Employability support
Welcome to Employability Services. We are a friendly and diverse team supporting you to find information and offering you tailored advice and guidance. This can be from exploring careers and further study to finding work experience and jobs, CV support, careers fairs, job applications and interviews.
Need personalised support? We offer one to one careers guidance appointments, where you can discuss anything careers or employability related, whether you know what you want to do after you graduate or not.
Our main platform for careers information, online resources and jobs board is CareerConnect. You can also book your careers appointment here, using the selection tools to find a time that suits you.
We encourage all students to follow us on Instagram @stmaryscareers to keep up to date with events, information and opportunities.
Centre for Workplace Learning
We offer you a range of unique and innovative accredited work placement modules in a variety of programmes designed to boost your employability, supported by our placement team who will help you find a suitable work placement.
Our modules cover a variety of subjects and programmes, giving you opportunity to undertake a placement that aligns to your career goals and next steps. These modules combine practical work experience with academic learning, providing a deeper understanding of the workplace through developing your critical thinking and building professional skills.
We also offer entrepreneurship and business start-up modules if you want to set up and run your own business.
Work opportunities – part time, internships, placement and graduate roles
We have a good relationship with many local employers offering part-time jobs, and with organisations seeking students for their work placement and graduate roles. By searching our jobs board on CareerConnect, you can find many opportunities to develop your professional experience. We also advertise part-time work and volunteering opportunities on Career Connect.
There are a range of different work opportunities available, depending on your interests and the experience you want to gain. As well as the workplace learning modules, we advertise a range of paid internships of varying lengths to give you flexible options to get the professional experience you need. If you have chosen a degree with a placement year, we will support you to find a year-long paid placement.
Careers fairs
We hold careers fairs on campus each year. These are a great way to meet employers in person and talk directly about the roles they have, find out what they are looking for, and develop your understanding of next steps. We encourage all students to attend our part-time fair in October and the main careers fair in November.