Opportunities by demographic
Opportunities Board
Some opportunities are open to all. Some have specific demographic criteria.
Ethnicity or Heritage
Various sectors of work
Banking, Finance and Consulting
- Deutsche Bank: Rise
- Entrepreneurs in Action (EIA) - (investment management)
- Investment 2020
- KPMG: Black Heritage Talent Insight
- McKinsey & Company: Future Black Leaders Programme
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)
Disability
Internships, Opportunities and Scholarships
Internships
- 10,000 Able Interns (ABL Foundation)
- Aspiring Solicitors
- Change 100 (Ability Pathways CIC)
- EmployAbility
- KPMG: Abilities Talent Insight programmes
Supported Employment
- Kent and Medway IPS Employment
- Shaw Trust: Supported internships, and Intensive Personalised Support
- The Education People
Scholarships
Support, Self-Employment and Mentoring
- Access to Work
- ACCESS:VFX
- Blind In Business
- British Dyslexia Association
- Changing Faces
- City Disabilities
- Deaf & Disabled People in TV
- Disabled Entrepreneurs UK
- Disabled Solicitors' Network
- Hatch: Launchpad
- Media Trust
- MyPlus+ Students' Club
- Society of Visually Impaired Lawyers
- The Association of Disabled Professionals (ADP)
- Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment & Neurodiversity (GAIN)
- Student Minds
Job Boards and Agencies
Gender or Sexuality
Gender-specific opportunities
LGBTQ+ opportunities
- codebar.io
- Consortium
- Gendered Intelligence: volunteering
- Just Like Us: volunteering
- LGBTjobs.co.uk
- MyGWork
- National Student Pride: Careers Fair
- Stonewall Proud Employers
- Trans in the City
- Vercida
Develop your skills through online courses or virtual internships
Please note, some may incur a cost.
The Skills Network
Free courses and skills bootcamps
Coursera
Advance your career with courses (some of which are free) from universities and companies.
Open University - OpenLearn
Around 1000 free courses to choose from.
FutureLearn
Bite-sized, flexible learning, with lots of free modules available.
Study+ (University of Kent)
A wide range of free, non-credit-bearing courses for University of Kent students
International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL)
An internationally-recognised qualification, accredited by the BCS.
Google Digital Garage
Accelerate your career with a free, online digital skills course in everything from marketing to coding and beyond.
U-Explore
Discover what its like to work for employers, with free activities which will get you ahead of the game and become application-ready for talent pools.
Bright Network
Internship Experience UK (or IEUK) is Bright Network’s free 4-day virtual internship programme.
Forage
Explore careers and prepare for the job with hundreds of free job simulations designed by the world's top employers.
The Learning People
Coding courses allowing you to get hands-on with JavaScript, Python, Blockchain, and software development.
Social Mobility
Social mobility is the link between a person’s occupation/income and that of their parents. Where there is a strong link (i.e. a similar job or level of employment), there is a lower level of social mobility.
Scholarships
Creative
Law, Public Sector, Professional Services
Mentoring and Support