Bitesize Careers

• Any Year

  Any Year:

  • Discover routes to Future-Ready Award (previously DegreePlus), and gain accreditation for extra-curricular activities you are involved in 
  • Get involved with Development Weeks and explore activities outside of teaching time  
  • Find out more about work and study abroad opportunities to internationalise your degree 
  • Consider applying for Project Children - an 8 week paid internship in the USA. Internships are provided in many fields and the application deadline is generally in spring.   
  • Build your skills by doing voluntary work through Volunteer SU or via Volunteer Now
  • Explore what organisations such as BUNAC, CCUSA, Camp America and Projects Abroad offer to ensure you make the most of your summer holidays
  • See the British Council's Study and Work outside the UK pages for further opportunities 
  • Participate in Future-Ready Skills for Leaders to build your business skills and commercial awareness
  • Apply for the Future-Ready Skills for Leaders: Boston to develop leadership and project management skills 
  • Attend careers fairs and employer events. These happen all year round and will be advertised on MyFuture 
• Level 1

  Level 1:

  • Keep an eye out for engineering opportunities open to level 1 students such as the Randox Apex programme
  • Are you interested in teaching? Consider the Teach First Taster Programme
  • Interested in Banking and Finance? Apply for the Stock Market Challenge and company-specific “Insight” schemes e.g. Bank of England, Deloitte, EY, JP Morgan, KPMG, PwC 
    
• Level 2

  Level 2:

  Look for relevant summer work and build your skills throughout the academic year:

  • Large companies in all sectors interested in engineering students offer year-long placements and summer internships. MyFuture, Ratemyplacement, Prospects, Targetjobs, and GradIreland are useful sites for finding these. Gradcracker is a particularly useful site for finding STEM placements and internships. Many of the deadlines are set around December or earlier so it’s best to start applying in autumn. A lot of the big companies run summer internships as well as year-long placements

  • Consider applying for IAESTE to internationalise your work experience
  • Interested in Banking and Finance? A lot of the big companies run summer internship programmes e.g. Citi, Deloitte, EY, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, PwC, Standard Life, and a few run year-long placements e.g. Deloitte, First Derivatives, KPMG and PwC. Apply early in the autumn term!
  • Interested in Teaching? Gain some classroom-based experience in preparation for PGCE applications in final year.

  • Interested in Teaching? Consider applying for Teach First taster programme and try to gain some classroom experience in preparation for PGCE applications in final year. 

     

• Level 3

  Level 3:

  • Apply early for graduate schemes and / or postgraduate study. Be aware of very early closing dates for some postgraduate courses such as the PGCE.
  • Access help with any aspect of the recruitment process - CVs, application forms, interview skills, psychometric tests and assessment centres by booking a Career Consultation 

   

   

• Post Graduate Taught

  PGT:

  • Apply early for graduate schemes
  • Access help with any aspect of the recruitment process - CVs, application forms, interview skills, psychometric tests, assessment centres by booking a Career Consultation 
• Post Graduate Research

  PGR:

  • Discover Careers support for PGR students
  • Plus above opportunities for any year.