Aston's Careers and Employability Centre is dedicated to providing professional and impartial careers management support to current students and recent graduates of Aston University. Through careers advice, guidance and Information, we encourage and enable students and graduates to make and implement well-informed decisions about their careers.
View the
Careers Centre Guide to find out about the services we provide.
Contact Us
Location and Opening Times
Professional Approach
Employability Success
Suggestions and Feedback
To find out in more detail how we operate; you can view our mission statement, statement of service, equal opportunities and confidentiality policy documents.
We have also produced a specific leaflet designed to Introduce you to the Careers Centre and another to explain in more detail our Services to Graduates. Access the complete series of our self-help careers information titles.
We are members of the professional body Agcas; the professional association for higher education (HE) careers practitioners.
We have been named by AGR (The Association of Graduate Recruiters) as one of the UK’s Top Ten Higher Education Careers Services.
We have achieved Matrix Standard accreditation – the national quality standard for organisations that deliver information, advice and/or guidance on learning and work. In November 2008 we once again successfully achieved Matrix Standard accreditation.
Thanks to all students and staff who participated in our review.
Aston University has consistently maintained one of the highest rates of graduate employment in the UK – for example:
View our most current destination data and recent graduates case studies.
• Last year 81.7% of Aston full time first degree graduates were in employment six months after graduation, compared to the national average of 72.4%.
• Aston is ranked 11th out of 120 HE institutions in the UK by The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2009 in relation to graduate employment.
• Aston is ranked 1st in postgraduate employment (three years after graduation) by the Financial Times Masters in Management programmes 2007.
• The Graduate Employers Survey 2007 concluded that 93% of Aston finalists sought advice from AUCS – the highest in the survey, compared to only 55% nationally.
• Aston is 1st in the 2007 Economist MBA rankings for student assessment of the careers service provision.
Feedback
We welcome feedback and suggestions in all areas of our service. If you are pleased with the service you receive from us or have any ideas of areas which we can improve or change anything, please feel free to email your suggestions to us. Find out about the improvements that have been implemented following your feedback. If you are unhappy or dissatisfied with our services, in the first instance please speak to a member of our team and we can endeavour to resolve your problem. For further information, please see Aston’s complaints procedure and our feedback policy - Anonymous feedback or suggestions can be made using the Suggestion boxes located within the Careers Information Room.
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