We are the University’s experts in employability and international mobility, working centrally and across all Colleges and Schools to help students identify, develop and achieve their professional ambitions.
Awarded targetjobs' 'HE Careers and Employability Team of the Year 2025'.
What We Offer Students
We support all students on full degrees (undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate) and graduates for up to two years.
Personalised Career Support
- 1:1 Career Coaching and Peer Career Support
- Workshops and resources on career options, job searching, applications, and further study
- Specialist advice and support for disabled students, resources for international students, and visa-sponsored roles in the UK
Employer Engagement
- Exclusive internships and part-time roles through the Student Opportunities Hub, alongside access to our network of 10,000+ employer contacts, UofG staff can also use the Student Opportunities Hub to hire students
- Recruitment fairs, live briefs, guest lectures and industry panels that showcase jobs and bring learning to life
- Employer insights and future skills knowledge shared directly through our partnerships.
Curriculum Integration
- Collaboration with academic staff to embed employability using our Embedding Employability Framework
- Partner with academic staff to make more explicit reference to the skills and employability in the curriculum and enhance this through experiential learning and meaningful assessment.
Global Opportunities
- Support for study abroad and exchange students: inbound and outbound
- Promotion of summer schools, digital mobilities and internships abroad
- Advice for staff on developing short-term mobilities and new exchange partnerships
- Enhanced support for widening participation and disabled students via the Turing Scheme.
Impact & Reach
In the 2024/25 academic year, we:
- Provided nearly 3,000 individual career appointments (98% rated very useful or useful)
- Delivered over 100 central workshops on core career topics
- Welcomed over 360 employers at on-campus events
- 9,000 students connected with on-campus events
- Supported 366 students to secure exclusive internships
- £1M wages paid directly to students for on campus opportunities (internships and part-time work)
- Reached 7,331 UG & PGT students via teaching
- Delivered 139 teaching hours across 22 of 23 Schools
- Facilitated 992 inbound and 440 outbound study abroad students, and 307 short-term mobilities.
