Guidance Programme
Session 4: CV

Here are the CV writing assignment instructions:

‘Create your CV in a Word document. Use the template if you like, you can also find other templates online. However please make sure to include all the information that we covered in the session.’

Review the CVs the students send to you. Give constructive feedback to each student. Make notes and give students some generalised feedback at the start of the next session.

Optional extra feedback and redrafting session

You may want to add an extra follow-up session before moving on to Session 5.

Some things to consider are: 

• The ability of the participants to write in English
• How confident the participants feel writing in an academic or professional way
• Technological factors such as access to computers or technological ability
• How you want the participants to share and comment on their writing

How a redrafting workshop might work

A redrafting workshop is an informal session and typically shorter than the main sessions, 60 to 90 minutes. Begin by sharing three or four common issues you noticed across the group’s submissions — without identifying individual participants — and briefly discuss how to address them. Participants then work independently or in pairs to revise their own draft, using your feedback, the relevant checklist, and each other as resources. Encourage peer-to-peer support. Close the session by asking one or two volunteers to share a change they made and explain why. The goal is not a perfect final draft but a habit of returning to writing with fresh eyes — a skill participants will use throughout the application process and beyond. It can also reinforce the idea that feedback and mistakes are learning opportunities.