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Careers and employability

Expert careers guidance

Kent offers guidance interviews, an online careers award programme, careers workshops, fairs and events and a wide range of online resources. Free careers guidance is available up to three years after graduation.

Kent's networking platform

Kent has a professional mentoring and networking platform for its students and alumni to share experience and expertise, offer placements/internships, network with fellow alumni and offer mentoring opportunities.

Helping students find work

The careers service advertises internships, work-shadowing, graduate vacancies and local opportunities. A database of vacancies allows students to search using a range of criteria including worldwide locations.

Employability events

An annual employability festival features workshops, talks and presentations from guest speakers and industry experts. The careers service also hosts Get Career Ready sessions, workshops and visits from employers.

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Extracurricular and co-curricular activities

Employability points scheme: rewards students with experience of work for their active involvement in co-curricular activities.
Students can build skills leading or joining an SU society or sports club. There’s also student media (radio, TV and newspaper).
Kent Business School offers modules in entrepreneurship and enterprise that students can take as part of their degree programme.
The Business Start-up Journey is an inspirational 15-week programme that provides a step-by-step guide to starting a business.
Students are able to develop and get advice on their business start-up ideas in Kent's ASPIRE drop-in sessions.

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Volunteer and placement opportunities

Volunteer training opportunities, and many volunteering projects in the local community are supported by the Students' Union.
Many courses offer the opportunity for students to study or work abroad. Kent has a well established Go Abroad programme.
Many courses at Kent have an option of doing a year in industry (placement year) between the second and final years.
Academic schools have placement officers to guide students through the whole process and support them on their placement.
The Careers Service and the Go Abroad teams also offer guidance and support to students studying and working abroad.

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