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Careers and Employability

Skill-building programmes

Develop your skills, gain experience and explore your career options through the Aspire range of programmes. Explore your options and take a look at the many benefits they offer.

Skill-building programmes
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These opportunities are designed to support you at different stages of your career journey. You can take part in mentoring, short-term projects, internships, and paid work to build confidence and prepare for your future.

What you will gain

Taking part in an Aspire programmes can help you: 

  • Develop practical, transferable skills.  
  • Gain experience to support applications and interviews.  
  • Explore career options and make informed decisions.  
  • Build confidence and self-awareness.  
  • Expand your professional network.  

Mentoring and career insight programmes

QMentoring

Explore career ideas and gain insight into different industries through one-to-one support from a Queen Mary alumni or UK-based professional.
QMentoring

QTaster

Gain insight into different organisations, roles and sectors to help you explore your options and identify career paths that suit you.
QTaster

Real-world experience programmes

Student Consultancy Project

Work in a team on a real-life consultancy project with an external organisation, developing essential skills and gaining experience.
Student Consultancy Project

Micro-internships

Build your skills through a short, flexible internship with a business, charity or social enterprise.
Micro-internships

QTemps

Gain experience and skills through paid work on campus or in the local community with Queen Mary's own recruitment agency.
QTemps

Personal and professional development programmes

Accelerate

A structured development programme designed to build confidence, self-awareness and personal effectiveness for women and non-binary students.
Accelerate

Build entrepreneurial skills with QHack

QHack are high energy bootcamps to develop a business idea from scratch. Build skills in idea generation, customer discovery, pitching and teamwork, and network with industry experts. Delivered by the QMUL Enterprise team.

Learn about QHack
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