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2012 Edition of EUROGRADUATE Magazine

Publication date: 23 April 2012

Access to Masters Scholarships available

A limited number of funded places are available for students interested in studying MA/MSc Sustainable Environmental Management (Welsh Medium) at the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography from September 2012.

Publication date: 13 March 2012

All the Fun of the Fair!

Publication date: 19 May 2015

An ACE Event!

Publication date: 27 June 2012

Another successful Student Christmas Market

The B-Enterprising team at Bangor University hosted the 7^th successive Student Christmas Market in PJ Hall before Christmas.

Publication date: 7 December 2017

Applications for stalls at the Student Christmas Market are now open!

Publication date: 27 October 2017

Attention all students graduating this year!

Publication date: 6 April 2016

Autumn Careers Fairs in Manchester – October and November

Publication date: 26 September 2014

A Visit to Universidad de Cádiz, Spain

Publication date: 13 April 2012

Bangor Employability Award - start Claiming your XP!

Publication date: 13 October 2014

Bangor Graduate’s Social Learning Platform Employs Bangor University Graduate

Polina Cowley, MBA Information Management graduate has set up LearnerNet, an Innovative social learning platform aimed at students in Higher Education.

Publication date: 29 July 2016

Bangor Students Get Fit for Business!

Publication date: 3 July 2012

Bangor Students Law start-up expands to Canary Wharf

Kawa, Guimaraes & Associates Solicitors, a recently established firm of solicitors in Holyhead, have opened a sister company in prestigious premises at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London.

The company was established by entrepreneurs, Mehedi Rahim Kate Kawa. Kate is the CEO & Managing Partner, while Mehedi is the Senior Partner. Mehedi is a PhD student in his final year researching Islamic Law and UK Marine Insurance at the Law School and Kate is an MBA graduate of Bangor Business School.

Publication date: 11 September 2014

Bangor two in Santander Entrepreneurship Competition

Bangor University is well represented in the penultimate round of the 2018 Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards taking place at Strathclyde University on 26th June.

Having been selected from undergraduate and graduate students competing at Bangor University recently, Tim Hunt and Joe Perkins are among 20 entrepreneurs to have made it through to the next round to pitch their ideas at the Regional Finals.

Publication date: 22 June 2018

Bangor University partnership nominated for Award

Horizon Nuclear Power are shortlisted for a prestigious Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Award.

The short-listing is for the collaboration and strategic engagement between the company and Bangor University, assisted by other partners such as National Skills Academy for Nuclear, Nuclear Graduates Programme and the North Wales Economic Ambition Board. The partnership aims to raise the profile of the Nuclear Industry, and the opportunities it offers to graduates, amongst staff and students at the University.

Publication date: 5 April 2016

Bangor University’s Santander Entrepreneurship Pitchers

Three Bangor University students are have been selected to represent the University in the regional finals of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards competition.

Having competed against over thirty entries to be selected as the final shortlist of six student projects, PhD graduate Ned Hartfiel and Psychology Masters students Alex Bailey and Daniel Pascoe were awarded a cheque for £200 for their entries, and will be eligible for business support through B-Enterprising at the University’s Careers & Employability Service.

Publication date: 30 March 2017

Bangor University student reaches semi-finals of national business competition

A forestry student from Bangor University has reached the semi-finals of a national business competition run by a charity that supports student and graduate entrepreneurs. Jemima Letts, 21, has been shortlisted in the Tata Social Impact category for her business Tree Sparks, a social enterprise aiming to ignite conversation within 15-19 year olds about environmental awareness, as well as highlight that jobs within the environmental sector are viable for young people.

Publication date: 11 October 2018

Bangor University students and graduates work with local social enterprise to champion green product development

Bangor based company ‘Greenhouse’ (Ty Gwydr) Bangor describes itself as an independent community resource centre working for a sustainable future. Greenhouse Ltd, a local social enterprise established 30 years ago to raise awareness on green issues and climate change, has been termed ‘the first formal networking centre in Britain’. A new trading website has been developed ‘eBuyGreen’ which is a collaboration Greenhouse and the two Greenhouse directors, Chris Walker and Xuejiao Li (Jojo) – the underlying ethos being to have a site where customers can find good value, organic products that can be trusted to have legitimate green credentials.

Publication date: 4 August 2014

Bangor University Students Get Crafty

Handmade crafts dominated Bangor University’s Student Christmas Market this year, showcasing the creativity of student across many disciplines. Nearly 2,000 visitors came through the doors and once again it proved a perfect place for buying Christmas presents while supporting the efforts of student traders. It was exciting to have representation from numerous emerging new businesses who seized the opportunity to test trade their products and hone their entrepreneurial skills in the process.

