wednesday 19th March
9am-2:30pm
CAREER ZONE
meet Universities colleges apprenticeship PROVIDERS employers
MEET THE EXHIBITORS
ENGINEERING, MATHS, PHYSICS
Airbus
Atkins Reasis
Babcock
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
Defence Nuclear Enterprise
Ministry of Defence
OnSite Bristol
Synoptix
MATHS, ACCOUNTING, TAX, ECONOMICS, BUSINESS
Amazon Bishop Fleming
BT
Ernst & Young LLP
Haines Watts
Hargreaves Lansdown
KPMG
Lloyds
Mercer Marsh
Saffery
Thatchers
LAW, BUSINESS
Burges Salmon
GKN
Osbourne Clarke
CREATIVE, MUSIC, MEDIA
Access Creative College
BBC
BIMM
Boomsatsuma
Bristol School of Acting BSA
Jimmy Choo Fashion
The Bottle Yard Studios
HEALTH & SOCIAL, SCIENCES
Snapdragons Nursery
PUBLIC SERVICES, PROTECTIVE SERVICES, UPS
Avon & Somerset Police
NHS
RAF
REAL ESTATE
Andrews Estate Agents
UNIVERSITIES & APPRENTICESHIPS
Access Creative College
Bath Spa University
BIMM
Boomsatsuma
Bristol Robins Foundation
Bristol School of Acting BSA
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff University
City of Bristol College
Defence Nuclear Enterprise
Falmouth University
Harper Adams University
OnSite Bristol
Osbourne Clarke
Oxford Brookes
SGSC - Apprenticeships
SGSC - University
UCFB
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Exeter
University of Gloucestershire
University of Law
University of South Wales
University of Southampton
University of West of England
Weston University Centre
WTPN
Our goal is simple: to ignite your creative spark. We open doors to exciting careers in the games, esports, music, media, and computing industries, by utilising the skills and experience of our expert tutors and our fantastic resources & facilities.
Airbus is a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale. As the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, Airbus is at the forefront of the aviation industry.
What unites Amazon employees across teams and geographies is that we’re all striving to delight our customers and make their lives easier. By working together on behalf of our customers, we’re building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.
We are estate agents with over 75 years of experience, our local experts are helping from renting to retirement and everything in between. As the only estate agent in the UK owned by a charitable trust, we have donated over £10m in agency profits to charities and social enterprises around the world.
We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-leading design, engineering and project management organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s Outreach Team engages with schools and communities, facilitating discussions about opportunities and our organisation’s recruitment process. We aim to foster connections and inspire individuals to join our mission (Serve, Protect, Respect).
Babcock is an international defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa. We provide through-life technical and engineering support for our customers’ assets, delivering improvements in performance, availability and programme cost.
We are firmly established as one of the best UK universities. We have three faculties: Science, Engineering and Humanities & Social Sciences, plus a School of Management. There are over 200 clubs and societies to join as well as our worldrenowned Sports Training Village.
All our roles offer an industry-leading salary, including London allowance where applicable. But that’s just the start. You’ll also have access to a whole host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your wellbeing.
We are an ambitious and innovative university with a bold and strategic vision located in a beautiful and thriving capital city.
The university offers degree courses in a variety of disciplines. Study is available at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, full-time and parttime, and research opportunities are offered.
At Defence Equipment & Support, we buy and support vital equipment and services that keep the UK military at the top of their game – giving them the edge in the modern battle space, as they protect our nation and our allies.
As the world’s largest and longest-standing public service broadcaster, we have a unique role that informs culture and democracy in the UK and overseas. Attracting and retaining the very best talent is at the heart of delivering for our audiences.
BIMM Music Institute opens the doors to the music industry. We encourage creative freedom, provide real-world industry experiences and build a community across our colleges in the UK, Ireland and Germany. Students are given access to unrivalled industry connections, experienced lecturers who live and breathe the world of music, and the chance to choose from specialist courses such as Songwriting, Electronic Music Production and Music Business – as well as joint honours degrees like Music Performance with Music Production.
