Information for Employers
As a dedicated online careers and employability team, we are uniquely placed to help you build a globally focussed high quality talent pipeline that includes a range of experience.
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Our 50,000 distance and flexible learning degree students are based in 190 countries and receive academic direction from prestigious University of London Member Institutions including: University College London, King’s College London, London School of Economics & Political Science, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Goldsmiths, and City University amongst others.
Our students bring with them high quality academics, and highly developed digital skills gained through their distance learning. In addition, our students have a unique range of experience which maps onto three categories which can help you recruit for both graduate and experienced hire positions:
- Career Starters – limited work experience, using their studies to launch their career.
- Career Developers – extensive work experience, using their studies to enhance their career.
- Career Changers – substantial work experience, using their studies to pivot their career.
We work with employers from around the world to collaborate with us to highlight career paths and specific roles through business case studies, panel discussions, a vacancy service and involvement in our academic programmes.
To find out more please email employers@london.ac.uk
To read our full terms and conditions, please view the University of London Careers Service - Events Terms and Conditions [PDF].
Alumni
University of London Careers Service works closely with our Development Office to provide a range of opportunities for you to get involved in the life of the University through supporting the career development of current students.
We work with alumni like you to put together panel discussions, podcasts, and more so you can share your career journey and give advice to the next generation of students. We also welcome your views on the latest trends in your sector so that we can tailor our careers and employability content and help students make the best use of their time with us.
Alumni who have been involved in our work have found it to be a rewarding way of maintaining a connection with the University of London.
Visit the Alumni Portal to learn more about opportunities to engage with current students and the University of London Careers Service and find additional careers support information.
To contact our Development Team please email alumni@london.ac.uk
Current students
The University of London Careers Service
The University of London Careers Service offers careers and employability support to current students like you, whatever you may studying, wherever you may be based and whatever your current level of careers experience.
Our highly experienced Careers Team recognise that you and your fellow students are at different stages of your career journey: You may be a Career Starter, or a Career Developer or even a Career Changer. Our team of award-winning careers and employability staff, use this Careers Stage approach to tailor our live sessions and digital careers resources to your specific needs.
You can access a diverse range on online careers support, including digital platforms to help improve your interview skills, international vacancy portals to help you find your next role and career micromodules to improve your job-hunting skills.
In addition to accessing live career webinars and career drop-in sessions, you can also join a range of employer-led events, plus opportunities to connect with our global network of alumni.
Visit the Careers section of the Student Portal for more information and to access the support.
Academics
The University of London Careers Service
The University of London Careers Service works closely with academic colleagues such as yourself to offer relevant careers and employability support to your distance and flexible learning students, whatever they may be studying, wherever they may be based and whatever their current level of careers experience.
Our highly experienced Careers Team recognise that your students are at different stages of their career journey; some are Career Starters, others are Career Developers, whilst some are Career Changers. Our team of award-winning careers and employability staff use this Career Stage approach to tailor our live sessions and digital careers resources for your students.
Students on your academic programme can also access a diverse range of online careers support, including digital platforms to help improve their interview skills, international vacancy portals, and our career micromodules.
In addition to accessing live career webinars and career drop-in sessions, your students can join a range of employer-led events, plus opportunities to connect with our global network of alumni.
Increasingly the University of London Careers Service is working in partnership with academic programme staff, such as yourself, to deliver bespoke careers sessions or digital resources to specific cohorts. We also offer advice on how to incorporate more careers and employability content into academic modules, including in response to the Careers Registration data collected by each programme.
Visit the Careers Section of the Portal for more information on how we can work with you and your fellow academic colleagues.