Publication date: 9 December 2016

Bangor University Student successes in LifeStart challenges

Two Bangor University students have been successful in recent ‘LifeStart Challenges’, winning substantial sums of money and valuable experiences.

Bangor University is one of only 12 universities taking part in LifeStart – a new challenge platform developed by Virgin StartUp. LifeStart aims to help students find their edge and achieve greater career and financial success by helping them learn critical enterprise and financial skills through participation in prize-winning Challenges.

Publication date: 10 April 2018

Bangor University Teaching Fair 2016

Publication date: 5 February 2016

Bangor University welcomes extension of work experience programme

A three-year programme designed to provide tailored work experience for fulltime students under the age of 25 has been extended.

GO Wales: Achieve through Work Experience provides tailored support to eligible younger students from more disadvantaged backgrounds to get the best out of their work experience and plan their next steps.

Publication date: 25 July 2018

BEA and HEAR

Publication date: 23 October 2018

Big Ideas Wales Celebrated

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Careers and Employability Fair

Publication date: 11 October 2018

Careers and Employability Workshops

Publication date: 26 September 2014

Careers Fairs

Publication date: 10 October 2011

Careers October Workshops

Come and sign up to the **NEW** Careers workshops...

Publication date: 27 September 2011

Careers Service Closed on 16 March

We will be closed all day on Friday 16th March as our SPRING MARKET will be taking place in PJ Hall from 1.30pm. Normal opening hours will resume on Monday. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Publication date: 14 March 2012

Careers Service Closed on 28th February

Publication date: 24 February 2012

Careers Service Easter Opening Hours

Due to the Easter Holidays, the Careers Service will be closed from 13/04/2017 - 18/04/2017, with normal hours resuming on 19/04/2017.

Publication date: 5 April 2017

Careers Service Easter Opening Hours

Publication date: 19 March 2012

Careers Service - June 4th and 5th

Publication date: 1 June 2012

Careers Workshops for 2012

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Celebrating the Employability of Bangor University Students

Bangor University’s annual Employability Celebration evening was recently held at Reichel Hall to congratulate and showcase students who have taken part in employability enhancing activities at the University, and demonstrated exceptional commitment to investing in their personal development.

Publication date: 16 May 2016

Celebrating the Employability of Bangor University Students

The annual Employability Celebration evening was held recently to congratulate and showcase Bangor University students who have taken part in the Bangor Employability Award and demonstrated exceptional commitment to developing their employability through extra- and co-curricular activities whilst at University.

Publication date: 26 May 2014

Celebrating Young Entrepreneurial Talent in Wales!

Publication date: 19 January 2017

Come along to Bangor University’s Student Christmas Market!

Come along to buy your Christmas gifts and to support the enterprising activities of our stallholders!

Publication date: 29 November 2012

Consultancy Masterclasses for Students

Publication date: 12 February 2015

Could your business idea be worth a share of £44,000?

The Santander Entrepreneurial Awards are now open for entries and offer students and graduates of Bangor University who have a business idea or a business in its early stages, the opportunity to win significant cash prizes and valuable marketing opportunities.

Publication date: 18 February 2014

Countdown to the B-Enterprising Student Christmas Market..

Come along and support our stall holders, get your stocking fillers early and buy local!

Publication date: 23 October 2013

Cynlluniau Yfory - Gwynedd Council

Publication date: 2 October 2019

Develop your employability through a wide range of workshops

Publication date: 24 October 2014

Employability Celebration

Publication date: 20 April 2018

Employability Celebration Event

Publication date: 8 May 2018

Employability Lounge

Publication date: 9 May 2016

Employability News

Employability News

Publication date: 26 September 2014

Employability News!

Publication date: 19 May 2015

Employability News!

Publication date: 25 September 2015

Employability Week: Message of the Day (Friday)

Employability Week: Message of the Day (Friday)

Publication date: 29 March 2019

Employability Week: Message of the Day (Monday)

Publication date: 25 March 2019

Employability Week: Message of the Day (Thursday)

Publication date: 28 March 2019

Employability Week: Message of the Day (Tuesday)

Publication date: 26 March 2019

Employability Week: Message of the Day (Wednesday)

Publication date: 27 March 2019

Employability XP Newsletter!

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Employer workshop - Civil Service Fast Stream - 12.15pm - 19 March 2019

Employer workshop - Civil Service Fast Stream

Publication date: 15 March 2019

Engineering Careers in the Lorry Loader Industry

Publication date: 15 May 2019

Enterprising Bangor Students’ FLUX Success

A team from Bangor University have come second in the UK in the prestigious nationwide FLUX Competition, the higher education sector’s largest entrepreneurship competition which was held recently.

Publication date: 16 April 2014

Entrepreneurial graduate through to Santander regional semi-finals

A Bangor University PhD graduate and entrepreneur has reached the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards 2017 regional semi-finals.

