By Angelina Lambourn, Public Relations Officer,

EMPLOYERS from more than 20 industries will be giving students tips on getting ahead in their careers as part of a host of events taking place at Exeter College next week.

Progression Week will see industry representatives giving talks to students on areas ranging from banking and finance, hospitality and catering, marketing and publishing, civil engineering, teaching, photography and advertising and beauty.

The employer speaker programme takes place at Exeter College’s main Hele Road site on Wednesday, March 18, from 1pm.

Sarah O’Shea, Head of Student Services at Exeter College, said: “We hope as many students as possible take part in some of the events that are on offer during Progression Week.

“On Wednesday 18th March there will be a number of employers visiting college to talk about the various industries that they represent. Speakers will talk about working in beauty, the uniformed services, working in environmental and civil engineering, teaching, publishing, marketing, to name just some of them. They will give information on what their job is like, how to qualify, and what the demands of the job are.”

Other events during the week include the sell-out Selective University Conference taking place at the University of Exeter on the 17^{th March, which has attracted 100 sixth-formers from across the region.}

Hosted by Exeter College in conjunction with the University of Exeter, students will be able to get advice on applying to the country’s best universities.

Judith Betney, Exeter College’s progression guidance officer, said: “Some of the top universities will be coming to the conference. The pilot event has been a runaway success and was fully booked within days of being advertised, which reflects the fact that the top universities are becoming ever more competitive.

“As this event has been such a success, it is due to become part of Exeter College’s Reach Academy provision for gifted and talented students.”

Progression Week ties in with the annual UCAS Convention taking place at Westpoint next week.

Throughout the week there will also be daily advice stands from the College Advisers team and Higher Education teams, talks about taking a gap year or year in industry.

The following week will see the second Annual Oxbridge Regional Conference held in the college’s Centre for Creative Industries on 25th March for 100 students from across the region.

This is the 5th year Exeter College has hosted this conference which is organised in conjunction with Downing College, Cambridge, with support from Exeter College, Oxford.

Admissions tutors and undergraduates from both universities as well as several of Exeter College’s ex-students who are now studying at Oxford or Cambridge will be on hand to encourage others to aspire to these top institutions.