Where will your Masters take you? Career Discussions with Caroline, History Careers Consultant, are available all afternoon on Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th March - call Careers Reception on 020 7882 8533 to book and come and discuss 'what next'. If these times do not work for you, you can see any of the Careers Consultant team at a time that works for you - in person, on the phone, or by Skype.
See below for details of some of the upcoming careers events/workshops:- Meet or Live Stream Oliver Kent, QM alum and outgoing Head of BBC Drama
- Creative Careers Fair at Tate Modern - THIS FRIDAY
- Networking Workshop & Speed networking with fantastic guest panel
- Final event in Freelancers series - guest freelancers Q&A
- Learn to Code in 3 days - enhance your employability skills with this QM workshop in your summer vacation
- London VentureCrawl for budding entrepreneurs
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In conversation with Oliver Kent, 12th March, Harold Pinter Studio, Arts 1, 6.30 – 8.00pm
Do you want to work or progress your career in TV drama? Wondering how to get in and what roles are available? Come and find out answers to these questions and more from the hugely successful Oliver Kent, outgoing Head of BBC Drama. Oliver will demystify the television industry, explain what work you could do and how to navigate the different opportunities. He will draw from his experience overseeing all five continuing drama shows for BBC Studio’s portfolio - EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty, Doctors and River City - after graduating from QM in French and Drama.
Oliver will be interviewed by Dr Caoimhe McAvinchey, QMUL Head of Drama in this SED event, organised by the QMUL alumni team. Book here.
LIVE STREAM: alternatively if you cannot make the event in person, it will be broadcast via YouTube live from 18.30-19:30 on Tuesday 12th March
To access the livestream on Tuesday night from 18.30 please click here:
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Creative Careers Fair – THIS FRIDAY, 8th March, TATE MODERN, 11 – 4pm
Interested in a career in arts and culture, but not sure where to start? Aged 16-25? Come to a careers fair with a difference. Find out about different roles and career pathways at Tate and discover what it’s like to work in the creative and cultural sector. Meet art professionals face to face, speak with Tate staff and hear from inspirational women and non-binary creatives in conversation
For much more information and to book tickets to talks, click here: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/festival/routes-in
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Calling all British Asian Female Students (BUT open to ALL)… Learn about the art of networking and how to leave an impression on employers.
7th March 2019 from 5pm-7pm, Graduate Centre, room 222
SIGN UP TODAY – Join us and learn how to wow employers, or ways you could talk yourself into a job! Apply by Wednesday 6th March!
Not keen on networking or want to learn more about how to network well? Join us to receive exclusive tips and advice on the art of networking! You’ll meet and hear from accomplished professionals from different industries who want to share their stories and advice with you.
Meet, network and get some tips from accomplished professionals from different industries, including:
· Priya Patel, Corporate Analyst at JP Morgan
· Tatiana Wheeler - Internal Communications, Corporate Communications and Events at ING
· Bushra Nasir CBE – First Muslim Headteacher in the UK
· Shajiyah Begum – Geography Teacher
· Stephanie Fatiregun – Business Analyst at Beazley, previously worked at the Civil Service
· Jameela Noor - Front Office Business Analyst at Lombard Odier Investment
· Isil Etes - Deal Solutions Manager at Oracle UK
· Nadia Khan – Co-founder and Co-director of The Delicate Mind
· Gianina Harvey-Brewin – Careers and Enterprise, QMUL
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Freelance series: Freelancers Panel event
14th March 6.00pm – 7.30pm, People Palace PP1
This event brings together freelancers from different industries to discuss their careers, the challenges they have met, the success they had and their top tips to be a successful freelancer.
Our panellists are:
Bob Payne (QMUL SBM Alum). Bob is now director of 2 music companies after being a freelance musician for 10 years. Performance highlights include Channel 4's Hollyoaks, Don't Tell The Bride, Good Omens and BBC Radio.
Adrian Gierakowski, (QMUL EECS Alum). Since 2015, Adrian has been a freelance software developer for companies such asLoopcast, Feeld and AGMD Consulting ltd.
Tapiwa Matsinde, an author, publisher, curator, specialising in African design and creativity. She is the author of Contemporary Design Africa, and the founder of the Atelier Fifty Five a platform that spotlight Africa’s design, and Shoko Press, an independent publisher of art books about contemporary African creativity.
Reserve your place here: https://qmul.targetconnect.net/leap/event.html?id=5705&service=Careers+Service
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Getting started with Coding
3-day introduction for non-computing students, 11-13 June or 18-20 June 2019
You’re studying History… why should you learn to code? Combining digital skills with your subject knowledge will open up employment, further study or business opportunities that you may not have considered before. Over 500,000 additional workers will be needed to fill the most skilled roles in digital industries by 2022.
Sign up to a coding bootcamp for beginners at Queen Mary in June to:
- get an introduction to the fundamentals of computer programming
- write your first computer programs
- combine digital skills with your subject knowledge and open up future employment, further study or business opportunities
More information and apply: [eecs.qmul.ac.uk/bootcamp-apply]eecs.qmul.ac.uk/bootcamp-apply
Cost: £10 per person for 3 days
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Apply to the London VentureCrawl! Want to tour London's start-up ecosystem? Interested in a career in tech? On Wednesday 20th March 2019, 300 students from 12 London universities will embark on a unique entrepreneurial journey. We're offering 20 students from Queen Mary University of London the opportunity to take part in this year's VentureCrawl. We will tour London’s startup ecosystem and be joined by entrepreneurs offering inspirational talks, advice and networking as we travel.
Limited tickets available. Successful applicants will be informed by 13th March. APPLY HERE
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