Building skills for your future career

We understand the importance of your personal career goals, which is why 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. As well as our reseach being highly recognised in the Reseach Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, and a number of staff being recognised as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally recognised’ in reseach, we were also awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, 2013, for our pioneering research in the area of social work and social care. You can be confident that you will learn about the latest developments direct from ‘live’ research - making your knowledge relevant to the real world.

Employable programme

Our unique employable programme will ensure you get ahead in your career by providing you with a vast array of activities to develop your skills and experiences such as: full- or part-time paid work; employer events; CV support; career guidance; mock interviews and more.

Connect with international professionals

We value diversity and real world experience, which is why we have connections with thousands of companies, both national and international. We welcome a number of international visitors to our campuses annually, to provide training and share their expertise and knowledge with you.

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, General Social Care Council, Institute of Biomedical Science, Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC), National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP), National Youth Agency, Association for Nutrition, Register of Exercise Professionals and The Broadcast Journalism Training Council.

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

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