

    To help us personalise your EDGE Award (Postgraduate) experience and so that we know you are interested, please complete this short registration form. Once complete we will contact you to help you start your EDGE Award (Postgraduate) journey.

    Register for the Edge Award

  • Choose and complete EDGE activities

    To complete this pilot EDGE Award (Postgraduate) you will need to complete a minimum of 2 EDGE Award activities before you complete your course. We provided some recommended activities further down the page.

  • Complete a short final application/evaluation

    To complete the Ulster EDGE Award (Postgraduate) you will need to provide details and evidence of your completed activities by completing this final application. You will need to do this well in advance of your graduation to ensure your award is recorded in time for graduation.

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