Come and meet a wide range of organisations offering graduate roles, as well as placements, vacation work, work experience and voluntary opportunities
What to expect
Careers Fair 2023 took place on Wednesday 8 November 2023, 11am-3pm, at the American Express Stadium, Falmer.
This is your opportunity to browse and speak to employers from a wide range of sectors offering graduate roles, vacation work, placements, work experience and voluntary positions.
Many employers will be targeting students from any degree discipline, so it's an excellent way for all students and recent graduates to start exploring your options and potential opportunities.
Careers Fair is also open to University of Brighton students and recent graduates.
How to attend
Careers Fair 2023 has now taken place. Look out for the next one in November 2024.
Find our other careers and jobs fairs for 2023/24.
Download the Careers Fair app
The Careers Fair Plus app is your introduction to the organisations attending Careers Fair. You can see the opportunities they are offering and find out about who they are looking to employ.
Using the app you can customise your fair experience based on the jobs you are interested in, plan your route to the stands you want to visit, and stay up to date with the latest news at the fair with push notifications.
Features include:
- filtering employers and opportunities by subject, sector, or area of interest and get straight to the employers who are most interested in you
- interactive floorplans to locate who you want to speak to and plan your route in advance
- real time event updates and announcements so you’ll never miss out on any news and changes before, during, and after the event
- hints and tips to make the most of your fair like how to prepare, employers to speak to based on your school, and things to look out for.
Download the Careers Fair Plus app now on:
How to use the app
- Select 'Student/Candidate' on the menu screen.
- Search 'University of Sussex' in the search box.
- Select 'Careers Fair'.
- Start planning your visit.
You can also visit the web-based version on your browser.
Details of how the app collects and uses your personal information can be found in the Privacy Policy.
This year's event is sponsored by:
- Find out more about our sponsors
Read our blog posts to find out more about our sponsors, including stories from graduates, for:
- Prepare for Careers Fair
Take a look at our guidance on how to prepare for Careers Fair. It covers what kind of employer research you should do in advance and suggested questions to ask your exhibitors of choice.
- How to get to the American Express Stadium
The American Express Stadium is to the southeast side of Falmer station, and is easy to access via bus, train or from campus. Coming from Sussex campus, use the stairs to the right of the station entrance which will take you straight to the stadium. Follow the Careers Fair signage and you will enter at the Gate 7 entrance. You can see the entrance of the location on Google Maps.
Find further guidance on how to find the venue, plus information on accessibility and facilities.
- Accessibility
If you any accessibility or other requirements that we should aware of, let us know so that we can support your visit to Careers Fair. We will be in touch soon with further details.