Employability outside your studies

What can I do?

• Mentoring and supporting
  Self-development by mentoring others and being  mentored
• Sports, societies and clubs
  Interesting and fun stuff to support our vibrant community
• Volunteering in the community
  Get involved with community activities that you care about
• Working for the university
  Make yourself useful around campus and get paid

• Part-time work and meeting employers
  Boost your employability, make contacts and get paid
• Entrepreneurship
  Start your own project and develop your entrepreneurial skills
• Campaigning and democracy
  Add your voice to influence our future
• Speaking with Careers
  Get help finding work that excites and rewards you.

Mentoring and supporting

• Peer Assisted Study Support (PASS) (volunteer)
  Train as a PASS leader to help other students to thrive as members of our learning community. 

• Pi Shop (maths) leader (paid)
  If you are a PhD, third or fourth year student, you can apply to offer maths support at the Pi Shop to students who are seeking jobs and need advice on numerical reasoning or maths tests.

• Be mentored 
  Apply for a place on our award-winning mentoring programmes where professionals will mentor you in regular meetings. It's also a great confidence boost.

Sports, societies and clubs

• Sports committee members (elected)
  The Sports Federation committee is a group of elected students that make decisions and input on the sports services at the university. Members are elected at the annual general meeting at the beginning of the academic year.

• Society Federation committee members (elected)
  The Societies Federation (Soc Fed) committee is a group of six elected students who decide how Students' Union funds are spent on society activities. The students are society members who are elected at the Societies Federation AGM.

• Sport Brighton (volunteer and paid roles)
  There are various opportunities to tailor and develop your employability skills with Sport Brighton such as helping to facilitate a Parklife session or acting as a 'buddy' in sessions.

• Join an SU society
  There are more than 100 societies at Brighton Students' Union which are open to all students. Each society also has three committee positions that can be applied for.

Volunteering in the community

• Brighton Students' Union
  Give your time for BSU and your fellow students with a variety of internal volunteering opportunities hosted by Brighton Students' Union.

• Active Student
  The university’s volunteering service, Active Student, can help you find volunteering placements in the local community that are rewarding, safe and supported.

Working for the university

Most on-campus opportunities are advertised through our Vacancy Service.

• Student helpers
  Be employed by the schools, c-change, widening participation and in the libraries and computer rooms.

• Student Ambassadors
  Assist at open days, new student welcome events, fairs and conferences on and off-campus.

• Students' Union (paid)
  The SU recruits student staff for a variety of roles. Earn money, gain valuable skills, and work for an ethical, friendly organisation run by students, for students.

• Residential accommodation advisers
  Live in and provide support to students living in halls of residence across the Brighton, Falmer and Eastbourne.

• Pi Shop (Maths) leader
  If you are a PhD, third or fourth year student, you can apply to offer maths support at the Pi Shop to students who are seeking jobs and need advice on numerical reasoning / maths tests.

Part-time work

• Get a part-time job
  You may choose to work part-time for financial reasons, as well as to gain experience specific to your longer term career goals.

• Careers fairs and networking events
  There are events throughout the year including our annual Careers Fair and sector-specific events, presentations and pop-up stands giving you the opportunity to meet employers.

Entrepreneurship

• beepurple
  Touch base with beepurple, our entrepreneurship programme, for training courses and one-to-one support if you want to turn your entrepreneurial ideas into reality.
• Springboard
  Raise funds for your projects, ideas and events through Springboard.

Campaigning and democracy

• Students' Union elected roles
  Each year, students decide who leads the Students' Union for the next academic year. Visit the BSU website before election time to nominate yourself.

• School and course representatives
  All students have the opportunity to vote for school and course reps and stand for these roles. Nominations tend to be asked for by week two. Find more information on the Course Rep area of My Studies.

Careers advice

Alongside your course team, our Careers team can help you to find work that excites and rewards you.

The team can also help you:

• See how your studies and activities translate into transferable employability skills
• Decide what career is right for you
• Identify and work on gaps in your skills and knowledge
• Update your CV, complete applications and prepare for interviews
• Find a job and get work experience
• Meet employers.

Employability on your course