Swansea Employability Academy

Welcome to SEA!

What we can do for you

Here in Swansea we do things differently, making sure that from the moment your journey starts with us, you have all the careers advice and employment opportunities joined up. You will have the opportunity to engage with a wide range of employers, take on placement opportunities and work experience, so that you are fully equipped for the world of work when you leave us. We make sure that your learning and employability experiences exist in tandem, leading to your successful graduate career.

Need to speak to a Careers Adviser? - Click here.

You'll find answers to your questions in the links below.

Services for students and graduates

Help and Advice

GO Wales - Achieve Through Work Experience

The Achieve Through Work Experience Programme is a European Social Fund initiative to create work experience opportunities for students on higher education courses in Wales who may face barriers to gaining work experience.

Events

Events: Workshops, Talks Programme and Employability Masterclasses

Drop-in sessions with Careers Advisers

Employment Zone

CVs and the recruitment process

Develop your career

The SEA Award and building your skills

A degree is most important to getting a great job, but employers look for much more than that when choosing which graduates to offer jobs to. Your SEA Award is evidence your skills and experience and will be formally recognised in your Higher Education Achievement Report. Read the SEA Award Overview for more on this.

Image showing SEA Award modules as concentric circles - English version

Resources

SEA have provided a number of tools and resources for you to access.

Career Journey Map
Masterclass resources on Blackboard (login required)
HEAR: Gateway to employment
Careers videos
Employer videos
View and download our Leaflets

Blackboard Interactive Portal

Career assessments: Login to view

Postgraduate study

Postgraduate study is a very positive option for many reasons such as:

Aiming for a career in academic research and teaching
A strong interest in your subject and pursuing an intellectual challenge
Wanting a conversion course to change career direction
Gaining an extra qualification to give you a competitive advantage in the job market.

Postgraduate study - introduction
Postgraduate study at Swansea University
Courses for specific skills
Funding postgraduate study
Postgraduate study overseas
International Development Office (IDO)

Graduate outcomes

What is 'Graduate Outcomes' and why does it happen?

Graduate Outcomes is a national survey which gathers information and views from graduates and their activities after completing their studies. The survey is conducted 15 months after studies have been completed, so please use Contact Us on this page to ensure we will have the correct contact details for you.
Alumni can update their contact details online

The results of the survey are useful to help us develop our services, and to allow prospective and current students to see where their course could take them. The results help us tailor our careers advice by allowing us to increase our understanding of the higher education sector and the graduate jobs market. They also contribute to our league table positioning.

Read more on the Graduate Outcomes process.

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Contact us

We also have an extensive FAQs page.

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Quality matters

Matrix quality award logo

SEA is accredited to the matrix Standard - a unique quality standard to assess and measure an organisation's advice and support services for people in their choice of career, learning, work and life goals.

Our professional community

Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services logo

SEA is affiliated to the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services - the UK professional body for careers and employability professionals working with higher education students and graduates and prospective entrants to higher education.