About the University of East London

We work with global organisations to make our courses entrepreneurial, creative and inspirational. Wherever our students want to work – in business, technology, teaching, arts, media, science, sport or the public sector – they will have the skills necessary to adapt to the world of tomorrow, and to be the leaders and pioneers of today.

More and more, employers are seeking workers who possess skills such as emotional intelligence and creativity, the ability to think critically, and undertake complex problem solving. For the academic year 2019/20, our curriculum will include a new Professional Fitness & Mental Wealth programme and Career Passport which will ensure all our students are equipped with the essential skills, competencies, knowledge and tools in high demand by employers and essential to securing a job.

These programmes will ensure our degree imparts not just subject knowledge, but a competitive advantage in securing a job and the continuing ability to progress and succeed in your chosen field.

• The Professional Fitness & Mental Wealth programme enhances a wider range of intelligences to develop talents further. It is a series of pioneering modules embedded into every degree course. It is tailored to each individual degree but includes a series of skills. Some of which include: digital proficiency; industry connectedness, emotional intelligence; cognitive intelligence; social intelligence; physical intelligence, cultural intelligence (the ability to understand and work across other cultures) and community connections.
• The Career Passport is a digital repository which provides proof of mastery of each skill imparted by the Professional Fitness & Mental Wealth programme. Some of these skills will be validated externally by major corporations, such as Microsoft and Amazon. The Career Passport goes above and beyond a traditional CV, making learning more transparent and transferable across sectors. It provides employers with evidence of the applied skills, competencies and experiences a student has accumulated over the course of their degree.