Careers Advice
Get impartial careers advice no matter your age.
- Careers
We are currently experiencing a high number of careers enquiries and it may take up to 5 working days for us to get back to queries. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Our qualified careers team offer free, impartial advice on your next steps after school, college and for lifelong learning and employment. This includes helping you choose the right training course, going to university, changing careers, and finding an apprenticeship or job. We also have specialist advisers for SEND and UCAS.
Careers Appointments are available to all current students at Leicester College and prospective applicants.
For adults (aged 19+) that are non-Leicester College students, we offer drop-in sessions and employment skills workshops at our City Skills Centre. Alternatively you can visit the National Jobs and Careers Service for further general information, or request support by visiting www.jobs.service.gov.uk or by calling 0800 072 0288 to speak to a DWP careers adviser
There are lots of websites and resources that offer information and advice on career options.
The Leicester College Careers Team support current students and recent college leavers in applying to Higher (degree) level education and submitting a UCAS application form.
If you have or are currently studying with us, you can link your UCAS application to the college using a ‘Buzzword’. Please contact the Careers Team for the current Buzzword for your application.
We support students with:
Researching course options
Completing applications forms
Writing Personal Statements
Student Finance
Through:
1-1 appointments
Drop-in Sessions (Schedule in the Autumn Term)
Higher Education Fairs
Printed and Digital Resources
A dedicated applicant Teams Channel
For support, book an appointment with the Careers Team, by completing the form below.
Dana Mowatt (Careers Leader)
College Careers Advisors (16 - 18)
Sarfraz Ahmed, Sonia Riyait, Emma Lynch (UCAS coordinator), Fenella McCullough (SEND specialist) (advisors)
National Careers Service Advisors (19+)
Kieran McLeish (Senior Adviser)
Martina Fazio
Nasser Allarakhia
Leicester College has a Careers’ Leadership Team. This Team develops, sets and implements our careers strategy and policy. The strategy is designed to meet requirements in the Department for Education Careers Strategy (Dec 2017) and good practice Gatsby Benchmarks (2014).
Zoe Butler – Strategic Careers Lead, Director of Student Services and Marketing
Gail Pringle, Operation Lead, Careers – Head of Inclusion
It is important that everyone can access good quality careers guidance. Schools and colleges are assessed against these benchmarks. We plan, develop and deliver against these benchmarks to ensure quality through the college.
A stable careers programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each student
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with further and higher education
Personal guidance