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Get into teaching drop-in 28 March 2023

Have you considered teaching as a career?
Come to meet advisers from the Dept of Education and ask all your questions about getting into teaching.

Local summer jobs, part-time work, internships, placements, and plenty of other opportunities – come and meet the employers on campus!

Meet LOCAL employers hiring for now, the summer, and next year – best of all, they’re all based in Brighton and East Sussex. From midday in Elm House Atrium on 7 March. See you there!

Pharmacy students: Kickstart your career and meet pre-reg employers at Pharmacy Fair 2023

Pharmacy students from all years should come along to the Pharmacy Careers Fair. Employers at this event have a range of pre-registration pharmacy placements and other pharmacy-related jobs, including part-time and summer work.

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BE PART OF BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2023

Brighton Festival 2023 is holding a Volunteer Recruitment Evening on Monday 27 February.

A guide: reflect on your careers options and choose the right postgraduate course for you

This video will tell you how and when to apply, what admissions tutors are looking for, how to write a good personal statement.

A guide: Sources of Funding for Postgraduate Study

There are different titles such as loans, grants, bursaries, and scholarships which can be a bit bewildering so if you want to discuss these further then please schedule a chat with a UoB Careers Development Adviser for your school on Careers Connect and they can help you through it all.

A guide: how to apply for postgraduate study and write a personal statement

This video will tell you how and when to apply, what admissions tutors are looking for, how to write a good personal statement.

A guide: Before you start applying for postgraduate study

This video will tell you how and when to apply, what admissions tutors are looking for, how to write a good personal statement.

Don’t forget that the deadline for entries to the University of Brighton’s annual ideas competition, generously sponsored by Santander Universities, is coming fast. Don’t, miss your chance to tell the beepurple startup team about your creative ideas for new products, freelance services, digital solutions, or community projects. Competition winners not only receive cash prizes –…

Are you graduating with a STEM degree? NHS Scientist Training programme 2023 now open.

If you would like to work in public health the NHS is now advertising for the Scientist Training Programme to begin in 2023 (deadline 23rd January at 4pm). This is a three-year funded programme that involves work based learning in an NHS hospital alongside gaining a master’s degree from an accredited university as you work and gain a salary.

You’ve Graduated: boost your job searches, access graduate employers and graduate job opportunities

If you have recently graduated or are in your final year, join the National Careers Service and AGCAS for a live and interactive webinar on 7th Feb from 10.00am-1.00pm to boost your job searches, access graduate employers and graduate job opportunities, and ignite your career.

Screen Archive South East are looking for student helpers…

SASE are looking for University of Brighton students to help curate an exhibition for LGBTQ+ history month.
Volunteers will work with the screen archive to tell the story of the Our Screen Heritage project, whilst also adding their own responses and interpretations!

FREE Digital and Video Accelerator courses

Creative Process is a Brighton-based provider of free digital and video courses.

Make your ideas happen 2022/23

The University of Brighton’s annual ideas competition, generously sponsored by Santander Universities, is your chance to tell us about your creative ideas for new products, freelance services, digital solutions, or community projects. Every year, the University of Brighton’s beepurple startup team hosts this exciting competition to find out about all the amazing ideas our students…

Volunteer Translators Needed!

Do you speak and write another language fluently? Do you have experience of translation, or would like to gain some? We are looking for students for a volunteer translator role with Hill Park School.

Turing Scheme funding for 22/23

The University of Brighton has been awarded funding to support students on overseas work or study placements in academic year 2022-2023.

Open your mind as well as your parachute

I spent this last summer in Washington state. USA, with the financial help I received from the Turing Scheme.

Gibraltar: My International Placement Focusing on Mental Health

I find myself writing this reflective account of my international placement in Gibraltar designed to learn about the practices set in place for individuals who have mental health conditions in Gibraltar.

Getting out of your comfort zone, the Turing Scheme helps you to see a different world.

The exciting experience of working abroad has enhanced my soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and organization; and improving my hard skills including data analysis and strategic planning. These skills have boosted my employability for my future career.

Considering a career in tech? Step this way.

Focus Group are a sponsor at careers Fair 2022, and have written this guest blog post for University of Brighton students and graduates: Let us introduce you to Focus Group. Established in 2003, we’re proud to have grown into one of the UK’s leading independent providers of essential business technology. We’re equally delighted to have…

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