Solent Careers is the careers and employability service at Solent University. We are part of the wider Student Success Team who support students throughout their time at University and beyond.
The team are committed to getting students into great careers by offering impartial information, advice and guidance to support you and help you achieve your ambitions. We work with courses to embed employability skills into the curriculum.
We support you to develop your employability skills and ensure that you find the right opportunity once you finish your studies, whether this is a graduate job, help to start a business or advice on further study. Whether you don't know where to begin or know exactly what you want to do, we are here to help you.
The Deputy Head of Student Experience (Careers) is responsible for ensuring staff adhere to this Statement of Service and the AGCAS Code of Ethics, as well as ensuring that the statement is updated on an annual basis.
Solent Careers offers career advice for life. Our alumni can access all our support services.
One-to-one support
Students can choose face-to-face or online appointments when they book.
Events and workshops
The team provides interactive central and course-based workshops throughout the year. Many of these are recorded and available online after the session.
Careers fairs
We have an annual careers fair with a broad range of graduate employers. In addition, we often work with courses to deliver smaller, more sector specific employer events.
Job vacancies
We have an online jobs board. All vacancies must comply with our vacancy policy. We strongly encourage users research organisations before applying as we are unable to individually verify details of every vacancy. People applying for vacancies on our system do so at their own risk and Solent Careers and Solent University are not liable for any damages incurred by applicants who have applied for vacancies advertised on our jobs board.
Campus Jobs
Campus Jobs is the University's recruitment service for student opportunities on campus. Solent Careers works with People and Development, Payroll and Finance to coordinate Campus Jobs. Every student employed by Campus Jobs can access the terms and conditions they can expect.
Support for start-up businesses
Solent Careers provides inspiration, information, advice and guidance to students and graduates who are launching their own businesses or thinking of freelancing. There is also the opportunity to pitch for funding if you have an innovative idea.
Fees
There is no charge for any service we offer.
Signposting to other services
When Solent Careers is not able to meet an individual’s needs, we may refer to other sources of information, other University departments or external agencies as appropriate.
Careers education, information, advice and guidance delivered by qualified and committed practitioners;
Solent Careers expects you to:
University staff can expect from us:
What we expect from University staff:
We can help you to recruit students and graduates in the following ways:
These services are normally free of charge.
Employers can expect from us:
What we expect from employers:
Solent Careers is committed to equality of access. We have a commitment to equality of opportunity regardless of age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or any other factor. The University’s equality, diversity and inclusion policy underpins all aspects of our services.
We undertake specific work with students and graduates based on the recommendations in our Access and Participation Plan . This includes, a professional mentoring programme, targeted events, information and opportunities to support students and graduates.
Please refer to our Portal page for further information on how we support students with information in this area.
Services to graduates from other universities
We promote our services throughout the year to students and graduates via:
The University, as a registered Data Controller, has an obligation to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation and other data protection law and our approach to data collection and processing is set out in our privacy notices.