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Our Careers and Employability team

We have a dedicated Careers and Employability team who are here to help you create the best possible opportunities while studying.

As well as many other things, you can book one-to-one appointments with the team by simply registering for Careers Connect. Here are five ways you can develop your skills for the future and what the team can do for you.

• Ongoing advice
• Volunteering
• Mentoring
• Work placements and internships
• Starting your own business

Ongoing advice and career development

Book a one-to-one meeting to discuss your career path and get advice on finding and applying for part-time jobs, internships, graduate jobs or further study. Career Development Advisers work in each School and have specialist knowledge and experience to support you on your course.

Volunteering

Use our volunteering service to find local volunteering opportunities and community-based placements. This can build your skills, boost your confidence and make you more employable whilst also making a difference to others.

Mentoring

You can sign up for a mentor, who will work with you, to develop your confidence and give you advice for your personal and professional development.

Work placements

The team can help you search for internships or placements to gain practical experience. We have excellent working relationships with professional bodies and business organisations who help shape our learning programmes, which means you'll have opportunities for real-life work experience both on and off your course.

Starting your own business

If you're interested in setting up your own business, community project or freelance work, you can reach out to our entrepreneurship support service, beepurple, who will support you to do this.

Brighton Attributes

During your time with us, you'll develop seven key attributes, a set of qualities and skills that can help you to achieve your future plans, and make a difference in the world. These are:

• critical thinker, 
• engaged global citizen, 
• confident communicator, 
• inclusive collaborator, 
• resilient self-advocate, 
• solution-oriented innovator 
• creative and confident user of digital technologies.

You'll be able to explore these attributes and put them into practice both within and outside your course by taking part in wider opportunities, including joining a society or sports club, becoming a student ambassador or Course Rep or working with staff to develop a more inclusive curriculum.

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Contacts

Explore some of our helpful resources below and follow the Careers and Employability team on social media:

• Careers Connect
• LinkedIn Learning
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter