It's time to celebrate!

Autumn Careers Fairs 2024: a resounding success 🎉

In October, we were joined by a range of employers and industry professionals for our annual Autumn Careers Fairs, with more than 3,300 students visiting over 150 stands over the course of three days.


Students valued the opportunity to engage with 127 external organisations, across many sectors. Employers had lots of effective conversations over the three days, with most estimating they had spoken to at least 60 students each and for some, many more.


Feedback from the fairs has been overwhelmingly positive, with 98% of employers saying their visit has been worthwhile and 97% saying they’d recommend our careers fairs to other employers.

"Always a well organised event - one of the best we go to.” - INEOS 

Employers were impressed with how engaged students were, the questions they asked and the variety of disciplines and backgrounds they represented. The pre-event employer communications, including the Fair Organiser Guide, was also praised by many.

“The interest, quality, and passion of the students has been fantastic, as well as the relevance of their degree disciplines to our opportunities.” - Invista Textiles UK

Student feedback has also been very positive, with the majority saying that as a result of attending the fairs, they feel more informed about future career options and opportunities available, as well as more confident speaking to employers and making job applications.

Thank you to our employers, students and colleagues for making this year’s fairs such a success!

We cannot wait for the next one! 

 

Be on the lookout for bookings opening for our Spring Careers Fair. It will take place on Wednesday 7th May 2025. If you want to be amongst the first ones to hear about it, fill in our interest form and we will be in touch.
 

Have your say in the QS World University Rankings

The University of Sheffield continues to be a world leading research intensive university, recently ranked 98th in the THE World University Rankings and voted as University of the Year 2024 by our students in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2024. 

 

The QS World University Rankings are one of the largest and most trusted of the global rankings, and are another key indicator of its reputation. These rankings rely heavily on employer feedback and, as an important stakeholder to the University, your opinion matters. 

 

If you’re involved in hiring decisions at any level (or have been previously), you can have a say in the QS rankings. To participate, email qs@sheffield.ac.uk by 17th November 2024. The University will contact you to gather your contact details and seek consent for these to be passed to QS. You will then be sent a link and invitation to complete the annual QS Global Employer Survey by QS between February and March 2025. 

More information on the QS World University Rankings

Established in 2004, the QS World University Rankings are an annual evaluation of the world’s top universities featuring 1,503 institutions across 104 locations. These rankings are designed to help students make informed comparisons between leading institutions globally. Using six key performance indicators, QS assesses universities in four critical areas: research, teaching, employability, and internationalisation.


We hope that you are able to take part.
 

Carter Thomas Webinar: Your sponsor licence – how to comply with UKVI’s sponsor duties.

To all employers who would like to tap into the international talent pool but are concerned about UK visa regulations, Carter Thomas Solicitors will be holding a complimentary webinar:  Your sponsor licence – how to comply with UKVI’s sponsor duties.

 

The webinar will cover: 

  • An overview of the Skilled Worker route
  • The sponsor duties
  • Key changes to the sponsor guidance
  • UKVI audits and enforcement action
  • Right to work checks overview
  • Q&A

 

Joining instructions:
If you would like to attend, please click HERE at 10.25am on 14 November 2024. You will enter a virtual lobby until the webinar commences at 10.30am.

 

A recording of this webinar including the presentation slides will be available for attendees shortly after it has ended. You will be able to access this HERE.

 

Disclaimer: The webinars are open to business, charity and education sector. They are not open to immigration law practitioners working in legal practices.