Careers support

Explore careers support at The Bartlett School of Planning.

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Careers support

In our department we run various careers talks and workshops embedded in your degree throughout the year to help you develop key skills and improve your knowledge. In addition, UCL's team of experienced career professionals are dedicated to supporting all current UCL students to help you find the right path to ensure success in your future career. UCL Careers provide support to help you find graduate jobs or further study positions and advise you on the opportunities you have during your time at UCL. From your first day at UCL and up to three years after you graduate, you can access bespoke one-to-one appointments, career events and activities programme featuring employers and alumni, confidence-boosting insights, online resources, and opportunities to increase your employability. 

My time at UCL and the Bartlett school gave me a solid academic foundation and practical knowledge based on the MSc curriculum. Panel interviews, site visits and industry events organised by UCL Careers and the Bartlett School helped me gained key industry knowledge by going through interesting and complex case studies. This included visiting the King’s Cross and a number of work sites in City, as well as flying to Berlin to learn about their urban planning success and failure." - Jeffrey Chiu, International Real Estate and Planning MSc graduate

Read Jeffery's career case study on the UCL careers website ►

Careers events

Students at the Bartlett will have access to a mix of Faculty-wide and departmentally specific support and activities to bolster their career development. Open across the Faculty, this includes a programme of lively industry panel discussions and interactive workshops, spotlighting the key sectors graduates typically venture into such as construction, consultancy, commercial property and urban planning and development. In addition, the Bartlett’s Building a Better Future Consultancy Project gives students a unique opportunity to collaborate in a multidisciplinary team to tackle a real world challenge the built environment is grappling with, equipping students with the in-demand skills sought after by employers. Featured organisations in this programme include global consultancies such as BuroHappold, Hoare Lea, AtkinsRealis to burgeoning start-ups and SMEs as well as local councils and not-for-profit organisations such as C40 Cities, Greater London Authority and London authorities.

UCL careers also host a number of general skills sessions to prepare you for seeking employment.

Careers recruitment and networking events

  • Careers fairs: A large number of recruiters gathered together at one event to promote their current vacancies giving you the chance to network with lots of employers at the same time. Individual fairs will either focus on a particular industry / sector or region (autumn term) or bring together employers from different sectors to promote summer internship or graduate job opportunities with immediate starts (summer term 'Jobs Market').
  • Employer presentations: Individual companies delivering lecture style presentations about their organisations and vacancies with Q&A opportunities. (Autumn and spring terms)
  • Sector insights programme: A programme of events which focus on a specific industry sector. Each sector has a varied programme of events led by industry professionals and Careers Consultants to help you learn more about each sector and build your contacts network. (Autumn and spring terms)
  • Researchers' programme: An employer led series of sector specific panels / networking events aimed specifically at research students and staff. (All year round)

Skills development events

  • Career Essentials programme: A series of Careers Consultant led talks covering topics such as career planning, personality profiling, job hunting, networking, writing applications and preparing for interviews and assessment centres. (All year round)
  • Career Essentials Group Work Programme: A new series of small group workshops covering topics such as tailoring your CV effectively and writing speculative applications, allowing you to work with other students to develop your applications, share ideas and receive advice from the trained facilitator. (All year round)
  • Employer-led skills sessions: A mix of employer-led Q&A panel sessions or interactive skill development workshops (including practice assessment centres) plus one-to-one coaching on interview skills or support with writing effective applications. (Autumn and spring terms)
  • Researchers programme: For research students and staff, this bespoke programme of Careers Consultant led events will help you with next steps whether you're planning to stay in academia or looking at other options. (All year round)

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