Careers

Our Careers and Placements team is based on Campus West next to the Spring Lane Building and there is always someone to talk to during opening hours.

The team covers:

• Information, advice and support - from our professional team of accredited careers consultants and the wider support team

• Experience - including Placement Years, volunteering, community engaged learning and short term internships with our network of local employers

• Skills and development - including our award-winning York Strengths programme, York Leaders and York Award

• Events and networking - linking you up with future employers and showcasing the diverse graduate opportunities available

Careers support

During your programme, there will be careers support opportunities, facilitated in partnership with the University’s Careers Service and practice partners. Students will have the opportunity to meet with practice partners and prospective employers throughout the programme. 

The Careers Service delivers nursing and midwifery-related sessions to develop the skills of students. These include how to make your application form/c.v. stand out, interview skills, and how to approach assessment centres.

The Department is contacted by employers seeking to publicise Careers’ Fairs throughout the year and this information is disseminated to students on a regular and timely basis.

Careers-related information and web-links are all brought together in one section of the VLE site for each cohort, to make this information easy to find.

Working during your studies

Our Careers and Placements team can help you to find a part-time job and can provide information on your legal rights and obligations. We advise that you work no more than 20 hours a week during the semester as anything over this may interfere with your studies and affect your health and wellbeing. If you are a Student visa holder you will need to be aware of any working restrictions placed on you by your visa.

Midwifery students: Working as a maternity support worker (MSW) in one of our practice learning partners' maternity settings is discouraged, as such please discuss this with your personal supervisor.