Postgraduate Employability, Careers Guidance and Support
Development and future readiness
Employability, Careers Guidance and Support
The Graduate School offers a range of opportunities for students to develop their future-readiness and manage their own careers whether that is into further academia, non-academic employment or self-employment.
Postgraduate Research
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1-2-1 Careers Appointments for PGRs
Our Researcher Development Consultant, Dr Lilian Simones, offers 1-2-1 appointments to discuss career choice, job hunting, LinkedIn profile, further study or CV guidance.
Please click on 'Book an Appointment' on the left-hand side and choose Graduate School from the drop-down list. By dragging your cursur over each appointment listing, you can see topics that will be covered and decide which option is most appropriate for you. Please click the box beside each appointment to see current availability and to book your appointment.
1-2-1 appointments are currently taking place via Microsoft Teams. After booking your appointment you will receive instructions from your consultant on how the appointment will take place. If you have any difficulty booking your appointment, please email pg.skills@qub.ac.uk.
- Employability Workshops for PGRs
The Graduate School also offers a range of employability workshops to support postgraduate researchers with the next step in their career, whether academic or non-academic.
These workshops include:
- How to Find a Job
- Your Academic CV
- Your Non-Academic CV
- Your Academic Cover Letter
- Your Non-Academic Cover Letter
These workshops can be booked via MyFuture.
Please see our events page for details of upcoming workshops.
- Future Ready
A five day careers and employability programme tailored for postgraduate research students in their 2nd or 3rd year of study.
Considering what life will be like after your PhD and want to know your options for the next stage of your career? The Future Ready programme is for you.
- Gain insights into the job market up to 2030
- Learn how to transfer your academic skills to non-academic working environments
- Perfect your job documents (CVs/ Cover Letters)
- Fine-tune your interview technique
- Understand how to write funding proposals
- Network and interact with a range of potential employers at the Employer Engagement Event*
Attend all nine workshops, equivalent to five and a half days of training, to complete the Future Ready programme and to become eligible for the Researcher Plus Award route A!
*In previous years employers included: Citi, AquaQ Analytics, Allstate, Vanrathm AFBI, Start 360.
Postgraduate Taught
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1-2-1 Careers Appointments for PGTs
Our Employability and Careers Consultant, Joan Connolly, offers 1-2-1 appointments to discuss career choice, job hunting, LinkedIn profile, further study or CV guidance.
Please click on 'Book an Appointment' on the left-hand side and choose Graduate School from the drop-down list. By dragging your cursur over each appointment listing, you can see topics that will be covered and decide which option is most appropriate for you. Please click the box beside each appointment to see current availability and to book your appointment.
1-2-1 appointments are currently taking place via Microsoft Teams. After booking your appointment you will receive instructions from your consultant on how the appointment will take place. If you have any difficulty booking your appointment, please email pg.skills@qub.ac.uk.
- Employability Workshops for PGTs
The Graduate School also offers a range of employability workshops to support postgraduates with the next step in their career.
These workshops include:
- How to Start Your LinkedIn Profile
- How to Write Your CV
- How to Prepare for a Competency Based Interview
- 10 Tips for Acing Your Next Virtual Interview
- How to Prepare for a Presentation at Interview
These workshops can be booked via MyFuture.
Please see our events page for details of upcoming workshops.
- Master Your Leadership
Master Your Leadership helps postgraduate taught students develop and enhance their personal skills and grow their networks in a rapidly changing world. Leadership in this new virtual world is about promoting collaboration and motivating yourself and others. This summer school will help you to develop the skills and behaviours needed to take on these new leadership challenges.
- Making the Most of Master's (QMMM)
Queen’s Making the Most of Masters (QMMM) supports collaboration between external organisations and Queen’s University to provide opportunities for Masters students to undertake a Work Based Project (WBP) in place of a more traditional Masters dissertation. The toolkit below includes advice, guidance and template documentation to support and facilitate the overall process of linking Masters programmes and external organisations; preparing and supporting students, academic supervisors and organisation project supervisors. The projects, which are an integral part of the students’ academic programme, address real needs within an organisation. Whilst the focus of QMMM is on Masters level projects these resources may be adaptable for other levels.
Researcher Plus & Graduate Plus
Gain Experience and Accreditation
Researcher Plus & Graduate Plus
As a current postgraduate student of Queen’s University, you will have the opportunity to gain official recognition by the University as a result of developing your own skills and research in addition to your studies.
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