Publication date: 26 May 2017

Envision Doctoral Training Programme Launched

‘Envision’ is a new Doctoral Training Partnership, funded by NERC and led by a highly successful group of UK research institutions, will recruit 60 PhD students (12 per year for the next five years commencing January 2014).

Publication date: 14 January 2014

Eurograduate 2011 Digital Magazine

Topics include : Working Abroad, Graduate Jobs in Europe, Postgraduate Courses, MBA Programmes and more!

Publication date: 1 September 2011

Exam Success

Exam Success

Publication date: 19 November 2018

First ever LifeStartFest in Wales

Career Advice, Networking and pizza for students in Wales
Recent Bangor graduate Jack Newton, who won a LifeStart Challenge last year and landed himself a job with international outdoor advertising agency, JCDecaux as a result, will be one of the speakers at Wales’ first LifeStartFest event at Bangor University on 26 September.

Publication date: 18 September 2018

Global Entrepreneurship Week! 13 – 19 November

Global Entrepreneurship Week!

Publication date: 14 November 2017

GO Wales Freelancer Academy

Publication date: 18 July 2012

GO Wales have been on the News!

GO Wales have been on ITV Wales news recently. The report highlights the benefits of a Work Placement to Students, Graduates and Employers. Watch a YouTube Video of Report

Publication date: 1 September 2011

Graduate Employability Day 2018

Publication date: 23 May 2018

Graduate hopes to ease the pain of a bad back

Back Care Awareness Week 2016 3rd – 8th October 2016

A Bangor University PhD graduate in Health Economics, Ned Hartfiel, hopes to reduce back pain and sickness absences in the UK through a ‘Healthy Back Programme’ which is being rolled out by his recently established company.

Publication date: 3 October 2016

Have Your Say about the Careers and Employability Service!

Publication date: 23 March 2018

Helping local organisations to fill the gaps

A new online job vacancy portal is enabling employers and voluntary organisations across north Wales and beyond, to fill vacancies and opportunities within their organisations. Bangor Prospects is promoting their vacancies to thousands of students and graduates who are currently looking for part-time or casual work; graduate level opportunities; paid placements, internships & voluntary opportunities.

Publication date: 6 October 2015

Help with your Maths and Statistics

Publication date: 4 October 2019

High Street Challenge for Enterprising Students

The increasing need to transform the customer experience of the high street set the scene for Enterprise by Design 2016. The competition, which has a prize fund of £5,000, brings individuals from diverse academic disciplines within Bangor University to work together as teams to solve a real world design brief provided by a local commercial partner; this year Bangor City Council.

Publication date: 21 March 2016

Intending to graduate with the BEA this year?

Publication date: 17 March 2015

Interested in Becoming a Registered Childminder?

Interested in becoming a child minder?

Publication date: 20 December 2012

In your final year/ completing a Masters course? Looking for your graduate job, work placement, or networking opportunities?

Publication date: 31 March 2017

Job Fair

Publication date: 1 October 2012

Jobs Fair

Publication date: 2 October 2015

Keep your writing on track

Publication date: 16 September 2019

Looking for your graduate job, internship, or networking opportunities?

Publication date: 30 April 2019

Make the Most of your Lectures and Notes

Make the most of your lectures and notes

Publication date: 21 January 2019

Manchester Graduate Recruitment Fair

Publication date: 27 April 2018

March has been an enterprising month

It’s been a great month for Bangor students participating in enterprise competitions and events:

Publication date: 30 March 2015

Master Class Unites Expertise to Help Local Social Enterprise

The B-Enterprising team have been delighted to offer Bangor students and graduates, a series of Business Start Up and Consultancy Skills ‘Master Classes’ led by Chris Walker, International Business Consultant and Start Up Mentor and Coach for the HEFCW funded Enterprise Support Programme.

Publication date: 21 March 2013

Merry Christmas from the CES

Publication date: 21 December 2011

Multidisciplinary innovation in Adventure Tourism at Bangor University: bringing wellness to North Wales

Enterprise by Design is back for its 7th annual competition for 2018, and the winning team has just been awarded a cheque for £2,500. The challenge brings students from the areas of Psychology, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Business, Product Design, and Creative Studies and Media to work together in multidisciplinary teams. Their goal is to create a product or service for local businesses over an 8-week period.

Publication date: 23 March 2018

Need Graduate Level Work Experience?

Publication date: 29 November 2016

NEW Careers Clinic Times from 26th September 2011

Find out our NEW Careers Clinic Times here...

Publication date: 21 September 2011

Note to all Students Working During the Summer!

