Our Spotlight on Inclusion events held throughout the year enable our students to hear the personal career journeys of alumni and individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and heritage with a particular focus upon spotlighting disability inclusion.
Since 2018 we have run Advance, an internship scheme specifically aimed at students with a disability partnering with organisations including Roche, NatWest, Orion Books and The Wellcome Trust.
This scheme, with support from our Disability & Inclusion team provides a number of students bespoke Easter or summer internships which are enhanced by a range of workshops and training covering disclosure, workplace adaptations and confidence-building and was, in 2019, featured in the Demos/Lord Shinkwin report Able to Excel as an example of good practice within the HE careers sector.
DEMOS/Lord Shinkwin 'Able to Excel' Report (pdf)