YOUR CAREER ENHANCING

We provide you with the support you need, alongside a range of opportunities to help you stand out from the crowd, ensuring you are ready to enter the world of work when you graduate.

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 professional practice years, internships, part-time jobs and volunteering opportunities

• Employment-related events, competitions and careers fairs

• Coaching on CV writing, interview skills and assessment centres

Experience through placements

Most of our courses offer you the opportunity to undertake a professional practice year in an organisation of your choice. This is an exciting opportunity that helps you apply your learning to the work place and puts you on the first step to your future career.

We also offer courses at our Milton Keynes campus, which have a 12-week industry placement sourced by the University.

*T&Cs apply. Open to UK students only. Excludes Nursing, Education and Social Work courses.

Global network

Our links with numerous organisations around the world provide you with unique opportunities to gain valuable experience and create your own global network of industry contacts. International businesses such as Nestle and Volkswagen have given our students real-world company briefs to work on as part of their studies.

Just a few of the other organisations we have connections with include: BBC, GlaxoSmithKline, Aston Martin F1, Reuters, Dance East, Luton Town Football Club, Machins, Luton, Bedford and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals, London Luton Airport, MAC Cosmetics, MIND, Sports Therapy UK and TUI Travel PLC.

Professional accreditations

Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies which gives you 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 Management Institute, Health and Care Professions Council, Institute of Biomedical Science, National Association of Licensed Paralegals, Association for Nutrition, Institution of Engineering and Technology, 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.

Employability units

We offer you the opportunity to take 12 creditbearing units based around the theme of employability that will enhance your career prospects, develop transferable skills, and earn you extra credits in the process. Lasting between five and six weeks, the units aim to increase your knowledge and understanding of the key skills employers are searching for, helping you to stand apart from other graduates.

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