Careers & Employability

We believe in giving our graduates the best platform to succeed in today's fast-moving world of work. We have excellent employer and industry links that ensure qualifications are highly relevant to the workplace and a collection of employability-related support services that help students reach career goals.

LSBU graduates continue to secure well-paid professional roles and in these times of financial difficulty it's good to see graduate employment is increasing as featured in a recent Times Higher Education issue.

Careers service

Our dedicated Careers Service supports students to secure work placements and jobs within top 'blue chip' companies and valued public and voluntary organisations; our Students' Union runs an Entrepreneurship Society and we offer associateships and business planning support. We provide a range of services to bolster student CVs and their commercial potential, including a certificate in Chinese language/studies.

Student Entrepreneurship support service

If you are keen to unleash your entrepreneurial capabilities or if you are keento find out more bout setting up yor own business veuture, social enterprise or freelance career after University, then look no further than our new Student Entrepreneurship Support Service. The service is available to all students and recent LSBY graduate and provides a one-stop-shop for business and enterprise advice.

Employabilty and Careers Service

Our dedicated team of advisers and placement officers offer information, advice and guidance on employment, placement and job serach issues to all students. We also have a professional vacancy handling service to assist graduates and students in finding suitable full-time and part-time work, work experience, placements and temporary and vocational work. The service is free and is available for up to two years after you graduate.