Your career development

Excellent employment prospects

Our excellent graduate employment rate speaks for itself. 94% of our graduates* from full-time undergraduate study are employed or engaged in further study six months after leaving (*of those available for work, HESA survey 2010/11).

We work with industry leaders to ensure that our courses give you the skills you need to excel in the graduate employment market. Our graduates occupy senior positions in companies all over the world including Microsoft, HSBC, Rolls-Royce and the BBC.

Everything we do here is to help you succeed in your chosen career. Our Careers Service can help you to:

• find placements, internships and part-time work
• pursue self-employment
• take a gap year and time out
• get into volunteering
• pursue further study.

Your postgraduate career prospects
We also have a consistently high postgraduate employment record. 97% of our postgraduates* are employed or engaged in further study six months after leaving (*of those available for work, HESA survey 2010 / 11). This statistic includes both full- and part-time PGT and PGR.

Want to work for yourself?
Our Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise, The Hive, supports new businesses. 85% of start-up businesses established with the HIVE have been trading for at least three years. Find out how The Hive could help your entrepreneurial idea take off!