Bishop Fleming is a dynamic UK accountancy firm, providing a comprehensive range of professional services across a wide range of sectors. From our office locations in the South West and the West Midlands we are able to serve clients across the UK, and internationally through our membership of Kreston Global.
Whether you’re into film, games, media or photography, boomsatsuma is the place to take your talent to the next level. You’ll learn your craft in Bristol - one of the most creative and vibrant cities in the UKfrom people who know their stuff.
Bristol City Robins Foundation offer a range of post-16 & 18 education courses. These courses are a fantastic option for students who want to gain an academic qualification as well as practical experience within the sport, coaching and business industries.
Bristol School of Acting is the UK’s newest drama school founded on the experience of some of the country’s most experienced acting teachers. Our mission is to reimagine actor training for the 21st century; to challenge the status quo and to offer training of the highest quality. In doing so, we prepare young actors who are open and skilled; who bring their voice and identity to the work and who are consummately prepared for a sustainable career in the industry of today.
BT Group is the global powerhouse behind EE, BT, PlusNet and Openreach. Together, we’re connecting the world. Four brands. 100,000 people. One team – committed to building and maintaining our networks, creating and servicing our solutions and making sure we meet and exceed our customers’ expectations. With an open mind and a winning mentality, you can help us to build a better, safer and more sustainable world.
Ernest Young are a professional services organisation that helps companies make better decisions about business, finance and technology. Our four main business areas — Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions, and Tax — transform how businesses work by providing innovative solutions and futureforward ideas.
At Falmouth University, you’ll learn to create without boundaries – taking risks, collaborating across disciplines, working with professional facilities and connecting with industry. For over 120 years, we’ve been steering the course of the creative industries, and beyond. By creating exciting opportunities for our students through our industry connections, and empowering them to be courageous and conscientious creatives.
GKN Aerospace is the original aerospace innovator. For decades, GKN Aerospace technologies have inspired and industrialized the aerospace industry, combining engineering excellence and technology leadership. By working closely together with universities, knowledge institutes, suppliers and customers, we lead the industry in developing new technology to improve aircraft efficiency: lowering aircraft cost, weight and emissions.
Haines Watts Bristol forms a key hub within the South West region, we support businesses and individuals with a range of accountancy services, tax advice and tax planning. Supplemented by specialist services including research and development claims, finance and funding advice and outsourcing.
At Hargreaves Lansdown we do all we can to improve savings and investing. We’re always looking to attract, develop and retain diverse talent as we believe this nurtures innovation and leads to the brightest ideas. We view this as the key to our current and future success. With career pathways into Digital, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, and Business.
We offer degrees focused on Land, Agriculture, Food, Animals (including Veterinary programmes) and Engineering subjects on our nearly 500-hectare campus. Our four-year degrees include a year in industry, giving our students valuable experience, contributing to a 99.2% graduate employment rate.
At Jimmy Choo Academy, learn to innovate and shape the future of fashion. Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned pro, JCA is aimed at supporting the next wave of fashion pioneers to harness their imagination, develop and hone their creative craft and to inspire others around them. We do this by building and curating a dynamic ecosystem that brings together the vital ingredients needed to develop, actively nurture and promote new designers, brand pioneers and creative disruptors of fashion.
Lloyds are a financial services group focused on retail and commercial customers. With more than 26 million customers, we touch nearly every community and household in the UK. We support our communities through a wide range of channels, including our face-to-face relationships, local branches, online and digital channels and phone services. Right now, we’re going through the biggest ever digital transformation in UK Financial Services. We’re changing financial services, and we want you to join us. Come find out about our Apprenticeships and Undergraduate schemes.
For over 75 years, we’ve been providing trusted advice and solutions to build healthier and more sustainable futures for our clients, colleagues and communities. Welcome to a world where economics and empathy make a difference in people’s lives. Welcome to brighter.
The Ministry of Defence supports development opportunities across the organisation. Our team manages apprenticeship schemes which includes the Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Apprenticeship as well as HR, Finance, Project Delivery and Business Administration Apprenticeships. We also manage the Defence STEM Undergraduate Sponsorship Scheme.
