Careers and Employability Service
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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

  • About the Nottingham Advantage Award (NAA)
    Starts: 9 Oct 2024, 12:15 pm
    Finishes: 9 Oct 2024, 12:45 pm
    Wondering what the Nottingham Advantage Award is? Join us to learn about the NAA, how it could benefit you and how to get involved.
  • Choosing your Nottingham Advantage Award (NAA) modules
    Starts: 17 Oct 2024, 12:15 pm
    Finishes: 17 Oct 2024, 12:45 pm
    Venue: University Park, Portland Building, D37 Careers Event Space
    Remaining places: 56
    Not sure which NAA modules to choose? This session is for you! Join us to explore the different types of modules to help you decide which to apply for and get the best out of your Nottingham Advantage Award experience.
  • About the Nottingham Advantage Award (NAA)
    Starts: 21 Oct 2024, 12:15 pm
    Finishes: 21 Oct 2024, 12:45 pm
    Venue: University Park, Portland Building, D37 Careers Event Space
    Remaining places: 60
    Wondering what the Nottingham Advantage Award is? Join us to learn about the NAA, how it could benefit you and how to get involved.
  • Disability and Accessibility in Careers - Exploring your career goals
    Starts: 23 Oct 2024, 12:30 pm
    Finishes: 23 Oct 2024, 1:30 pm
    Do you have a disability or long term health condition and starting to think about your career? Join this session to help you think about how to explore your career goals and manage your disability.
  • Shape Your Future - Imposter Phenomenon
    Starts: 23 Oct 2024, 3:30 pm
    Finishes: 21 Mar 2025, 11:00 am
    Imposter Phenomenon is something that 80% of people will experience at some point in their life but what is it? And how does it impact people? This session is an introduction to the topic and will explore its key themes.
  • Banking, finance and technology insight event for your disabled students
    Starts: 24 Oct 2024, 1:30 pm
    Finishes: 24 Oct 2024, 6:30 pm
    For ambitious students with disabilities* and long-term health conditions who want to find out more about careers in banking, finance and technology, the support that can be provided, and how to access this. Run by MyPlus Students' Club
  • Choosing you Nottingham Advantage Award (NAA) modules
    Starts: 25 Oct 2024, 12:15 pm
    Finishes: 25 Oct 2024, 12:45 pm
    Not sure which NAA modules to choose? This session is for you! Join us to explore the different types of modules to help you decide which to apply for and get the best out of your Nottingham Advantage Award experience.
  • Shape Your Future - Career Planning in a Changing World
    Starts: 31 Oct 2024, 10:00 am
    Finishes: 19 May 2025, 1:00 pm
    Is having a plan always the best plan? How do you future proof that plan in a world that is changing rapidly? This workshop will explore an alternative approach to career planning that relies less on having a clear direction and more on building the right skills to make the most of opportunities when they present themselves.
  • Shape Your Future - Find Your Why
    Starts: 1 Nov 2024, 3:00 pm
    Finishes: 15 May 2025, 1:00 pm
    Understanding our own career motivation is one of the most important things when it comes to picking a direction, but it is also one of the most elusive. Why do some jobs seem more interesting than others? What does that say about us as individuals? How can we articulate our motivations to a hiring manager or recruiter in a persuasive and engaging way? How confident are we really about what we want from a career?
  • Chemistry Careers Evening 2024
    Starts: 4 Nov 2024, 6:00 pm
    Finishes: 4 Nov 2024, 8:00 pm
    Venue: University Park, Chemistry - X2 Lecture Theatre
    Remaining places: 115
    Nottingham Chemistry alumni from a range of career fields (lab and non-lab) will give short talks about their career journeys and roles before a panel Q&A session. Following the talks and questions there will be opportunity for networking and further discussion with light refreshments.
  • Disability and Accessibility in Careers - Applying for jobs
    Starts: 6 Nov 2024, 2:00 pm
    Finishes: 6 Nov 2024, 3:00 pm
    Thinking about applying for jobs and how to navigate the process with your disability or long term health condition? Join this session to learn how to find a suitable employer and understand your rights during the recruitment process.
  • Physics Careers Week: What can I do with a physics degree?
    Starts: 12 Nov 2024, 10:30 am
    Finishes: 12 Nov 2024, 11:20 am
    Venue: University Park, Physics Building, C14
    Remaining places: 40
    An insight in to career paths using your physics degree.
  • Physics Careers Week: How to choose a job? Dr Olga Fernholz
    Starts: 12 Nov 2024, 11:30 am
    Finishes: 12 Nov 2024, 12:30 pm
    Venue: University Park, Physics Building, C14
    Remaining places: 40
    How to choose a job? Dr Olga Fernholz
  • Physics Careers Week: We are all imposters – Prof Meghan Gray
    Starts: 12 Nov 2024, 1:45 pm
    Finishes: 12 Nov 2024, 2:45 pm
    Venue: University Park, Physics Building, C14
    Remaining places: 40
    The Imposter phenomenon.
  • Posters and Presentations Workshop
    Starts: 13 Nov 2024, 2:00 pm
    Finishes: 13 Nov 2024, 3:30 pm
    Do you need to create a poster or presentation for your Nottingham Advantage Award or degree assessment? If so, this session will help you to learn how to create interesting posters and deliver presentations in an engaging way.
  • What can I do with an Education degree?
    Starts: 14 Nov 2024, 12:00 pm
    Finishes: 14 Nov 2024, 1:00 pm
    An online workshop to explore your options and what is possible with an Education degree. Discover the career routes you can take with your subject specific and transferable skills.
  • Disability and Accessibility in Careers - Starting work
    Starts: 20 Nov 2024, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 20 Nov 2024, 2:00 pm
    Do you have a disability or long term health condition and wondering what starting work could look like for you? Join this session to understand your rights in the workplace, reasonable adjustments and top tips when starting in a new job.
  • What can I do with a Criminology degree?
    Starts: 21 Nov 2024, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 21 Nov 2024, 2:00 pm
    An online Workshop to explore your options and what is possible with a Criminology degree. Discover the career routes you can take with your subject specific and transferable skills.
  • How to showcase your Nottingham Advantage Award to employers
    Starts: 27 Nov 2024, 12:30 pm
    Finishes: 27 Nov 2024, 1:30 pm
    Venue: University Park, Portland Building, D37 Careers Event Space
    Remaining places: 60
    Thinking about applying for a graduate role or part time job? Learn how to make the most of your NAA modules in your applications and demonstrate your skills and experience to employers.
  • What can I do with a Sociology/Social Policy degree?
    Starts: 28 Nov 2024, 1:00 pm
    Finishes: 28 Nov 2024, 2:00 pm
    An online workshop to explore your options and what is possible with a Sociology/Social Policy degree. Discover the career routes you can take with your subject specific and transferable skills.
  • About the Nottingham Advantage Award (NAA)
    Starts: 2 Dec 2024, 12:15 pm
    Finishes: 2 Dec 2024, 12:45 pm
    Venue: University Park, Portland Building, D37 Careers Event Space
    Remaining places: 60
    Wondering what the Nottingham Advantage Award is? Join us to learn about the NAA, how it could benefit you and how to get involved.
  • Choosing your Nottingham Advantage Award (NAA) modules
    Starts: 10 Dec 2024, 12:15 pm
    Finishes: 10 Dec 2024, 12:45 pm
    Not sure which NAA modules to choose? This session is for you! Join us to explore the different types of modules to help you decide which to apply for and get the best out of your Nottingham Advantage Award experience.

 

Careers and Employability Service

University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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email: careers-team@nottingham.ac.uk