Going Global

Going Global

Practice Makes Perfect

Conferences organised by the career development centre have included:

Going Global - Acting Local: Working in a Global Economy
Nottingham Trent University hosted an Employability Conference which was held at The Centre for Effective Learning in Science (CELS), Clifton campus, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS.

The aims of the conference were:

to enable organisations/companies to share good practice in recruiting graduates to work in today's global economy
to share experiences of placement students and graduates working abroad and non-UK students working in the UK
to maintain and foster links between Nottingham Trent University, graduate recruiters and academic colleagues.

Programme
Time	Agenda	Speaker / Company
10.00am - 10.15am	Welcome and introduction	Professor Peter Jones, Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor, NTU
10.15am - 11.00am	Key note speaker	Christina Kerr, Marketing & International Recruitment Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
11.00am - 11.15am	Comfort break
11.15am - 12.05pm	Break into four employer led workshops
	Employing International Students in the UK	Paragon Law and Freeth Cartwright LLP
	Supporting Increased International Student Employment	East Midlands Development Agency
	The Challenges & Opportunities of Recruiting International Students	Experian
	The Benefits & Challenges of Employing UK Graduates Abroad	DTZ
12.05pm - 12.15pm	Comfort break
12.15pm - 1.00pm	3 Presentations from Nottingham Trent University Students who have undertaken international placements at the following organisations: EADS - Munich, Citigroup - Los Angeles and Orco Property - Prague
1.00pm - 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm - 2.50pm	Break into four employer led workshops - choice and format as detailed in the morning session
2.50pm - 3.00pm	Comfort break
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Plenary
3.30pm	Close