If you are earning less than £7,745 you are not taxed on your earnings. For further information please visit the DirectGov Website

Publication date: 1 September 2011

Nursing Lecturer (Welsh-medium) Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

Publication date: 26 April 2013

OPPORTUNITY NORTH WALES – how YOU could benefit from the expansion of the energy sector within the northwest Wales region

The Careers and Employability Service are working with the Welsh Government to run an event for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) students on the afternoon of Wednesday the 19th of February. The event will be held on Campus.

Publication date: 30 January 2014

Paid Internship Opportunities

Publication date: 29 November 2017

Paid Internship Opportunities

Publication date: 16 March 2018

Personal Development Scheme for Postgraduate Students

Publication date: 31 October 2017

Personal Development Scheme for Postgraduate Students

Publication date: 23 October 2018

PhD Studentship in Geochemistry and Catchment Processes (Welsh Medium)

The School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography at Bangor University are offering a PhD studentship in the fields of geochemistry and catchment processes. The project will work with industrial and regulatory partners and local community groups on investigating aquatic chemistry within a polluted river network in a post-indistrial area of North Wales, and identifying appropriate remediation technologies.

Publication date: 24 April 2012

Register with Careers and Win £50 in our Prize draw!

Publication date: 20 September 2011

Research writing groups (RWG)

Publication date: 14 January 2019

Samsung are bringing their Virtual Reality (VR) Kits to Bangor University on Monday!

Samsung are bringing their Virtual Reality (VR) Kits to Bangor University on Monday!

Publication date: 24 November 2017

Science Careers Café

Publication date: 17 February 2012

SENRGY Graduate wins 'Young Environmental Engineer of the Year' 2011.

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Skills and Employability Service - Activities and Events

Publication date: 1 May 2019

Starting your own Business

Publication date: 27 April 2015

Start Up Summer School

If you are considering self employment or have a business idea you’d like to develop further then this fun and informative event could be for you.

Publication date: 28 May 2013

Student Christmas Market - 06.12.17

Publication date: 14 November 2017

Student Christmas Market 2018

Publication date: 31 October 2018

Student Christmas Market goes down a storm!

The B-Enterprising team at Bangor University hosted the fourth successive Student Christmas Market in PJ Hall before Christmas.

Publication date: 20 December 2013

Student Christmas Market – Support your Fellow Students & Buy Locally!

Publication date: 17 November 2014

Student Services Closed at 3pm on 18 December 2015

Publication date: 10 December 2015

Study Skills Centre: Student referrals

Student referrals

Publication date: 23 September 2019

Study Skills Centre ‒ Upcoming workshops

Publication date: 16 November 2018

Succeed with your studies

Publication date: 30 September 2019

Successful Jobs Fair

A very successful Jobs Fair was held in PJ Hall at Bangor University recently(28/09/16). There were over 45 stalls with representatives present from graduate employers, local companies and voluntary organizations.

Publication date: 11 October 2016

Successful workshop on careers in the Nuclear industry

Over 70 students from a range of disciplines including engineering, chemistry, environmental science, business, law, psychology and geography came together at a workshop held recently at Bangor University to learn about careers in the nuclear industry. The workshop was held in partnership with Horizon Nuclear Power, National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN), and the Nuclear Graduates Programme.

Publication date: 12 May 2015

‘Summer School’ for student business ‘start-ups’

With small to medium sized companies providing a vital foundation to Wales’ economy, Bangor University places an emphasis on supporting and encouraging students to consider entrepreneurship as an important avenue of future employment. Students and graduates often have the creativity and knowledge to venture into this important economic sector- which spans industries and services.

Publication date: 7 June 2013

Summer School Start Up Success!

The B-Enterprising team were delighted with the response to the ‘Summer School for Business Start Ups’ held on 10th & 11th June. Seventeen students and graduates from Bangor University and Grwp Llandrillo Menai benefited from the start up activities offered through the Welsh Government funded Regional Hub Partnership.

Publication date: 20 June 2013

Take control of your career!

Publication date: 10 February 2017

The Gradstart Programme

Fast track your way into employability with
The GradStart Programme!

Publication date: 9 November 2011

The Graduate Recruitment Fair 2016

Publication date: 9 May 2016

The Learning Lounge - Get FREE tickets for the Kaya Festival!

Publication date: 22 May 2012

The Ugly Foods Shop pop up success

‘The Ugly Foods Shop’ managed and run by Bangor University students for the last four weeks has been a great success.

Publication date: 30 March 2015

The young Bangor fish entrepreneur who believes that any fin is possible

A 20 year old student at Bangor University is using his lifelong passion for marine biology to drive his ambitions to become the largest livestock supplier of fish species in the UK.

Sam Hamill, who is currently in his third year studying Marine Biology, is set to launch Big on Fish in November, an online shop and retail store selling aquarium equipment and stocking over 1100 exotic fish and coral species.

Publication date: 27 October 2017