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employability Support for Students

Whether you're looking for your first graduate job, a change of direction, or to progress in your chosen career, our team are on hand to support your ambition, to provide more guidance, and help you turn your career dreams into everyday reality.

We have an overall 5 star rating from QS World University Rankings and 5 stars in Teaching, Employability, Online Learning, Academic Development and Inclusiveness.

Our commitment to one-to-one guidance from a team of specialist careers advisors, practising solicitors, and industry professionals offers you a great start to your career.

We combine our years of experience, our expertise and our focus on your future employability, to equip you with the knowledge and skills to fulfil your ambitions.

Support by subject area
Law
Our law employability team is focused on helping you to achieve your career and work experience goals.
Business
From helping develop your interview techniques to securing work experience through our links to industry, our business employability team is committed to supporting you succeed in your chosen career.
Policing
From guiding you through the recruitment process, to helping you prepare for the modern-day workplace, our policing employability team provides a range of services to meet your needs.
Criminology
Our criminology employability team is committed to guiding you every step of the way towards your career and professional goals.
Computer Science
Our team can help equip you with the knowledge and skills to fulfil your career ambitions in your chosen field.
Psychology
Our employability team can help prepare you for a professional career from day one, with a wide range of services to meet your needs.

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employabilityAdvice from Recruiters

Landing your dream job is as important to us as it is to you, and we are here to support every step of the way.

We have established strong connections within the legal and business industries, enabling us to provide you with key information on what recruiters are looking for and how to apply to them.

Employability Discover the pathway to your dream career

Find out where our courses could take you. Browse through a selection of careers that our courses can lead to, and find out what each job entails, what skills you need and where to search for jobs.

Discover your career pathway
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programmeProfessional Employability Programme

Our Professional Employability Programme is designed to explore the challenging aspects of the workplace and offer insights into why these arise, to help you plan how to overcome them.

Topics in this programme include managing your personal brand, making the most of your network and dealing with conflict. You can use this programme to support you from the very early stages of your career and throughout your time in the legal profession.

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ResourcesELITE

Current students have access to a wide range of resources via ELITE, including recordings of workshops and presentations from the team, feedback from students who have attended interviews with firms and recruiters, and case studies with successful students.