Employability Opportunities

Learner Development Services (LDS) work with students and staff to support useful learning and research excellence. We do this through one-to-one consultations, classroom-based activities, drop-in tutorials, and online resources.

Look out for extra seminars, lectures and events to enhance your subject knowledge and explore where your subject can lead you.

Throughout your studies you will have opportunities to build your network and to develop the skills to build, maintain and use your network to support your career development.

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Many employers recruit from all degree disciplines meaning you have a wide range of career options.

There are so many potential career options for graduates with a doctorate, within and outside of the higher education sector.

The Careers Service offers support from the day you begin your studies and for 5 years after graduation.

The Careers Service offers support from the day you begin your studies and for 5 years after graduation.

Career insight and taster experiences provide an opportunity to find out what it is like to work in a professional environment. You can learn about an organisation’s structure and culture.

The Exploring Entrepreneurship Challenge is the University’s flagship entrepreneurial training programme. It encourages students from all faculties and levels of study to explore entrepreneurship, develop an entrepreneurial mindset, enhance employability and build knowledge and confidence of business start-up through practical application.

Use the keyword search on the Careers Service vacancy platform to search for SME internships.

Becoming a Fellow demonstrates a personal and institutional commitment to learning and teaching. It provides individuals with recognition of their practice, impact and leadership in teaching and learning.

If your course is accredited by a professional body, you'll be able to join as a student member.

An international experience will give you an insight into the culture, society and economy of your host country and provide you with the opportunity to interact, and work, with people from other backgrounds and cultures.

An internship or placement is a great way to find out about an organisation and whether you'd like to work there (or not!). Internships are short periods of professional experience, for example during the summer, whereas a placement may form part of your course and could be anything from a few weeks to a year.

If your course is accredited by a professional body, you'll be able to join as a student member.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) link forward-thinking businesses with the UK's world-class knowledge bases to deliver innovation projects led by inspired graduates.

Three to five internships are available per year to students who have taken part in our Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) programme.

Expert library staff are here to help you develop the skills you need to study and succeed at Strathclyde.

MOOCS are high-quality, free online courses delivered by UK and international universities.

A valuable way of developing Interpersonal skills, the ability to work in a team, effective time management, and more!

As a Strathclyde student, you've a unique opportunity to spend up to one year of your degree studying at a partner university in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore or Japan.

Research Interns at Strathclyde offers a number of funded internships over the summer, where successful applicants get the opportunity to carry out an independent, self-contained programme of enquiry in a live research area.

Research training as part of a doctoral award, provides core research skills. Researcher development creates opportunities for researchers to develop skills which can help them to meet their future career aspirations.

If your course is accredited by a professional body, you'll be able to join as a student member.

You may be eligible for scholarships to further your study or to fund a research internship.

The University has a searchable database to help you identify scholarships & funding opportunities

Working for yourself could involve setting up a business or working for yourself as a freelancer.

There is plenty of advice and support at Strathclyde whether you need help exploring your business ideas or practical advice and resources to establish your freelance business.

University is all about finding friends, finding community, and finding yourself. Strath Union's societies and sports clubs provide a space for you to do all this and more. With around 200 societies you can find one that suits your course, hobby, or identity and over 50 sports clubs catering to all levels of ability. Get involved as much as you’d like, branch out and build your network.

If you have an idea for a business, register to the inspire community and get signed into our start-up platform Startium.

University is all about finding friends, finding community, and finding yourself. Strath Union's societies and sports clubs provide a space for you to do all this and more. With around 200 societies you can find one that suits your course, hobby, or identity and over 50 sports clubs catering to all levels of ability. Get involved as much as you’d like, branch out and build your network.

Strath Union runs events year-round on a range of themes including employability.

Strathclyde Inspire supports and encourages entrepreneurship in all its forms. Regardless of whether you have a business idea or just want to develop your entrepreneurial skills, Strathclyde Inspire offers a range of credit-bearing and extra-curricular activities designed to unlock your entrepreneurial mindset, develop your skills and explore solutions.

If you'd like to inspire young people to study your subject further, then consider becoming a Subject Ambassador.

Being a Programme Rep gives you the chance to build up your communication and negotiation skills, gain confidence in public speaking, and develop a solution-focused approach to resolving issues. It also shows that your achievements aren’t just academic – something employers are definitely looking for!

As a Strathclyde student, you've a unique opportunity to spend up to one year of your degree studying at a partner university in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore or Japan.

Subject Benchmark Statements describe what can be expected of a graduate in the subject they are studying, in terms of what they might know, do, and understand at the end of their degree. They are developed and written by academics on behalf of their subject and are regularly updated.

Strathclyde Inspire is launching its new Summer Founder Fellowship – which will provide five early-stage entrepreneurs with grant funding to cover their personal expenses covering a three-month period between June – September, plus a grant to be put towards the development of their business idea.

The Strathclyde Development Goal online elective module is available to all students, studying on all degree courses, at all levels across Strathclyde.

We strive for education for sustainable development to form a core component of all our teaching activity. In addition, we have a number of courses and initiatives specifically dedicated to preparing our learners to engage with and contribute to sustainable development.

A credit-bearing work placement class gives you the opportunity to apply academic knowledge and skills in a relevant workplace setting, helping you to develop professionally and personally while adding to your CV.

The Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) Programme consists of a number of research and challenge-based projects that are available to undergraduate students as credit-bearing activities.

A valuable way of developing Interpersonal skills, the ability to work in a team, effective time management, and more!

A wealth of wellbeing training and support is available at Strathclyde. This includes self-help guides, SilverCloud and the University’s online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) e-learning platform.

Looking after your wellbeing contributes to your employability and is part of your personal development.

Our Widening Access internships provide valuable work experience to eligible students.

The Widening Access Team periodically recruit Student Mentors to facilitate our school outreach programmes.