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UCL Careers Summer Internships Scheme

By Phil Howe, on 9 January 2017

Student Project

We are delighted to announce the launch of the UCL Careers Summer Internships Scheme. In partnership with Santander Universities, we are providing subsidised funding for 35 internships across our summer scheme; which will support the training allowance for one UCL student or graduate intern to work with your business for 6 or 8 weeks full-time during the 2017 summer vacation period (June – September).

How will I benefit as an employer?

• You are provided with subsidised funding, in partnership with Santander Universities, to host a high calibre student or graduate to work with you full time, for 6 or 8 weeks during the summer vacation period.
• Your intern can support you with a project or business development initiative that will move your organisation forward.
• Your intern could provide you with a fresh perspective and will bring new talent to your organisation.
• You will be able to trial an intern for any future positions that may arise, without obligation.

Places on this scheme are limited and internship proposals will be assessed against our criteria, on a first come first served basis until all funding is reserved.

Internships in a variety of sectors

We aim to promote a variety of internships across a range of sectors covering:

• Consultancy
• IT & Tech
• Engineering
• Arts & Culture
• Life Sciences & Health
• Finance
• Social Sciences & Media

If we receive a high number of internship proposals under one category, we may hold funding on similar opportunities until we have allocated reserves to an equal number of internships in the other categories.

Waiting list

We are expecting to receive more proposals than there is funding available. Any proposals that we cannot allocate reserved funding to this time around will be put on a waiting list. If we are not able to provide funding for your internship this year, we will offer you a priority proposal application window for the next year’s scheme.

Feedback

We will get in touch with both the organisation and intern during the internship to see how it is going and we’ll ask you both to complete a feedback form at the end. We may also ask you take part in some case studies at the conclusion of the scheme.

Get involved…

This scheme is open to internship proposals from SMEs that are based in or frequently trading in greater London. To receive more information about joining this scheme, please send an email to Laura Radford: l.radford@ucl.ac.uk to request an information pack and proposal form.

Recruiting from UCL with UCL Careers

By Weronika Z Benning, on 3 May 2016

There are a number of ways in which you can promote your permanent, temporary, part-time and internship opportunities to our students and recent graduates – from our UCL Talent Bank shortlisting service, to UCL JobOnline jobs board and more specialised internship and placement services for arts, sciences, engineering and management students. See http://www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/recruiters/recruit for more information and contact employers@ucl.ac.uk if you need help in deciding which service(s) would be best for you

Engagement with UCL Careers researchers / PhDs

By Weronika Z Benning, on 3 May 2016

UCL Careers is committed to developing the soft skills of PhD/researcher community and we offer a number of ways for you to engage with this cohort.

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UCL Talent Bank for Researchers – do you have an immediate vacancy to fill?
UCL Talent Bank is a targeted shortlisting service to help you source good quality UCL candidates efficiently. For more information please contact talentbank@ucl.ac.uk
 
Life Science PhD placements – want to hire a PhD intern?
Ever thought about hosting a high calibre life science PhD student on a placement at little or no cost to your organisation? For more information please contact Shadae Samuels on s.samuels@ucl.ac.uk

Engage with researchers by attending an employer led event
Send a representative from your organisation with a PhD to run an employer led skills workshop or take part in a panel discussion careers event. For more information please contact Vivienne Watson on

Jobs Market: Summer careers fair for immediate vacancies

By Weronika Z Benning, on 29 April 2016

Taking place on Wednesday 8th June

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The UCL Jobs Market will be held on Wednesday 8th June during the afternoon, and will last for around 2.5 hours. This will be promoted to students from ALL degree disciplines, so you should expect to see a wide range of students, and we hope to equal or exceed last year’s numbers- around 400. The event is free for organisations to attend- all we ask is that you are able to showcase an immediate vacancy for either graduates or undergraduates that meet National Minimum Wage, or that you operate rolling graduate recruitment. Space is limited, meaning we will provide you with a small table top to display literature and promotional items, but there is not space for “Nomadic” or pop up display stands. You may bring a small roll up banner if you wish. Please email Pat Molloy at careers.events@ucl.ac.uk

Summer opportunities with UCL Careers

By UCL Careers, on 16 April 2014

Are you looking for ways to engage with UCL Careers over this summer?

We have several exciting opportunities for employers to get involved on campus that are still available for booking:

UCL Employability Summer School

The brand-new UCL Global Citizenship Programme features UCL Careers running an intensive and varied Employability Summer School between June 2nd and 13th, including employer-led events, to help prepare students for life beyond university by putting them through their paces with employability skills. This is an opportunity to meet and engage with a large number of motivated, talented students willing to put in two week’s of non-obligatory work. For more information on individual events, please email Weronika Benning: w.benning@ucl.ac.uk

UCL Advances are running workshops on May 22nd, 29th, and June 6th for upcoming summer internships, focusing on the difference between how students manage their academic studies and how they then operate in the workplace.  This can be a difficult transition and we welcome employers to help run these sessions on how to be better prepared. Students will learn about behaviours and attitudes, etiquette, confidence, and communication.  For more information email Weronika Benning at w.benning@ucl.ac.uk

UCL Jobs Market is taking place on the afternoon of 9th June 2014. This is a table top recruitment event for c400 graduating UCL students from all degree backgrounds, to meet a wide range of employers with immediate vacancies, or who offer rolling graduate recruitment. The event is free for employers to attend, but space is limited- please email phil.howe@ucl.ac.uk by Friday 23rd May if you are keen to attend.

 ‘The Small Companies Big Jobs Fair’, Tuesday June 3rd: UCL Management Science & Innovation in partnership with UCL Careers, UCL Advances, Silicone Milkroundabout, FATJIL and the National Association of Colleges & University Entrepreneurs (NACUE). Companies from an array of sectors are welcome to attend to offer internships, placement and job opportunities covering marketing, advertising, web development, digital music and production to name a few. If you are an SME/Start-Up and would be interested in finding out more, contact carol.morgan@ucl.ac.uk .

