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Live Webinar! Get into the Public Sector

Have you thought about a career in the Public Sector? Get started in a new career by joining our free webinar. Continue Reading Live Webinar! Get into the Public Sector

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Live Webinar! You’ve Graduated: What Next?

A live interactive webinar to support recent graduates – boost your job search, connect with graduate employers and get started on your graduate career. Continue Reading Live Webinar! You’ve Graduated: What Next?

Introducing the Careers and Employability team

Welcome to the University of Brighton from the Careers and Employability Team, we are here to support you from your first day at the university, throughout your degree, and after you graduate. Continue Reading Introducing the Careers and Employability team

Getting Women Into STEM Webinar From Prospects

Get inspiring advice and in-depth insights from employers, careers advisers, students and graduates by attending the Future You webinars from Prospects.

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Growth Mindset Webinar From Prospects

Get inspiring advice and in-depth insights from employers, careers advisers, students and graduates by attending the Future You webinars from Prospects Continue Reading Growth Mindset Webinar From Prospects

Opportunities for undergraduate students to take part in real, hands-on research

Thanks to generous funding provided by Santander Universities and academic schools at the University of Brighton, the scheme provides an opportunity for seven undergraduate students in the middle years of their degree to contribute to real research projects. Continue Reading Opportunities for undergraduate students to take part in real, hands-on research

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Fully Funded 2021 Graduate Internships

These fantastic paid roles are funded by Santander Universities and are for University of Brighton final year students coming up to graduation. Roles are usually local to the Brighton / Sussex / south east area, and are paid at a minimum of £9 per hour. Many of these roles require working remotely. These vacancies are… Continue Reading Fully Funded 2021 Graduate Internships

Graduate Opportunities 2021

What’s happening with graduate opportunities 2021? 7 predictionsfrom the Prospects and Gradconsult labour market experts: 2021 very likely to be betterin job market terms than 2020, but probably not until later in the year. We won’t get back to pre-pandemic employment this year. Overall, unemployment may continue to rise, however, non-graduates will be impacted far… Continue Reading Graduate Opportunities 2021

Esports Opportunities

You don’t need to be a professional gamer to find a career in Esports. The rapid growth and continuing development of this industry means there are many potential job opportunities to suit a wide range of degree subjects. Below are some tips on finding your way into this exciting industry! Get to know the industry… Continue Reading Esports Opportunities

St. John’s School and College Virtual Career Fair 26 April

St. John’s is a local Brighton employer who are looking for students and graduates. The fair will consist of: A short ‘Who we are’ presentation, detailing how we can grow your career and ‘kickstart’ your graduate journey into the professional world. A few ‘meet and greet’ talks by key colleagues who can discuss their experience… Continue Reading St. John’s School and College Virtual Career Fair 26 April

Grads in Games Events

The Grads in Games Student Conference – https://gradsingames.com/grads-in-games-student-conference/ This free conference is open to anybody and will be an opportunity to hear from professionals from games studios such as Rockstar, Mediatonic, Epic and Cloud Imperium. Including in-depth discussion on what first roles are really like, how future game technology will influence the skills you need,… Continue Reading Grads in Games Events

Ever Considered a Postgraduate Conversion Course?

Students often think about popular career areas offering good opportunities and wonder how can they break into them when they don’t have a relevant degree. One way of doing this is a via a postgraduate conversion course and Prospects has an excellent section on these on their website. https://www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/conversion-courses These courses are designed specifically for entry into… Continue Reading Ever Considered a Postgraduate Conversion Course?

My Time At Brighton

Leah Brown studied on our Health Studies BSc(Hons) top-up degree. She tells us a bit about her time at Brighton and what she has been up to since she graduated. “I chose the University of Brighton as it was one of the few Universities that offered the top-up degree course. The fact that it was… Continue Reading My Time At Brighton

Be More Skilled!

We all have our own unique set of skills, strengths and attributes that make us who we are. Our strengths and abilities often reflect our interests and experiences, and our skills can help us to work out where we can succeed and make a difference in the world. Being at university is all about learning… Continue Reading Be More Skilled!

Save the date: 1-5 March is Be More Skilled Week

Employers are asking for transferable skills, and recruiters always want to know about more than just your qualifications. How will you tell them what they want to hear? Be ready, be more skilled. This week is here to help you to identify, develop and communicate your skills to employers. Visit the Be More Skilled page for further details. Book your… Continue Reading Save the date: 1-5 March is Be More Skilled Week

How to Impress in an Accounting Interview

Job interviews are daunting no matter which sector you are in. As a growing accountancy firm, we’ve interviewed our fair share of nervous candidates. Here’s a few words of advice from the people on the other side of the table, to help you become a job interview aficionado. We’ve been interviewed for accounting jobs, too!… Continue Reading How to Impress in an Accounting Interview

Siemens Kick Off Gradcracker Webinars for 2021

Gradcracker is an essential source of vacancies for ALL STEM disciplines and every Thursday they host a live webinar with a STEM employer. The employers talk about their company, what they do, and what opportunities they have for both placements and graduate jobs. Employers have mentioned that if you watch the Gradcracker webinar they it… Continue Reading Siemens Kick Off Gradcracker Webinars for 2021

Applying for placements or graduate schemes? Increase your psychometric test skills

Online tests can be a daunting process but evidence shows that practice can increase your success rate by 10%. With this in mind, the university has established a partnership with Graduates First who specialise in practice online tests. https://www.graduatesfirst.com/university-career-services/brighton/ This gives you free access to premium psychometric tests and job preparation tools, including: 7 verbal… Continue Reading Applying for placements or graduate schemes? Increase your psychometric test skills

Job Searching and Applications: Are you Ready?

We hoped you enjoyed Brighton Works Week. A week full of events, webinars and Q&As with our specialist careers staff and employers. All sharing advice and ideas of how to be more employable, make great applications and enter the world of work. With my colleague Liz Vassilakes, our events officer we ran a session: Job Searching… Continue Reading Job Searching and Applications: Are you Ready?

How to differentiate between different types of graduate jobs

There is lots of terminology for graduate jobs. How do you work out what is the right path for you? Firstly, it is good to understand the recruitment cycle. This article covers the basics: https://www.graduate-jobs.com/gco/Booklet/graduate-recruitment-calendar.jsp Although most big players in an industry have deadlines for graduate scheme applications closing by Christmas, there will still be grad schemes… Continue Reading How to differentiate between different types of graduate jobs