What kind of career events are available at University College London?

 University College London graduates were placed in a wide range of industries/ sectors with Education and Other Educational Activities as the top one with 16.6% of placements. Other sectors include Health & Social Care, Academic Research and HE, Accountancy and Financial Services, Construction, Built Environment and property, IT, technology & telecommunications, Manufacturing, Scientific Research, development & analysis, Publishing, journalism & translation, Law, Retail & wholesale activities, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, Policy & government, Consultancy, Engineering, Hospitality, leisure & tourism, Performance & creative arts, Charities, NGOs & international development, Media, Energy, natural resources & environment, etc.

University College London graduates were placed in a wide range of job roles with maximum of them getting placed as Secondary education teaching professionals. Other popular job roles include Generalist medical practitioners, Programmers and software development professionals, Finance and investment analysts and advisers, Primary education teaching professionals, Management consultants and business analysts, Higher education teaching professionals, Other researchers, unspecified discipline, Business and related research professionals, Marketing associate professionals, Actuaries, economists and statisticians, Biochemists and biomedical scientists, Social and humanities scientists, Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c., IT business analysts, architects and systems designers, etc.

 MSc Economics course offered by Economics Department, University College London, recorded a career outcome rate of 94.2%. Following are the finer details:

• Salary: £42,184 (average) and £38,000 (median)
• Location: UK (67%), Overseas (26.4%), EU (6.6%)
• Industry: Consultancy, Accountancy & Financial Services, Policy & government, Academic Research and HE, Banking and investment, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, Scientific Research, development & analysis, etc.
• Recruiters: Frontier Economics, Bank of England, UK Government, University College London, Charles River Associates UK Ltd, EY, Her Majesty's Treasury, Oxford Economics Ltd, Cabinet Office, etc.
• Job Roles: Actuaries, economists and statisticians, Management consultants and business analysts, Finance and investment analysts and advisers, Social and humanities scientists, Business, research and administrative professionals, Higher education teaching professionals, etc.

Yes. University College London does have enterprise and entrepreneurship support facilities for its students. Students have an opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial skills and startup ideas with the help of workshops and events hosted by experienced entrepreneurs. Those who are pursuing research-based courses have access to entrepreneurship training for doctoral students and early career researchers (SPERO), which consists of 5 workshops for MRes and doctoral students. The University also provides for a Hatchery startup incubator that is a dedicated startup space. Students can have access to all the facilities of BaseKX, a dedicated mentor, monthly meetings with an experienced entrepreneurship advisor, office hours with lawyers, accountants and expert facilitators, networking opportunities with angel investors and venture capitalists, etc. The University does a brilliant job of providing entrepreneurial support.

Skill development is an essential element of improving your CV and employability. Some of the skill development events, offered at University College London, include Career Essentials programme, which involves a series of Careers Consultant led talks on career planning, personality profiling, job hunting, networking, writing applications and preparing for interviews and assessment centres, and Career Essentials Group Work Programme, which involves CV review and guidance, application development, etc. Some other events include Employer-led skills sessions that include employer-led workshops, one-to-one coaching on interview skills, Researchers programme, and Business competitions & challenges.