Careers and Employability Service
Services for current students

Exploring your options

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Trying to decide on your future career? Need to better understand your options? 

Are you looking to find out how you can boost your employability skills with activities such as the Nottingham Advantage Award.

Below you will find sessions to help explore all the options available to you. 

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Upcoming events - click on the event title to book your place

  • Job searching whilst competing
    Starts: 2 Feb 2026, 5:00 pm
    Finishes: 2 Feb 2026, 6:30 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, C11
    Remaining places: 33
    Learn how to bounce back from setbacks, turn rejection into growth, and show employers your resilience, inspired by athletes who’ve overcome challenges.
  • Time to talk about mental health and your career journey - East Midlands Conversations
    Starts: 3 Feb 2026, 4:00 pm
    Finishes: 3 Feb 2026, 5:15 pm
    This session will explore practical strategies to support disabled, neurodivergent students/graduates with mental health challenges as they transition into the workplace.
  • Career Confidence for Faculty of Arts Students
    Starts: 11 Feb 2026, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 11 Feb 2026, 1:50 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, C14
    This session explores what career confidence is, outlines ways to develop it and highlights practical actions that can be taken.
  • Articulating sport experience in applications
    Starts: 12 Feb 2026, 12:30 pm
    Finishes: 12 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm
    Venue: University Park, Physics Building, C29
    Remaining places: 35
    Join this workshop to discover how to showcase your sporting experience in CVs, cover letters, and interviews. Gain practical tools and confidence to turn your achievements on the field into career success.
  • Interview Preparation for Student Athletes
    Starts: 17 Feb 2026, 12:30 pm
    Finishes: 17 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, UP-MONICAPART-D12
    Remaining places: 26
    Showcase your sporting experience to stand out in interviews. Learn how to highlight transferable skills, structure answers, and boost your confidence.
  • Your Identity in Sport: Building a Personal Brand
    Starts: 17 Feb 2026, 5:00 pm
    Finishes: 17 Feb 2026, 6:30 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, Monica Partridge building - room D10
    Remaining places: 29
    Build your personal brand beyond sport. Showcase your strengths on LinkedIn, in networking, and interviews to stand out and unlock opportunities.
  • Career Planning - Faculty of Arts in-person
    Starts: 18 Feb 2026, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 18 Feb 2026, 1:50 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, C14
    This session will give you practical skills to help you understand how to plan your career.
  • Career Confidence for Faculty of Arts Students
    Starts: 25 Feb 2026, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 25 Feb 2026, 1:50 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, C14
    This session explores what career confidence is, outlines ways to develop it and highlights practical actions that can be taken.
  • Career Confidence for Faculty of Arts Students
    Starts: 4 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
    Finishes: 4 Mar 2026, 3:50 pm
    This session explores what career confidence is, outlines ways to develop it and highlights practical actions that can be taken.
  • Career Planning- Faculty of Arts in-person
    Starts: 11 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 11 Mar 2026, 1:50 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, C14
    This session will give you practical skills to help you understand factors to consider when planning your career
  • Career Planning - Faculty of Arts Online
    Starts: 18 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 18 Mar 2026, 1:50 pm
    This session will give you practical skills to help you understand factors to consider when planning your career.
  • Exploring sport careers
    Starts: 19 Mar 2026, 5:00 pm
    Finishes: 19 Mar 2026, 6:30 pm
    Venue: University Park, Monica Partridge Building, D13
    Remaining places: 30
    Love sport? Turn your passion into career opportunities. Discover how your skills and experiences in sport can help you stand out and succeed beyond university.

 

Careers and Employability Service

University of Nottingham
Portland Building, Level D
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 3680

email: careers-team@nottingham.ac.uk