26 March 2025
11:00am - 5:00pm
Free
Verena Holmes Building, North Holmes Rd, Canterbury CT1 1QB

'Putting employability first… Connecting students and employers, learning about fantastic career opportunities, finding talent, and building networks.

On Wednesday 26 March we will be holding our annual Life Sciences Research and Employability Fair. The event has been continuously growing with representatives from many different companies, from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to ecological consultancy and conservation organisations. It is free for companies and CCCU students.

For Students: The fair provides an opportunity for you to meet employers face-to-face, to learn about current vacancies and opportunities available, and to market yourself to potential employers.

For Companies: This event is a great opportunity for employers to showcase your organisation, to meet with staff, students and other company reps, and to promote volunteering, collaborative research opportunities, internships and graduate roles you may be looking to advertise in the coming year and beyond. For company reps we will have a Networking Lunch, 12noon - 1pm.

Timetable:

  • Arrival and booth set-up (company reps): 10 - 11am (VH.3.90)
  • Careers talk (students): 11am - 12noon (VH.3.13 Seminar Room)
  • Networking lunch (staff and company reps): 12noon - 1pm (VH.3.90)
  • Fair (students, staff and company reps): 1 - 3pm (VH.3.90)
  • CV clinic (students): 1 - 3pm (VH.3.90)
  • Roundtable discussion ‘Landing a job’ (Students, staff and company reps): 3 - 5pm (VH.3.13 Seminar Room)

The event is open to our students from all years of study, across all programmes in the Life Sciences and related disciplines. This is an incredible opportunity that should not be missed as it will allow you to build links and collaborations with potential employers.

If you have any questions, or need more information, please email rodrigo.vega@canterbury.ac.uk

Some of the companies and organisations that attended in previous years are: 

AbBaltis Ltd – Aesica-pharma (Consort Medical) – AlgaeCytes – Bushcraft Company – Arbtech – Bird Wise – Curtis Analytics – DHA Planning Ltd – Dover District Council – Edward Vinson – Ingeus (National Citizenship scheme) – Inhalytics Ltd – Kearsney Parks Team – Learn Ecology – Lloydbore – Operation Wallacea – Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) – QTS Analytical (Sittingbourne Science Park) – Roche Scientific – Wenite – Wildwood Trust – and others…

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