UCL Talent Bank is a new fast tracking service which connects UCL students and graduates to a broad range of employers, including UCL Alumni. We will actively source opportunities for UCL students and present CV’s to employers. Contact Lizzy McKinney for further information: talentbank@ucl.ac.uk

Need an intern this summer?  If you would like to host an intern from UCL’s new Arts & Sciences BASc course this summer, we would love to hear from you.  The BASc students have good research and language skills and are available for a minimum of 6 weeks from mid June. Contact Charlotte c.turnbull@ucl.ac.uk for more details.

Focus on Management: 11th– 12th June 2014. This is an opportunity to allow new or aspiring managers to gain experience and coaching in managing people, by being a Team Manager of their own team of UCL students for two days. They will be observed by an experienced coach who will give them support and feedback on their managerial style. It would also offer a great deal of publicity to your organisation. Contact Vivienne Watson at v.watson@ucl.ac.uk for more information.

We are also looking for an employer to deliver a case study as part of this course. Focus on Management is a 3-day course, in which teams of pre-selected students take part in employer-led case studies. The course gives the students the opportunity to develop their commercial awareness, team working and presentation skills, whilst gaining an insight into management. For more information, please contact Trevor Bibic (t.bibic@ucl.ac.uk) or Natasha Weller (n.weller@ucl.ac.uk) by 16th May.

UCL Engineering Summer Expo, Wednesday 11th June. The largest employer event for the Faculty of Engineering: employers are encouraged to promote any current or upcoming opportunities, be on hand to answer questions and enjoy a catered networking area. There is also the chance to deliver seminars or bespoke workshops as part of the event programme. Attracting students across all Engineering disciplines and years, this event is not to be missed! For more information contact Mala Mohindru at m.mohindru@ucl.ac.uk

Global Management Summer School, 7th-18th July. We’re delighted to announce our first Global Management Summer School where from the 7th to 18th July, we welcome over 30 MBA and postgraduate management students from Ivy League universities in Latin America, India and China, who’ll study business and management issues in a UK and European context in an intensive 2 week programme.  We’re looking for organisations to improve international student understanding of business and management challenges faced in the UK/EU, through delivery of business case studies and skills sessions. So if interested in engaging with outstanding students from prestigious international universities, contact Shak Chowdhury at s.chowdhury@ucl.ac.uk now!

Engage with research students and research staff this summer by sending someone from your organisation to ‘The Education Sector’s Many Possibilities: Employer Forum for PhDs and Researchers’ on 29th May or the ‘Life Science and Health Sector: Employer Fair and one-to-one sessions for PhDs and Researchers’ on 9th June. We are looking for representatives who have a PhD to speak to researchers at both events. To find out more please contact Vivienne Watson at v.watson@ucl.ac.uk.

 

UCL Careers Employer Engagement Team- What’s New?

By Phil Howe, on 14 February 2014

Welcome to the first update from UCL Careers’ Employer Engagement Team! We’ll be using this blog to share stories from UCL with graduate recruiters, as well as anything else that catches our eye. We hope you enjoy it!

UCL Careers Service becomes UCL Careers
You may already have noticed but last term we changed our name to UCL Careers, as part of a brand overhaul. The new name, look and feel were developed through student, employer and staff focus groups, and the new visual identify was created by ThirtyThree. Our team name has also changed to Employer Engagement to reflect the wider range of services we now offer employers.

Placements & Vacancies Team
2013 also saw us create our Placements & Vacancies team. They will be sourcing the mandatory placements for our BASc undergraduates and BBSRC funded PhD students, as well as developing UCL Talent Bank– our new shortlisting service. The new team comprises Rochelle Symons (Manager), Charlotte Turnbull and Lizzy McKinney and they would love to hear from any employers keen to offer 3 month (or similar) placements or internships via careers.internships@ucl.ac.uk.

Comings and Goings
Vivienne Watson joined us in the Autumn to look after our employer- led skills programme for research students, but sadly Natalia Mazzini-Cea (Events Administrator) and Natalie Sibley (Employer Engagement in Engineering) moved on to new roles- in Natalie’s case in Canada! We are well underway recruiting their replacements and will update you soon. Weronika Benning, who was interning with the team last term, has happily been able to stay on to cover our Skills4Work programme and Engineering events.

50 years young!
UCL Careers celebrates its 50th birthday this year! We have exciting plans for a website, anniversary publication and a time capsule! We’d also love to hear from employers who can tell us how our alumni have developed their careers at your organisation over the last 50 years. Email us at careers.events@ucl.ac.uk.

Summer School
UCL are holding a Global Citizenship programme from 2nd-13th June 2014, and UCL Careers are running the Employability stream. We will be working with up to 200 students over the 2 weeks and will be looking for employers to get involved in a variety of ways- CV and interview coaching, sending alumni to take part in panel discussions and showcasing immediate start vacancies at the Jobs Market event. Let us know if you’d like to contribute by emailing careers.events@ucl.ac.uk.

Sprint
January 2014 saw us collaborate with RBS to bring their Sprint programme for female undergraduates and graduates to UCL. 50 women attended and their feedback showed improved confidence job hunting, expanded professional and personal networks and the identification of appropriate industry mentors. We will be reviewing the programme with RBS but are keen to run more events of this kind.

Fair and presentation bookings now open!
Autumn 2014 seems a long way off- we’re all hoping for a summer first- but we are already taking provisional bookings for our 5 Careers Fairs and our on and off campus presentations programme. To make a booking, or check date clashes do get in touch with us at careers.events@ucl.ac.uk.