At Loughborough University London, we have a team dedicated to supporting you to gain the skills and experience you need to advance your career.

Whether you are looking to create a job by starting your own company or consultancy, wanting to network with the best, or are looking to further your academic career the team offers a wide range of personal and professional development activities to support you. Support includes skills sessions, workshops, guest lectures, networking sessions and more.

Not only are our careers and employability activities available as extra-curricular opportunities, we also feed these experiences into the curriculum through the Collaborative Project, the Collaborative Dissertation and more!

You can find the team in our innovation and enterprise hub called Future Space on the Ground Floor of campus.

Find out more about the team on our website

Ben Cole Head of Future Space

Email: B.P.Cole@lboro.ac.uk

Nadine Lewis Future Space Careers Manager

Email: N.R.M.Lewis@lboro.ac.uk

Kadeza Begum Senior Graduate Futures Consultant

Email: k.begum1@lboro.ac.uk

Hayley Jones Student Enterprise Co-ordinator

Email: h.jones@lboro.ac.uk

Dan Robinson Future Space Projects Manager

Email: D.Robinson3@lboro.ac.uk

Ashley Gray Learning Partnerships Manager

Email: A.R.Gray@lboro.ac.uk  

You can reach the team via futurespace@lboro.ac.uk

Your collaborative project has been designed specifically to mirror typical activities at work.  It is a great opportunity to enhance your CV and apply many skills that are sought by employers e.g.

Interacting with key players in the organisation that you collaborate with also enables you to gain insights can help you demonstrate contemporary industry awareness and real world relevance.

Find out more about the Collaborative Project.

Talk to one of the Loughborough University London Careers Consultants if you would like help with planning what to do at the end of your course, finding and applying for jobs or considering further study.  You can book a discussion via Target Connect or ask at Loughborough University London reception to book a consultation or interview coaching:

The Careers Consultants on campus can give advice on where and how to look for jobs in the sector that interests you as well as help you with your job applications, your CV, preparing for interviews, tests used in selection and assessment centres, and how to develop your LinkedIn profile. 

The Careers Network website has very useful information on how to find jobs and work experience including internships, that is, short periods of professional work experience often completed during vacations. 

Check Target Connect regularly for full time jobs and internships.

Loughborough University London also utilises ‘Hoot Board’ an internal online opportunities board to share local part time jobs, internships, volunteering experiences, events and lots more. Please email London-employability@lboro.ac.uk if you do not already have access to this facility.

A section of the Careers Network website is devoted to information for international students and your needs, including example CVs and tips on marketing yourself to employers in the UK.  Make sure that you check the International Students Careers Blog for news, events and job vacancies and Target Connect for vacancies too.

If you are looking for work outside of the UK, GoinGlobal has information on how to look for work in specific countries and also advertises job vacancies.  Use your University login details to access this via the online tools in the Careers Network website. 

The Gradlink UK website is a useful source of vacancies in China, SE Asia, the Gulf, Africa, Canada, Bangladesh and India.

Are you a passionate entrepreneur with an innovative business idea that you want to establish in the UK?

The Loughborough Enterprise Network (LEN) can help you! You can find a brief guide to the Start-Up Visa endorsement from Loughborough University here.

Loughborough Enterprise Network London

From inspired idea to the next big business start-up, we support students and graduates on their business journeys by providing valuable opportunities to develop a highly desirable, entrepreneurial mindset.

We offer free guidance and support to our entrepreneurs so that you can reach your business goals, through guided advice sessions: book an appointment with a business adviser. We host regular enterprise events, hackathons, ask an entrepreneur sessions, networking opportunities, access to funding and enterprise competitions.

So if you want to start a business, become self-employed, a freelancer, entrepreneur or even develop your enterprising skillset, benefit from a wide range of flexible enterprise and business support across both our Loughborough and London campuses.

More information about the support we provide can be found on our website, or you can contact us directly at LEN@lboro.co.uk.