Employability
We offer support to help you narrow down your options, work out the best way forward and apply for jobs or further study. We also provide careers education within departments and work closely with academics to provide tailored advice and events linked to your discipline or area. You can contact the team by emailing: careers@rhul.ac.uk
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Sonia Vij
Employability Manager
Email Sonia
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Shalini John Moses
Employability Consultant (Skills Development)
Email Shalini
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Nicola Fea
Employability Consultant (Information, Advice, Guidance & Mentoring)
Email Nicola
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Sara Court
Employability Coordinator (Graduate Progression)
Email Sara
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Frances McCabe
Employability Coordinator (Data Insights)
Email Frances
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Meeta
Employability Coordinator (Experiential and Work-based Learning)
Email Meeta
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Lade Adeniyi
Employability Consultant (Curriculum)
Email Lade
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Careers Coaches
- Peer to peer support for all students
- Coaching conversations
- Located in the Careers Hub, in academic schools and around campus
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Employer Engagement and Communications
We bring employers onto campus to help you find jobs, refine your career choices and improve your chances of application success, through our varied programme of fairs, alumni panels, employer presentations, skills sessions and one-to-ones. The team promote a wide range of careers opportunities and events to all students and recent graduates, and our Careers Portal advertises 1400+ graduate jobs, placements and part-time roles.
We oversee all the communications that you receive from the central Careers Service, including social media, newsletters, webpages, digital screens and posters around campus. You can get in touch with the team by emailing employers@royalholloway.ac.uk.
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Liz Chapman
Employer Engagement and Communications Manager
- Careers Communications Strategic Lead
- Employer Engagement Programme Lead
- Industry Advisory Boards
Email Liz
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Kirsty Welsh
Senior Employer Engagement and Communications Officer
- Careers Communications Lead
- Careers and Placements Fair
- Diversity Fair
- International Students
Email Kirsty
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Nikki Pickford
Employer Engagement Officer - Events
- Part-time Jobs Fairs
- LinkedIn Days
- Summer Careers Fair
Industry sectors:
- Government and Public Sector
- Law
- Teaching
- Creative and Media
- Museums, Galleries and Heritage
- Journalism and Publishing
Email Nikki
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Harriet Fletcher
Employer Engagement Officer - Events
- Part-time Jobs Fairs
- LinkedIn Days
- Summer Careers Fair
Industry sectors:
- Business, Finance and Consulting
- Science and Healthcare
- Technology
- Marketing, PR and Comms
- Sustainability
Email Harriet
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Placements
We support students engaging with placement and work‑based learning opportunities across Royal Holloway.
Our team coordinates the Summer Skills Placement Programme for eligible Second Year students, providing a full application experience including careers workshops, CV reviews and interviews resulting in the opportunity to apply for advertised summer placements.
We also offer support with the Optional Placement Year, the Turing Scheme (DfE Funding for Global Opportunities), and the Year‑in‑Business/Industry pathways for Accounting / Business and Computer Sciences students.
Only the Year in Business and Computer Science Year in Industry programmes are supported by the Placements Team. All other Year in Industry programmes are run directly by academic departments. If your programme is led by your department, your academic department will be your first point of contact.
Learn more about your placement options.
Contact the team:
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Lisa Medd
Placements and Work-based Learning Manager
- Placement Project Strategic Lead
- Summer Skills Placement Programme
- Turing Scheme
- Optional Placement Year
Email Lisa
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Emily Hertzell
Senior Placements Officer
- Summer Skills Placement Programme Manager
- SSPP Communications Lead
- SSPP Data Lead
Email Emily
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Tracey Stuart
Placements Officer
- Summer Skills Placement Programme
- Creative Industries Specialist
Email Tracey
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Claire Brown
Placements Officer
- Summer Skills Placement Programme
- SSPP Mentoring Lead
Email Claire
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Aishwarya Sunthararajah
Placements Officer
- Summer Skills Placement Programme
- Circl Ambassador
- SSPP Communications and Promotion
Email Aishi
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Laura Haycock
Optional Placement Year Administrator & Global Experiences Officer
Turing Scheme:
- Promotion and Communication
- Partner Relationships
- Payments
Optional Placement Year:
- Administrator
- Compliance
- Promotion
Email Laura
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Louise Wellbelove
Global Experiences Administrator
Turing Scheme:
- Promotion and Communication
- Partner Relationships
- Payments
Optional Placement Year:
- Administrator
- Compliance
- Promotion
Email Louise
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Katharine Radford
Year in Industry Senior Officer for the Business School
- Year in Business Programme, day to day lead
- Year in Business Partner Relations
- Year in Business Workshops/Event lead and student support
Email Year in Business Team
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Sonia Dhaliwal
Year in Industry Placement Officer for the Business School
- Year in Business Programme administration
- Year in Business Data Lead
- Year in Business student support
Email Year in Business Team
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Carolyn Zimmerman
Placements and Year in Industry Administration Officer
- Year in Industry student support
- Year in Industry administrative processes
- Year in Industry Partner Relations
Email contact TBC
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Volunteering
We support students to pursue excellent opportunities in the local community. Many of these students have graduated and become leaders in the third sector, as well as other industries. We work across multiple departments to ensure that as many students as possible get the chance to increase their skills, meet new people and make a difference through community engagement. The Volunteering Hub is open termtime Monday to Friday 10am-4pm, and students can register as volunteers and explore opportunities on our Volunteering Platform at: volunteering.royalholloway.ac.uk
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Luke Russell
Volunteering Manager
- Volunteering team lead
- Staff volunteering lead
- Volunteering community partners
Email Luke
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Louise McGarr
Community Research & Voluntary Work Coordinator
- Community Research Hub
- Living Libraries
- Voluntary work placements and in-curriculum volunteering
- Turing Scheme volunteering
Email Louise
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How are we doing?
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