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North West

Edge Hill University  who will be holding their Annual Careers Fair on Tuesday 23 February 2010.  There will be over 30 stands offering a wide range of opportunities.  These will include graduate jobs, part time work, placements, volunteering and opportunities overseas (both for summer and permanent jobs).  We cover a wide range of sectors including: Business, Accountancy, Law, Social Care, Sport and the Forces.  The Job Shop will also be having a stand advising students of part time or casual work in our area.  So far this year over 1,000 students have signed up to our Job Shop which continues to thrive.  Anyone wishing to know further information about our Careers Fair, please contact mckinnon@edgehill.ac.uk 

The University of Liverpool are planning to promote NSEW, beginning on 22nd February by publicising the event on big screens in the Careers Express, displaying posters in the Careers Express, adding the event to their facebook and web homepage, and also by sending out an eshot on 22nd February.

North East

Newcastle University are holding their annual recruitment fair during NSEW - please see http://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/events/item/newcastle-and-northumbria-universities-spring-jobs-fair It's a joint event with Northumbria University and we hold two per year, and it's about the 12th one we've now done together! We still have some more companies to add, making a total of over 30, so we're quite pleased.

Bradford University are launching a freelance register called yoyo – 'you own your opportunities', its an extension of the JobShop that will be launched in February 2010.
yoyo will bring together two groups of people:
• individuals and businesses with tasks they want to contract-out to self-employed students;
• students who have been supported to register as self-employed and are keen to take on these tasks.
It is all online http://www.careers.brad.ac.uk/yoyo/

York University are organising an event which called ‘Spring Gateway 2010’ This will comprise a fair on the 10th March between 1 and 4 pm and a series of presentations and workshops on11th and 12th March. The fair will include companies with part-time and vacation work opportunities as well as organisations with work placement opportunities and organisations available to give advice on job hunting and further study. Our students are running an employability week during NSEW, with various events around the campus. In collaboration with them, we are having a display in our Information Room with refreshments and drop-in sessions with Careers Advisers as well as workshops on CVs and job searches. This will run nicely into NSEW, during which we will be promoting the virtual fair, extending the display in the Information Room and offering sessions on finding work experience & internships and interview skills.

Sheffield Hallam University will have a Spring into Jobs Fair for students looking for placements, summer internships and graduate jobs during NSEW. We will also be holding drop-ins within the Jobshop for a couple of our skills programmes that students can participate in, Degrees with Employment Experience and we have also arranged for Sheffield Volunteering run by the Students' Union to host a drop-in. Plus they will also be promoting their Summer experience fair where students can find out about vacation work and travel abroad. Jobcentre Plus are also coming to register students for their national insurance numbers.

Hull University have a whole host of events planned including:
Tues 23rd Feb – Eskimo Soup & National Insurance Number Appointments (Scarborough Campus), Wed 24th – Champions Life Academy & National Insurance Number Appointments (Hull Campus), Thurs 25th – Champions Life Academy, and on Fri 26th – Overseas Recruitment Fair – Run by Job centre Plus

Leeds University Union will be having a raffle prize draw all week – all students who come in to register with us to receive emails / jobshopping details, plus a raffle ticket to win Summer ball tickets, NI insurance registrations taking place, CV clinics being held in Union info point and Drop in times allocated for Skills Sessions.

Scotland & N. Ireland

Anniesland College, who have organised a combined Money Matters and Employability 3-day event on the 23rd, 24th and 25th Feb. On the 23rd, the theme of the day will be household; sport and leisure on the 24th; food on the 25th. We'll be doing a lot of activities around these themes such as cooking on a budget, finding the best value on utilities, mobiles, etc. We've invited organisations to these events based on their compatability with the themes such as food co-ops, citizens Advice, credit union, etc. We'll also have employers tied as closely to these themes as possible but will widen it obviously to match the labour market trend in Glasgow. We'll have recruitment agencies as well, and will run workshops on CVs, etc. We'll also have the plasmas screens running the NASES virtual fair.

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, have organised a series of events and interactive workshops designed by Careers and Student Employment Service and supported by Centre for Academic Practice to provide an overview into several areas of employment and prepare students for employment upon graduation. This is also an opportunity to meet employer and find out directly from them what they are looking for from graduates.  Running parallel to this event and to celebrate the National Student Employment Week, students will have access to a virtual jobs fair with more than 40 organisations offering part time, casual vacancies, voluntary work, placements or summer work. 

Midlands

University of Wolverhampton who are running several events during NSEW including a small Volunteering fair on the 23rd February and a Business and Finance Recruitment Fair on the 24th February, plus we will have employer drop-in sessions all week including several volunteering drop-in sessions in line with National Student Volunteering Week and of course we will be promoting the virtual fair.

North Warwickshire & Hinckley College Careers and Guidance Team have arranged a week of events to coincide with the celebrations, including an Employment Exhibition.  The Careers Guidance Team are looking for businesses who would be willing to come in to the College on Monday 22 February between 11.00am and 2.00pm to meet and talk to students and provide information about the range of roles within their organization and the career opportunities within the industry generally.  Alongside the exhibition there will be a range of activities that students can access each day which promotes employability including workshops on preparing CV’s, application forms and interview techniques. 

University of Birmingham Guild of Students are hosting workshops and a virtual fair during NSEW.  The workshops cover 'interview skills for part-time work', and 'Where to start with your CV for part-time work' and will run on the 23rd and 24th of February.  Also on 24th February they will be hosting a Volunteering Fair in the Guild of Students, where students get the opportunity to speak to organisations offering unpaid voluntary work and schemes.

South West

At Exeter University we're very excited about National Student Employment Week. We are organising a Part time and Vacation Jobs Fair, and a series of international student workshops. As the theme of the fair is mainly aimed towards summer options the student staff are going to be wearing beach wear! Should make some good pictures, I just hope it's warm enough! The Careers and Employment Service have organised a Widen Your Options Fortnight, with employer presentations, jobs fairs, skills sessions etc which is at the same time as NSEW and so we are promoting each others events. We'll obviously be making a big deal out of the launch of SEOTY with phone calls and visits to employers as well as speaking to each student who comes into The Works about getting their employer to nominate them!

The University of Gloucestershire Student's Union is organising a CV writing competition to coincide with NSEW. The competition is called 'Show Us Your Skills' with a prize of £100. There is a particular focus on the skills section of a CV asking students draw on their academic and extra curricular experiences to provide evidence of 5 of the top employability skills; Communication, Teamwork & interpersonal Skills, Flexibility & adaptability, Problem solving and Global Awareness.  The competition opens on the 1st February and closes on the 22nd with judging and the announcement of the winner taking place during NSEW. The competition is being supported by the Careers Centre and ties in with some of the strands raised by Employers in their recent Employability Report. The competition is also timely for the Make A Difference Careers Fair being hosted on the 9th March.

The University of Plymouth have BUNAC, Chatteris and GAP year Canada presentations taking place during NSEW week. They will also be promoting the virtual fair and their jobshop at the new Careers and Employability Centre in the ‘Gateway’ 

London & South East

Southampton Solent University have planned a series of events within the University for student employment week. On the 22 & 23 they have invited a number of organisations to promote their opportunities including BUNAC, British Gas, Southampton City Council, Hampshire FA, Christian Aid, & Naomi House.  On the 23 & 24 they have arranged a number of employer & careers talks centred around work experience and gaining skills for your CV.

Wales

Glyndwr University on the 24th February 2010 (10.00am – 3.00pm) the students guild will hold a volunteering fair with 26 stall holders from a very diverse mix of organisations. Student /staff body and also members from the community are welcome to attend. 

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