350 careers. One NHS. Your future. Whatever your skills, qualifications or interests, there is a career for you in the NHS and we are recruiting now. You could work directly with patients, in hospitals, an ambulance trust, or in the community. And once you are part of the NHS team we’ll work with you to develop your career, and fulfil your potential.
On Site Bristol have been supporting the construction industry in Bristol with their apprenticeship needs since 1996. We offer construction apprenticeship training programmes in 7 key ‘On Site’ trades. Each of our apprentices are assigned a training officer who will offer guidance and support throughout the Apprenticeship programme to ensure a positive and successful outcome.
The University is number one in the UK for Journalism, Publishing and PR. Set in the vibrant, historic student city of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University is one of the UK’s leading modern universities and enjoys an international reputation for teaching excellence and innovation, as well as strong links with business and industry, and high graduate employability.
You’ll be given opportunities you won’t find in any other career and, equipped with the skills and training we give to you, you’ll be working at the top of your field in the UK and overseas.
We’re chartered accountants, but we are also much more than this. We’re a people-focused firm with an informal and inclusive culture that is an ideal business environment for ambitious talent to develop exciting, challenging and rewarding careers.
SGS APPRENTICESHIPS offer the chance to earn while you learn. As an apprentice, you will be employed with the same entitlements as other employees. You will also follow a structured training programme to ensure you develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required by employers for you to succeed in the workplace. Construction, Computing and IT, Education & Childcare, Business and Finance
SGSC UNIVERSITY
With over thirty degree programmes, complemented by a wide range of professional qualifications and predegree courses. Our courses cater to individuals of all ages and backgrounds with our departments: Bristol Academy of Media, Bristol Institute of Performing Arts, Bristol School of Art, Business, Education & Professional, Sport Exercises & Health. Zoological Management and Conservation.
Snapdragons is the leading childcare and early years education provider in Bristol, Bath and Wiltshire with ten nurseries and 450 employees. Find out how we can help you shape your dream career in Early Years and become a real influencer for the next generation.
Established in 1904 by William John Thatcher, we have grown into one of the top cider-making businesses in the world. Now in our fifth generation of family cider makers, we’re exceptionally proud of our Somerset roots.
The Bottle Yard Studios is the largest film and TV studio in the West of England situated in South Bristol. We have 11 stages; 8 at our main site and 3 at TBY2, our premium facility which opened in 2022.
UCFB is an established higher education provider, with a proven model for making sports education more relevant, more connected and more embedded in the sports industry, providing our students with the best experience in the world of sport.
We are firmly established as one of the best UK universities. We have three faculties: Science, Engineering and Humanities & Social Sciences, plus a School of Management. There are over 200 clubs and societies to join as well as our worldrenowned Sports Training Village.
A Russell Group University in the heart of England. Our beautiful campus is on the doorstep of a friendly and exciting city with our own train station on campus. We offer a wide range of degree subjects and opportunities to develop the skills required for the working world.
Bristol is one of the most popular and successful universities in the UK, ranked 54th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Explore our undergraduate courses and postgraduate programmes, and discover what Bristol has to offer.
We’re part of the Russell Group and are the leading sports university in the South of England and Wales. Come on this journey with us as we use the power of our education and research to create a greener, healthier & fairer future.
Our goal is simple: to ignite your creative spark. We open doors to exciting careers in the games, esports, music, media, and computing industries, by utilising the skills and experience of our expert tutors and our fantastic resources & facilities.
We are a university where you can study Law, Business, Accounting, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Professional Policing and Computer Science.
USW is a vocationally-focused university, preparing students to support key industries now, and in the future. With three campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd, we are well placed for students to enjoy all that South Wales has to offer.
UCW is proud to be the top higher education centre in North Somerset. UCW has over 45 degree level programmes and short courses. From apprenticeships to full-time degrees and Higher Technical Qualifications, all programmes are in partnership with UWE Bristol and Bath Spa University.
We deliver the ASK programme which is funded by the Department of Education and offers free support to increase awareness of apprenticeships.