School-based support
Each school has an Employability Hub connecting you to valuable opportunities like work placements, internships, and team projects.
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Gain industry-specific skills and discover your ideal career path while making yourself a competitive candidate. Contact the dedicated advisors in your school for personalised support, drop-in sessions, events and access to a range of employability activities.
Don't miss out on enhancing your academic knowledge through real-world experiences. Get involved today!
School of Art Media & Creative Technology (SAMCT)
Harry Hosker (Employability Advisor) and Jade Harniess (Placements and Employability Assistant). Harry and Jade support students across SAMCT in work experience, placements and other forms of employability activity. You can find out more about the available opportunities through Blackboard and student emails. Contact us with any enquiries, to book a Teams call or find out the best time to chat in person.
Salford Business School (SBS)
Our employability hub at SBS supports both UG and PG students across all business disciplines and law. Our drop-ins are in room 624, Maxwell Building at 14:00-16:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and 10:00-12:00 Wednesday and Friday. We host a range of events across the academic year. This includes our Employability Week taking place in both trimester 1 and 2, where students can engage with industry partners through live presentations, speed networking, and interactive workshops. Please email us or book an appointment with one of our advisors for any employability or placement related support.
School of Health & Society
Corinne Curley is the Employability Officer for the School of Health and Society, supporting undergraduate students across non-allied health programmes including Psychology, Sports Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Sports Science, Social Policy, Sociology, and Criminology.
Looking to boost your employability? Visit our webpage to discover how you can access tailored one-to-one support, work-integrated learning opportunities, a range of employability-related events, and amazing resources to help you with your employability journey!
For more information or to arrange an appointment to discuss finding work experience or placement support you can email us at: HSS-Employability@salford.ac.uk or Book an appointment online here
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
As part of the employability offer, SEE offers a Year in Industry option within the majority of undergraduate programmes. Industry collaboration is continued with programmes such as the HackCamp focused on computing students together with industry speakers from a variety of sectors. In addition, The Maker Space offers students to develop skills by utilising equipment such as 3D printers, laser-cutting machines and electronic circuit boards for academic or personal projects.
Placement drop-ins are currently scheduled weekly during term-time at the new SEE building between 13:00-15:30 on Wednesdays. Queries related to placements and employability can be sent to see-placements-industry@salford.ac.uk.