Employability & Enterprise

• Equality & Diversity workshops delivered to staff

• 6 new student focussed resources produced and placed on the Portal

• Stonewall workplace conference attended.

Exclusive paid job opportunities for Solent undergraduates• 21 Graduate Associates• 4 Strategic Graduate Roles• 24 businesses joined SGBP • 31 Graduate Assistants.

Local, national & international opportunities for SSU students & graduates• Launched 19th January 2016• Web address: graduatejobs.solent.ac.uk• 1263 jobs, 185 placements• 2905 employers, 3660 candidates• 910 CVs uploaded.

21 courses were supported to undergo a detailed curriculum review including the negotiation of Course Employability Development Plans.

• Placement Festival October 2015 – 15 businesses and 100 students• Placement Festival February 2016 – 20 businesses and 99 students• Leavers’ Conference March 2016 – 17 businesses and 50 students• Charities Fair – 21 charities and more than 60 students• Saudi Arabian Conference – 4 presenters and 45 students • Graduate Scheme Bootcamp October 2015 – 6 businesses and 68 students.

Supported employability weeks by delivering ESE tests, LinkedIn talks, psychometric testing and assessment centre sessions• 800+ students attended placement workshops• 75 ESE tests delivered• Presentations to SMEs and large organisations.

• 52 students attended 1-2-1 intensive business start-up meetings• 4 entrepreneur funding panels where 39 businesses pitched and 29 were funded• 17 Enterprise workshops facilitated with 258 attendees• 4 Enterprise bootcamps with 58 attendees• 12 projects on LaunchPad, SSU’s crowdfunding platform• Amount funded by SSU: £11,500• Amount funded by students: £7,118.

• 90 professional mentors• 47 organisations• 150+ mentees• 64 peer mentors trained.

• 27903 student views• 2273 registered users• Redevelopment to online learning

resource underway.

• 330 careers guidance appointments attended• Rating of 8/10 for usefulness• 1100+ students helped at the drop-in desk in the

library• 99% satisfied or very satisfied with support received.

CareerBox DLHE ImprovementEquality & EmploymentSolent Graduate Scheme

Mentoring

Events & Conferences Workshops & Presentations

Solent Graduate Jobs Information, advice & guidance

Student Enterprise

Actively working with students, graduates, academics and employers