大学生協とは?—コミック版—

作: ヤマモトマナブ

Part 05: Career Support (Learning and Growth)

University co-ops hold new students' gatherings, which can serve as an opportunity to make new friends. Some university co-ops cooperate with the university to conduct this event. In the gathering, new students can get advice about college life from senior students. Connections beyond academic year are born. Freshmen who are starting to live alone can get advice on housing and supplies. Senior students are good advisors to new students since they can give advice based on their experiences.

University co-ops also promote communication in English in order to support students who wish to master English that is useful in their college life. Co-op’s activities include English Marathon, which records the time of using English everyday, and promotion of English learning clubs. University co-ops also cooperate with the university to hold TOEIC-IP and TOEFL-ITP tests.

We hold seminars in which senior students who have experienced job-hunting process tell their juniors about their own experience and give advice. In addition, we hold seminars that trigger students to think about work and know about the existing industries in Japan. Some job-hunting support events are developed, planned and operated by the students themselves.

Author: Manabu Yamamoto

Please read from right to left

Please read from right to left

- Hi, Ai-san!

- I have another concern regarding the university...

- Can... I...

- Can I make friends?

- University is a great place that facilitates you to mature as a person. You can improve yourself, and there’s job-hunting process awaits you.

- What? She gave me cold shoulder!

- From language proficiency test...

- Aptitude test to find out about suitable profession for job-hunting...

- To lectures by speakers for job-hunting preparation.

- For job-hunting, "vertical relationship" of students is important!

- Vertical relationship? Do you mean senior-junior?

- Yes!

- Your seniors have tasted the sweet and bitter things in job hunting.

- A university co-op holds lectures inviting seniors as speakers, so they can speak from a student’s poin of view.

- Hello... I want to make friends.

- You don’t need to worry at all!

- Relationships can help someone mature as a person.

- You can make friends with your peers and seniors because there’s a lot of new student welcoming events!

- Oh, I see. I feel relieved!

Welcome party for new students

- It’s almost time. I have to go home.

- Thank you for your help.

- A university offers a lot of things: people, dreams and encounters!

- Don’t forget that university co-ops are committed to support you!

- Time for me to go back.

- Oh, what a simple way to go back!

Part05. キャリア支援(学びと成長)

新入生が友だちづくりを進める「新入生の集い」が各大学生協で活発に行われています。大学と協力している生協もあります。上級生から大学生活のアドバイスをいろいろ聞くこともでき、学年を越えたつながりも生まれます。また、ひとり暮らしを始める新入生のために、住まいの紹介や新生活用品の提供をアドバイスしながら行っています。先輩学生たちが自分たちの体験にもとづき、新入生のよきアドバイザーとして、責任を持って対応しています。

そして、大学時代に使える英語力を身につけたいと願う学生をサポートするために外国語コミュニケーション活動も推進しています。毎日英語に接している時間を記録するEnglish Marathonの展開、英語学習サークルづくりの呼びかけと活動交流などをすすめています。各大学生協が大学と協力して開催するカレッジTOEIC(TOEIC-IP)、TOEFL-ITP実施も広がっています。

また、就職活動を経験し内定した先輩学生たちが、後輩のために自らの体験を語りアドバイスする場を提供しています。また、「就活サプリ塾」など、仕事について考え、業界を知るセミナーなどを開催しています。学生自らが企画し、運営する就職活動支援のとりくみが広がっています。