YOUR CAREER ENHANCING

We understand the importance of your personal career goals, so we will work with you throughout your studies and beyond, to ensure you reach your full potential.

Our award-winning careers and employability service

The University’s Careers and Employability Service will unlock your potential and enable you to manage your future career by providing you with professional, high-quality information, advice and guidance including:

• Specialist employability advisers

• Access to a wealth of careers information and resources online

• Help with securing internships, part-time jobs and volunteering opportunities

• Employment-related events, competitions and careers fairs

• Coaching on CV writing, interview skills and assessment centres

Learning from our research

Research informs our teaching and enhances your learning experience, and you will connect with cutting-edge researchers throughout your postgraduate studies and beyond. Powerful results from research conducted at our 10 specialist Institutes have helped solve global and local challenges as well as influencing policy and strategy. The REF (Research Excellence Framework) 2021 results revealed us to be world-leading in multiple research areas. You can be confident that you will learn about the latest developments direct from ‘live’ research - making your knowledge relevant to the real world.

Connect with our industry network

Our links with thousands of organisations nationally and internationally provide you with opportunities to gain valuable work experience and to form industry contacts in the UK and around the world. Many courses include career development options such as consultancy projects and masterclasses, and some have the option of an industry placement.

Professional accreditations

Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies so you have a career advantage from day one. Just a few of the professional bodies that accredit our degrees are: Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, British Computer Society, British Council, British Psychological Society, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; Health and Care Professions Council; Institute of Biomedical Science, National Association of Licensed Paralegals, Association for Nutrition, ; and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.

Many professional bodies offer free or reduced memberships for students so you can begin to build your network and keep up-to-date with industry-specific news.

For more information, visit beds.ac.uk/careers