The Passport Award - Royal Holloway Student Intranet

The Royal Holloway Passport Award enables students to collect points for a range of co-curricular activities on offer at the College.

- Develop the transferable skills employers are looking for

- Learn how to sell yourself in a competitive job market

- Receive a Passport Award certificate and celebrate your achievements

- Gain recognition for the difference you make in College and local communities

Careers consultant Rae Roberts, explains what's involved in the Royal Holloway Passport Award and how you can gain skills, experience and recognition for activities beyond your academic studies.

Find out more and check out this month's Passport Challenges.

There are over 250 activities in more than 30 areas which enable you to earn points. In addition, our Passport Challenges which give you the opportunity to earn extra points by developing your skills online.

Alternatively, you can download a PDF of the points tariff.

There’s no need to sign up to the Passport Award. All students are automatically enrolled on the scheme, and you can complete the award at any time during your studies at Royal Holloway. If you are eligible, you can sign up for an online Moodle Completion Session or one of our tailored face-to-face Completion Session events on Target Connect.

To complete the Passport Award you need to collect 80 points from activities and a final 20 points by attending a 'Completion Session' with the Careers Service. You will be invited to this once you have accumulated sufficient points to eligible to complete the award. The Completion Session is the only compulsory part of the Passport Award. If you do not complete, you cannot obtain the award, so make sure you attend a session prior to graduating.

If you complete the Passport Award, you will be eligible to undertake the Gold Award.

You can check how many points you currently have by logging into Campus Connect and clicking on the RHUL Passport Award tab.

EARN YOUR FIRST PASSPORT POINTS NOW

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The Royal Holloway Passport Award is coordinated by the Careers & Employability Service. For enquiries please email passportaward@royalholloway.ac.uk.

Why take part in the Passport Award?

According to a recent CBI NUS Employability report, 82% of graduate employers rank 'employability skills' as a priority when recruiting.

Throughout your time at Royal Holloway, you will engage in co-curricular activities in which you develop new skills that will benefit you in the workplace. The Passport Award helps you to think about and identify these skills, and develop ways of showcasing them to future employers, , giving you a competitive edge in the job market!

What our graduates say

"What's great about the Passport Award is that it allowed me to state on my CV that the University had formally recognised the work that I put in to extra-curricular activities and the skills I had gained."
BSc Geography and PIR, 2013

"The co-curricular activities I did at university were a major factor in contributing to me finding work, and demonstrated to my employer that I had learned skills beyond my degree."
BA English Literature, 2013