The University Careers Service offers advice on a variety of issues including career planning, making applications, job search and interview preparation. Staff can also provide advice on improving your job prospects through work experience and activities to develop your personal skills, and will arrange a number of careers-related events during the academic year.
Visit the Careers Service's dedicated pages for postgraduate researchers here. You can find information about how to arrange a 1:1 specialist career consultation, and information about the University's PREP scheme (Postgraduate Researcher Experience Programme), which enables students to engage with activities that enhance your career development, supporting students to get work experience, work shadowing, training, advice or insights so that you can make career decisions, broaden networks, explore career ideas and develop additional skills and attributes.
The Careers Service also offers:
• A comprehensive website with a full range of careers information and advice.
• Individual guidance interviews to discuss personal career plans with specialist research career consultants.
• Career Connect and MyJobShop - current and forthcoming vacancies for graduate jobs, part-time jobs, paid work experience, voluntary work, internships and placements.
• What’s On careers events, including fairs and employer presentations.
For those wishing to explore opportunities in another country, information is also available via the Careers Service website.
See this page for details of how to get in touch with the Careers Service.
PGR students may also find useful the range of resources provided by Research Services' Think Ahead scheme, which focuses on career development for researchers.
Students who wish to nominate members of staff as referees on job applications should, in the first instance, approach their primary supervisor, who will generally be the most appropriate person. You should always consult staff before naming them as referees, to ensure that they are willing to provide a reference and to check their availability at the time when they are likely to be contacted.