Employability Tuesday Events 2021 PhD Opportinities in the School Of Mathematics The session is to advertise PhD opportunities in Optimization and Operational Research and Statistics in the School of Mathematics and to encourage you to apply. Academics from the School will be covering: PhD in Optimization and Operational Research PhD in Statistics Q&A Presentation Document Stats PhD Opportunities in the School of Maths (134.61 KB / PDF) Document OR PhD Opportunities in the School of Maths (287.39 KB / PDF) Employability in a Covid World With over 20 years’ experience in Financial services, working on Fraud Rings, Geo-mapping analysis & Anti-Money Laundering to Risk & Policy Frameworks and more than 10 years mentoring individuals looking at transferable skills, Nicholas “Nik” Bobb, HSBC Senior Project Manager, talked about how networking & communication skills can open career opportunities and how logic is integral to employability in various career paths. Useful opportunities STAR Interview Technique Networking is all about building on your on group of connections into individuals which have: Similar interests Willing to collaborate Join online groups/webinars Follow people with similar interests and see who they follow Opportunities Foundation and Degree Apprenticeships will be going live within the upcoming National Apprenticeship Week (8th February 2021). These opportunities will be available on our UK Apprenticeships page UK Apprenticeships Career Routes in to HSBC https://meetandengage.com/hsbcfutures CV and Application demystifying https://hsbc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g5LQlWAyS_-O78W4DoSv1A Financial Education https://www.hsbc.co.uk/financial-education/ Interview hits and tips https://hsbc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cbg82vsMSkWt2ztQtAKLUQ More information about Nik and if you want to reach out, please see: Nicholas (Nik) Bobb | LinkedIn If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou Entrepreneurial Skills for Life - DDE Programme Opportunities Edinburgh Innovations talks to Science & Engineering students about different opportunities to get you started on your entrepreneurial journey, using as a series of exciting, data-driven entrepreneurship activities! Their Venture Builder includes the Open Innovation Challenge where you can work with IP patented by the University or use your research to design a technology, solve real problems and win £5,000. Their popular Enterprise Foundation Programme is also incorporated into the Venture Builder, with step-by-step training to bring your entrepreneurial ideas forward. If you want to work in a high-tech start-up, the time is now. Presentation Document DDE Programme Opportunities (2.86 MB / PDF) MSc Dissertations with Industry (including sourcing your own) A session by our career consultant, Matt Vickers, and Business Development Executive, Rosie Wilkie, about the benefits of an MSc project with an industry partner. Guidance on how to source your own project and why this might benefit you (and the company), some examples of companies we have worked with in the past and the useful skills you will learn on one of these projects which are applicable both in industry jobs but also increasingly within academic research roles too. Presentation Document Projects with Industry (814.44 KB / PDF) Document Finding your Own Project (3.83 MB / PDF) Document Employers of Past MSc Graduates (771.79 KB / PDF) Capgemini Presentation: Consulting Graduate Scheme (Analytics & Machine Learning) A global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. It is a multicultural company of 200,000 team members in over 40 countries. During the talk we talked about what our day-to-day looks like and our Consultant Development Community. We will be explaining the graduate scheme and the IDE division of Capgemini Invent (with a focus on Analytics and Machine Learning). We will then discuss our own journey from completing a Maths degree to joining the graduate scheme, with plenty of time for Q&A. Presentation Statistics Public Health Scotland Scott Heald is a Chief Officer and Head of Profession for Statistics in Public Health Scotland. Scott is a graduate of University of Edinburgh, having studied Mathematics & Statistics there in the early 1990s. Public Health Scotland is a new body, created in April 2020, with a vision to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of all Scotland's people. Our focus is on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing premature mortality. Supporting Scotland's COVID response is currently at the forefront of Public Health Scotland's work. Public Health Scotland is one of the biggest employers of people with a passion for data and statistics, with over 100 data managers and 350 analysts/statisticians working on a wide range of public health topics. Scott will showcase the range of work undertaken by our analytical teams and talk about career opportunities, how to get the best out of an application to Public Health Scotland, and what to expect at interview. And he'll pose a few questions to get you thinking - for example, "how heavy was Scotland's heaviest baby?"........ Presentation Document SPH (3.64 MB / PDF) Merkle Analytics Merkle Analytics talks about what they do and what their work is like, as well as steering you through a case study to provide a real insight. One of their representatives, Shane, is an Edinburgh graduate and he will be sharing his experience and offering some tips. Merkle Analytics is a data analytics and technology consultancy that specialises in cutting-edge, commercially focussed outcomes. They use data, technology, and analytics to major world brands make their advertising more addressable, their experiences more personal, and manage relationships over time. Clients include Aviva, Body Shop, Danone, EE, Estee Lauder, LNER (rail), NowTV, RBS, Tesco, Twitter, VW, Warner Brothers. Their international hybrid Data Science and Technology team is based across the UK, with offices in Edinburgh, Aberdeen (incl. oil & gas), London and Bristol, and the team plays a key role continually striving to support its clients through analytical and evidence-led decision-making. If you’d like to find out more about the day-to-day of an industry data scientist, have a sneak peek at some of the cool stuff they get to work on and get involved in solving a real-life problem (case study). Presentation Video: Qualities of a Data Scientist_MerkleAquila - Merkle (wistia.com) Arup Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today’s built environment – turning exciting ideas into tangible reality as they strive to find a better way and shape a better world. They operate in 33 countries around the world, acting as a giant collaborative network of experts, mobilising to solve problems in new ways. They encourage people to deepen their understanding by working in new locations and different cultures. Duting the presentation, Arup taks about: job roles and what their day-to-day work looks like; some examples of interesting projects they are working on; the graduate recruitment process with plenty of time for you to ask them questions at the end. Presentation This article was published on 2025-02-26
