Employability Team

We are a student-led team working in close partnership with the University's Careers Centre.

The Employability Team supports you during your time at university to find and retain jobs alongside your studies, network within and outwith St Andrews, and lay the foundations for your future career! The Team develops and delivers initiatives, assesses the feasibility of proposals, and coordinates activity between stakeholders. As this is the first year that the Team has existed, projects will naturally take time to get underway, but we can't wait to share what we get up to!

Employability Team 2026-27

Position Name Description
VP Employ Gia Karunakaran

The VP Student Opportunities (Employability) chairs the Employability Team and oversees the administration of all related projects.
PresOpps Robert Moran The PresOpps supports students with activities and development outside of their studies.
Treasurer   The Employability Team Treasurer manages Grant-It: Employability, and manages Employability Team porject budgets.
Publicity Events Lead   The Publicity and Events Lead manages the Team's social media and outreach.
Volunteering Co-Convenor   The Volunteering Convenors support student volunteers through the St Andrews Voluntary Service.
General Member   General Members provide an external viewpoint to the committee and assist with projects as needed.
The Student Opportunities Co-ordinator, Archie Ronald, and the Student Engagement Interns assist the Team with our administration.

 

Office Hours

We have Office Hours scheduled for every week during term time! Please come along for advice regarding the running of your society:

  1. Curriculum Vitaes, Cover Letters and Interviews 

  2. Part-Time Work and Networking 

  1. Spring Weeks, Internships, Graduate Jobs and Postgraduate Programs 

Times and locations of the office hours will be announced in the run-up to Semester One.

 

 

Balancing part-time work, studies, and wellbeing

We have created a resource to give you information and suggestions on balancing part-time work, studies, and your wellbeing while at University. 

 

Your Career

Your career and life after University are important to think about now - research and preparation before you graduate will help you to find a job that you love. The University offers a lot of resources to help you with your employability, and this page should help you to understand where to go to for that support.

Careers Centre

The Careers Centre aims to help you find opportunities throughout your University experience and after graduation. Whether you are in first year, or within three years of graduation, the Careers Centre is there to support you through your journey.

They offer advice on all employability matters. You can:

 

The Careers Centre through their Opportunities Team actively engages with employers and Alumni locally and globally on your behalf. Offering Work Experience, Careers Fairs, Work Shadowing, Internships, Graduate Opportunities, Career Ready Sessions and Employer Events.

Keep up-to-date on social media:

 

 

Link to Careers

The Students' Association is working in partnership with the Careers Centre to provide the support and events that you want. Throughout the year School Presidents and Societies run career-based events for students.

The Link to Careers partnership encourages collaboration between these student groups and the Careers Centre to provide the highest quality events.

Are you a School President or society looking to host an event?

 

Upcoming Events

Find out more about these events on Career Connect.

 

Graduate Attributes

Graduate attributes relate to the knowledge, skills and capabilities that the University seeks to give all students the opportunity to develop throughout their time at St Andrews.

PSC

The Professional Skills Curriculum (PSC) is the University's way of equipping you with essential skills to boost your employability through a programme of workshops.

Entrepreneurship Centre

The University provides a number of resources and events to help you engage your entrepreneurial mindset. Head over to the Entrepreneurship Centre for more information.

Laidlaw

The University offers prestigious internships to all penultimate year undergraduate students through the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Programme.

Saint Connect

Saint Connect is the University’s exclusive global, online community. Alumni, students and friends of the University can network, seek or provide career mentoring and keep up to date.