Friday 03-10-2025 - 15:56

Mark your calendars – Skills Week Birmingham is coming back to campus!

We will be hosting a week jam-packed with tailored sessions and workshops built around helping you improve and learn skills that will help you through university and beyond, in your future careers.

From Monday 13 to Sunday 19 October, you can attend sessions filled with opportunities to help you expand, develop and learn new skills and knowledge. Ask questions, hear from professionals and talk with other students about your experiences. We’re excited to be collaborating with the careers team, the library team and the Students’ Union Advice team to bring you even more expertise on certain sessions. 

And one of the best parts? Skills Week is completely free! 

All you need to do is book your place for the sessions you want to go to. You can attend as many sessions as you’d like – whether it’s just one or all of them.

Here are the sessions you can attend:

• Networking Lunch – Monday 13 October at 12:00
• LinkedIn Headshots – Tuesday 14 October at 10:00
• How To Avoid Student Scams – Tuesday 14 October at 13:30 
• LinkedIn Headshots – Wednesday 15 October at 10:00
• Professional Behaviour – Wednesday 15 October at 13:30
• Building Your CV – Thursday 16 October at 13:35
• Build Your LinkedIn Profile – Thursday 17 October at 18:30
• Time Management - Friday 17 October at 13:30
• Leadership and Teamwork - Saturday 18 October at 13:30
• Public Speaking: Unlocking Confidence - Sunday 19 October at 13:30

Skills Week