Insight into job sectors
Explore your options and gain an insight into job sectors by browsing resources, researching work experience and job opportunities, or by attending an Employer Insight event.
Employer Insight events enable you to hear from professionals from a range of sectors via speaker panels, Q&A sessions, and networking.
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Choose an industry sector below to see more events.
The non-profit sector, including charities, voluntary and international development
The arts sector, including music and theatre
The engineering sector, including manufacturing
The environmental sector, including sustainability and natural sciences
The finance & consultancy sector, including HR & recruitment
The healthcare sector, including medicine, psychology and sport and health
The heritage sector, including archaeology, archives, arts admin and auction houses
The IT sector, including machine learning
The languages sector, including translation & interpretation
The legal services sector, including training routes for solicitors and barristers
The marketing sector, including advertising, sales and retail
The public sector, including local government, civil service, social policy and sociology
The publishing, media and design sectors
The science sector, including pharmaceuticals and STEM careers
The sport & leisure sector, including tourism and hospitality
The teaching sector, including information on training routes
Student stories
Watch, read & listen to career stories from students and graduates.
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- Story from Carys Howell, a Portfolio Manager at BBSRC who graduated in 2020 with a PhD in Biosciences.
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- Case study from Celia Pullen who took part in the Global Challenge: Museum Victoria Intern, Melbourne, Australia and studied BA History and French Studies.
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- Chad Baker, an MEng Civil Engineering students, took part in the Careers Network Mentoring Scheme. Chad was paired with an industry expert in the field of engineering.
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- Chit Lee, mentored Jing Tang, a software engineer at Google, through Careers Network Mentoring Scheme. Chit is an Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science student.
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- Case study from Christina Manns, an English Editor at MDPI, who studied BA English and graduated in 2020