Sex and gender careers support

Finding employers committed to sex and gender equality and diversity can be easily facilitated by attending employer events and fairs that are listed on the Careers Connect page.

You can also get a detailed overview of their corporate culture and inclusivity efforts by looking through their respective profiles on LinkedIn.

The following list shows you employers who are actively committed to gender equality and diversity:

Resource list

• The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality — lists employers taking action to create workplaces where everyone, regardless of gender, can thrive
• ENEI (The Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion) — lists over 400 employers championing diversity and inclusion, and who encourage applications from all individuals regardless of gender 
• STEM Women — runs graduate careers events and promotes jobs aimed at STEM students and graduates who identity as women or non-binary
• Transworkers UK — promotes stories of trans and non-binary employment in the UK across all sectors
• Proud Employers — supports candidates to find roles with organisations committed to inclusivity for people of all genders
• UK Workplace Equality Index — lists the most gender inclusive organisations in the UK
• The Fawcett Society — advocates for sex and gender equality in the workplace
• Inclusive Employers — lists over 400 UK organisations committed to gender equality

While you are studying you can gain work experience which will support you in your employability.

There are many ways to do this, either through our programmes at UoB or with external organisations.

Work experience does not have to be a full-time internship — it can be something which fits around your studies during term time or the holidays.

If you’re working during term time, the University recommends you work a maximum 15 hours per week to support you in balancing your studies with work.

Resource list 

Internal opportunities at UoB 

• The B-Experienced Internship Programme
• The Birmingham Project (for first year undergraduates)
• Impact Challenge (for penultimate and final year undergraduates)
• Masters Consultancy Challenge (for postgraduates) 

External opportunities

• Click Start by TechUP Women — supports women and non-binary people to develop the knowledge and skills to start a career in the tech sector
• Philippa Fawcett Internship Programme – a programme for women and non-binary students in mathematics
• GAY TIMES: FUTURE NOW — runs an internship programme which supports the writing careers of trans and non-binary people
• Spectra — offers volunteering opportunities for people of trans experience
• LGBT Jobs — lists internship and voluntary opportunities for non-binary individuals
• PwC Women in Business Internship Programme
• Where Women Work — lists internship opportunities with organisations committed to gender equality
• NatWest Group Insight Experience For Women 

Mentoring schemes and networking allows students to engage with industry professionals that are like minded, and who help initiate conversation around you and your career development.

They empower and motivate you to understand your goals and advise you on how you can achieve them.

Resource list

Internal support

• Careers Network Mentoring
• Alumni Leadership Mentoring Programme
• Careers Network LGBTQ+ Mentoring Scheme — supporting students to be happy and fulfilled as trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming
• ROLES Birmingham — an intersectional and interdisciplinary UoB community exploring aspects of gender in their work, research and/or activism
• Rainbow Network — a group which offers support to non-binary students and staff at UoB
• Intersectional Feminist Association — activist and educational space for women, non-binary and gender non-conforming students

External support

• Step — connects students to internship opportunities
• Union Learn — virtual mentors to help you identify the skills you’re currently developing, or may wish to develop in the future
• Birmingham Entrepreneurs Meetup group
• Birmingham Trans Unite — a directory connecting you to trans support groups
• Birmingham Non-Binary — a group for non-binary, genderqueer, and those whose gender does not fit the binary
• You can use Meetup to find groups in your area who can offer support

Meet our students and graduates who come from a varied range of backgrounds sharing their success stories and what helped them the most:

• Hear from our students

This section aims to provide you further advice on finding various opportunities, organisations and networks that support our women, trans, and non-binary students and graduates.

Employers drive to have a diverse organisation has improved over time and has become more inclusive in their recruitment process.

What to look for when researching employers

It is important to research employers that you are interested in, maybe looking into their efforts for building diversity and inclusion within their organisation.

Employer 'about us' section

Browse through their about us section to get a deeper understanding of their identity.

By looking through their purpose and the programmes that they support, students and graduates would be able to understand if they resonate with the company values and if they would be able to succeed at their workplace.

Research checklist 

• Company’s website
• Industry news and blogs
• Review sites
• TARGETjobs Employer Insights
• Glassdoor
• The Job Crowd
• Social media
• LinkedIn
• Job sectors (Prospects)