Careers in Sustainability (November 2024)
What is Careers in Sustainability?
We know that many of our students and graduates are interested in a career that has a positive environmental impact and fights climate change.
We run a series of events and resources each year to help raise awareness of careers in sustainability; to shine a light on some of the options students might like to consider.
The aim is for students to hear from and engage with people from organisations who can provide information, inspiration and advice.
Why should I get involved?
Because you care about supporting new and diverse talent to contribute to a sustainable future. You want to help students explore their options.
You might want to get involved because you are keen to share your personal advice and experience or because your organisation is keen to attract students. The campaign isn’t designed to be about direct recruitment but of course we welcome participation from organisations who are actively recruiting.
How do I get involved?
There are 4 main ways for you to get involved - be part of one of our events, pop up on campus on a Careers & Coffee stand, advertise your upcoming events and opportunities with #EdSustainabilityCareers, or write a guest piece for our Inform.ed blog.
If you are interested in any of the options below, or would like to help us raise awareness of careers in sustainability in a different way please email us on employers@ed.ac.uk
We are looking for organisations whose purpose is directly related to improving sustainability who would like to come onto campus and meet students in person.
The events will focus on encouraging relaxed, informal conversations that allow students to gain a deeper understanding of some of the options that are open to them and what kind of factors they might want to consider.
The final scope and format of these events will vary depending on the numbers of industry professionals/recruiters keen to support.
As well as those with an obviously relevant degree, we would welcome industry professionals who can inspire and inform arts/humanities/social science students of potential routes from their degree into a sustainability related role. Inspiration for those students who want to make a difference to the planet but are not sure which routes to take/what they are eligible for.
Dates are:
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Wednesday 6 November
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Wednesday 13 November
Please contact us on employers@ed.ac.uk if you are keen to support.
Our Careers & Coffee stands are a great chance for individual employers to pop-up on campus to talk to students informally about your sector, your organisation and your roles;
A typically high-footfall space in the foyer of the Main Library on central campus or at our Nucleus Building at Kings Buildings will be made available to you. From this position you can attract the attention of students entering and exiting the building and offer some of those that you speak with a token for a free drink. The space includes a small table and there is space to bring your own small pull up banner.
These sessions are being offered free of charge to organisations whose purpose is directly related to improving sustainability on selected dates in November, please get in touch with us on employers@ed.ac.uk if you are interested to discuss availability.
You can also get involved by simply letting us know about your current vacancies and any of your own events. We can advertise them using #EdSustainabilityCareers to incorporate them into the campaign. We will be encouraging students to use this hashtag to search for Careers in Sustainability news, opportunities and events that could be of particular interest to University of Edinburgh students.
Either add #EdSustainabilityCareers to your event or job description yourself when you list it on MyCareerHub, or let us know you want to be part of the campaign and we'll add it for you.
A great way to provide some content for the campaign is to write a guest piece for our Inform.ed Blog. This might be a good option if you are interested in being part of the campaign but aren't able to participate in one of our events. We'd be looking for someone from your organisation to write something that gives our readers an insight into your career path, your sector or type of role.
Take a look at our blog to get a feel for the content we publish and let us know what you'd like to write about on employers@ed.ac.uk
Careers in Sustainability (November 2024)
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