January Final Year | Student Centre | Queen's University Belfast

Patricia Durkin

Careers Consultant

Happy New Year!

Here are some great things to look out for this month.

Kind regards

Patricia

Jobs

Graduate Schemes

Some graduate opportunities to consider:

NHS Scientist Training Programme will open this month (various locations). This is a great entry point for Medical Physics however the jobs are usually based in England and Wales.
Junior Fellowship Programme - Cern (Geneva)
Statisticians / Programmers - Exploristics (Belfast)
Geophysicist intern - Downunder Geosolutions (London)
Trainee Chartered Accountant - Cleaver Black (Belfast)

Deloitte - various graduate programmes (various locations including Belfast)
Kerry Foods - Various graduate programmes (various locations across Ireland and UK)

Find more graduate schemes through Gradcracker, Prospects, Targetjobs, Gradireland, Inside Careers (for Finance) as well as MyFuture.

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Opportunities to develop your skills

Go Global mini fair 15 January 12.30-2pm SGC Hub
International Student Employability Programme 27 January 10-12 This is the first of a series of 3 workshops for international students to improve employability.
Study China - applications for the Summer 3 week programme are now being accepted. Come along to an information session 28 January 1-2pm SGC Hub
J1 Work Visa information session run by the Irish International Immigrant Centre 29 January 1-2pm SGC Hub

Stock Market Challenge 29 January 5-7pm Computer Science Building - simulated stock market exercise. No knowledge of finance is required. Prizes are available to the winners including Insight Days with local companies.
Huawei Seeds for the future internship - 4 week experience with Huawei in China. All expenses are paid by the company.
Free student membership of IOD - a great way to build commercial awareness and knowledge of a variety of business areas
Global Opportunities drop-in service - Come along to find out about the range of study, work or volunteering opportunities available to Queen's students. The drop in's will run every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm, in the Student Guidance Centre, Level 1.
There are a range of other activities that you could engage with while you are at University. Have a look at the Degree Plus website to get some inspiration.