A-Z directory of employers
Featured employers
See the A-Z list below of all the employers featured as part of the festival this term. Click on an employer name to view their myAdvantage profile and any events they are offering.
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- Amazon
Every day across the world we develop the ideas, the services and the products that make life easier for millions of customers, and good things happen faster. From providing Earth’s biggest selection of products to developing ground-breaking software and devices that change entire industries, Amazon is a place of invention and progressive thinking.
- Atkins
Atkins is one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies with a reputation for delivering iconic and innovative projects and developing people to be the best. It’s a leader in many areas, including pioneering Carbon Critical Design, and is involved in growth industries around the world such as defence, aerospace and energy.
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- Babcock International
Babcock is a global Aerospace & Defence organisation which delivers complex and critical engineering services across the UK and internationally. Countries and communities around the world rely on Babcock’s services to ensure the safety and security of their people.
- Blackstone Group
Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment firms. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, the companies we advise and the broader global economy.
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- Chambers and Partners
Since 1990, Chambers has published the world's leading guides to the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research
- Charityworks
Charityworks is a 12 month, paid graduate scheme run by a partnership of charities. It is carefully designed to find and grow the future leaders of charitable organisations, and offers a unique opportunity for graduates to gain experience and build networks across the non-profit sector.
- Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services to enable new ways to work better. Citrix solutions power business mobility through secure, personal workspaces that provide people with instant access to apps, desktops, data and communications on any device, over any network and cloud.
- Civil Service Fast Stream
The Civil Service helps the government of the day to implement their commitments and deliver high quality services to the public. Our work impacts every aspect of society and our organisation is built on a culture where people genuinely matter.
- Creative Access
Our mission is to help under-represented communities, not just enter the creative industries, but to thrive when they get in – because only then will the industry truly reflect and engage broader society.
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- Deloitte
Deloitte is reshaping both the business and technology landscape. From Human Capital and Tax Consulting to Technology and Cyber.
- Discovery Inc
Discovery is the future of recruitment and performance, trail-blazing the industry with a fresh approach to building the workforce. Whether it’s recruiting your future leaders or embedding dynamic L&D strategies, Discovery delivers the right people.
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- Frontline
Frontline is a brand new accelerated two-year programme for graduates with a focus on leadership development. This is an innovative opportunity for exceptional people to lead change in society.
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- Gradcracker
Gradcracker is the careers website for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) university students. With over 200 employers advertising at any one time, there are more STEM work placements and graduate opportunities on gradcracker.com than on any other careers website in the UK.
- Grayling
Grayling is a global communications consultancy, specialising in public relations, public affairs, crisis communications and creative design services
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- Hachette UK
Hachette UK is the UK’s most diversified trade publishing group. Our group is made up of several publishing companies and imprints including Headline Publishing Group, Hodder & Stoughton, John Murray, Quercus Books, Orion Publishing Group, Octopus Publishing Group, Hachette Children's Books, Little, Brown Book Group and Hodder Education.
- Herbert Smith Freehills
Herbert Smith is an International Law firm
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- Impression Technologies
Championing continuous innovation through our advanced lightweighting technologies, we enable lighter, stronger, aluminium solutions that helps to shape our world. Impression Technologies has been instrumental in developing HFQ® Technology, which is revolutionising the exploitation of aluminium.
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- Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care.
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- Natwest Goup
We take our place in the world seriously, and believe we only succeed when our customers, our communities and the economies we’re a part of succeed as well. This belief is at the root of our purpose: to champion potential; helping people, families and business to thrive.
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- Police Now
Police Now’s mission is to transform communities, reduce crime and increase the public’s confidence in policing, by recruiting and developing an outstanding and diverse group of individuals to be leaders in society and on the policing frontline.
- PWC
As one of the world’s leading professional services organisations, attracting the right talent continues to be paramount. Investing in our people is central to our mission and inclusive culture. Whether it be empowering our people to learn new skills for the digital world, to reimagine the possible on how we work with clients, being open-minded on how we care for and support each other, we want to create an environment where our people can be the best they can be.
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- Resolution Foundation
The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards of those on low-to-middle incomes. We work across a wide range of economic and social policy, combining our core purpose with a commitment to analytical rigour.
- Royal Airforce - RAF
The Royal Air Force is an equal opportunities employer offering approximately 2500 jobs each year in over 55 different roles. It has been employing people from throughout the UK and the Common Wealth for over 100 years.
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- Sky
Top-quality shows. Innovative tech. Must-have packages. With 23 million customers across seven countries, it’s no surprise that Sky is Europe’s biggest entertainment brand. That’s why we need the next generation of coders, challengers, shakers and collaborators to lead us into the future.
- St Basils
St Basils works with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, helping over 5000 young people per year across the West Midlands region with specific services in Birmingham, Coventry, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Wyre Forest.
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- Teach First
Teach First is an independent charity that provides the training and support to enable exceptional graduates and experienced professionals to make a real impact in addressing one of the UK’s most damaging social issues, educational disadvantage.
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- VAR Capital
VaR Capital is a financial advisory firm offering Asset Management, Debt Finance and Corporate Advisory services.
- Virgin Media
We’re Virgin Media. We build connections that really matter. For over 20 years we’ve grown our business on pioneers and big thinkers – and we remain at the cutting edge of fibre-optic broadband today. Through our multi-award-winning broadband, TV, mobile and home phone services, we connect millions of homes and businesses across the UK and Ireland.