Services Employers - Queens University Belfast
The Careers, Employability and Skills Unit at Queen's University welcomes contact from employers in relation to
- Graduate recruitment
- Placement opportunities
- Vacation or part-time work
We offer a range of facilities and services which include -
Careers Fairs - to promote graduate and placement opportunities
We organise a series of fairs which are highly successful in bringing students and employers together.
Student participation averages 1500 per day for the series of Careers Fairs in October, with up to 200 employers attending overall.
Organisational support was very good - Abbott Ireland
Very well run and organised - KPMG
We met lots of focused students who were interested in vacation placements and
training contracts - Allen & Overy
Law Fair getting better every year - Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, UWE
Excellent - Well attended with a good calibre of students - NI Civil Service
Autumn Careers Fairs - for graduate and placement opportunities
- Administration, Finance and Management - 23 October 2007
- Engineering and IT - 24 October 2007
- Science and Environmental - 25 October 2007
- Postgraduate Study - 07 November 2007
- Law Fair - 21 November 2007
- Work Experience Fair - 20 February 2008
- Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment Fair - 12 June 2008
For further information contact Elaine McMahon, Events Co-ordinator at e.mcmahon@qub.ac.uk
Exhibition Space - Students' Union
We can provide prime open "Point of Presence" space within the newly refurbished Students' Union building should you wish to set up a stand to meet informally with students. Over 76% of students use the Students' Union on a regular basis. For details of costs for use of this space contact Nuala Griffin, Employer Liaison n.griffin@qub.ac.uk
On-Campus Presentations
We can provide a range of venues and facilities free of charge for company presentations, aptitude testing and other forms of assessment and will advertise these widely if arranged through the Careers Service. Catering at presentations may be arranged through Hospitality Services. Technical or other support for presentations may incur a charge. Early booking is advised.
We would encourage companies who wish to raise their profile to firstly consider promoting their organisation at Careers Fairs and on that basis decide if a follow-up presentation is appropriate
On-Campus Interviews
A limited number of rooms are available for employers to conduct placement and graduate interviews on campus. A charge of £50 per day includes tea/coffee, sandwich lunch and administration. For further information contact Nuala Griffin, Employer Liaison at n.griffin@qub.ac.uk
Vacancies
We will advertise vacancies on our vacancy database which covers
- current vacancies and further study opportunities
- work experience, placements, vacation work and courses, voluntary work opportunities and part-time casual vacancies
In addition we will undertake wider University circulation where appropriate. Register vacancies on-line www.qub.ac.uk/careers/InformationforEmployers/ or
email to recruit@qub.ac.uk
Postgraduate Research Students
Your organisation may want to target postgraduate research students for particular types of work. Please contact Pauline Montgomery email p.montgomery@qub.ac.uk who is the specialist Careers Adviser working with postgraduate research students.
Promoting your Organisation to Queen's students
The Queen's Careers Service Guide
The Queen's Careers Service Guide is the official publication of Queen's Careers Service. It enables employers to target Queen's students and increase their organisation's visibility on campus. Published by GroupGTI, the guide is one of a series of twenty-seven publications produced in partnership with leading universities in the UK, Ireland and France. To find out more about advertising contact Jean Stirrup, Head of Careers, Employability and Skills at j.stirrup@qub.ac.uk in the first instance.
Employer led skills workshops or business games
We are keen to facilitate employer led skills workshops and other similar activities. Careers will work closely with academic staff to promote these events to students. For further information contact David Foster, Deputy Head of Service at d.foster@qub.ac.uk
Insight into Management
This is a 3-day, action-packed course. It is aimed at those going into Final or Pre final Year in the academic year, 2007/08.It will give students an insight into various careers in management and help them develop business skills that will give them the edge in the application and interview process and in working life after Queen's. If your organisation would like to be associated with this , please contact Jean Stirrup, Head of Careers, Employability and Skills at j.stirrup@qub.ac.uk
Estimated Number of Graduates in Schools and Departments 2008
for further information on these Schools please see
www.qub.ac.uk/home/SchoolsDepartments
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chemistry |
50 |
Chemical Engineering |
15 |
School of Electronics, Electrical and Computer Engineering Electronics & Electrical |
49 |
Archaeology/Palaeoecology |
61 |
| School of Mathematics and Physics Mathematics | 103 |
Physics (incl Astrophysics) |
30 |
| School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering | 85 |
Aerospace Engineering |
31 |
Product Design |
16 |
| School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering Architecture | 71 |
| Civil Engineering | 93 |
| Planning | 40 |
| School of Psychology | 180 |
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
| School of English | 200 |
| School of History and Anthropology | 215 |
| School of Languages, Literatures and (Performing) Arts | 175 |
| School of Law | 300 |
| School of Management and Economics | 315 |
| School of Music and Sonic Arts | 73 |
| School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy | 100 |
| School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work (130) | 210 |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
School of Biological and Food Science Biochemistry |
17 |
| Biological Sciences | 41 |
| Environmental Biology | 14 |
| Genetics | 16 |
| Marine Biology | 13 |
| Microbiology | 8 |
| Molecular Biology | 5 |
| Zoology | 15 |
| Agri-Food and Land Use | 30 |
| School of Biomedical Sciences | 60 |
| School of Medicine and Dentistry Medicine | 190 |
| Dentistry | 40 |
| School of Nursing and Midwifery | 450 |
| School of Pharmacy | 120 |
Postgraduate Courses in Engineering, Physical Sciences
BArch |
20 |
| MSc Educational Multimedia | 20 |
| MSc Electronics | 12 |
| MSc Environmental Engineering | 15 |
| MSc Planning | 95 |
| MSc Telecommunications | 12 |
| MPhil Applied Mathematics | 1 |
| MPhil Physics | 1 |
| PhD Aerospace Engineering | 3 |
| PhD Applied Mathematics | 8 |
| PhD Chemical Engineering | 7 |
| PhD Computer Science | 10 |
| PhD Electrical Engineering | 18 |
| PhD Mechanical Engineering | 6 |
| PhD Physics | 20 |
| PhD Planning, Arch & Civil | 7 |
Dates of Semesters 2007 – 2008
Autumn Semester
Weeks 1-12 Teaching Monday 24 September - Friday 14 December 2007
3 weeks Christmas Vacation Monday 17 December 2007 - Friday 4 January 2008
Weeks 13-15 Assessment Monday 7 January - Tuesday 22 January 2008
Inter Semester Break Wednesday 23 January - Friday 25 January 2008
Spring Semester
Weeks 1-7 Teaching Monday 28 January - Friday 14 March 2008
3 weeks Easter Vacation Monday 17 March - Friday 7 April 2008
Weeks 8-12 Teaching Monday 7 April - Friday 9 May 2008
Weeks 13-15 Revision Period Monday 12 May - Wednesday 14 May 2008
Assessment Thursday 15 May - Saturday 31 May 2008
Services to Academics
Careers, Employability and Skills provide a range of support for academic staff in relation to Careers Education, Information and Guidance, Skills Development and Employability initiatives.