Careers & Personal Development
The economy of the Leeds city region is currently the largest outside of London. It is larger than nine of the current EU member states’ economies, and it is also the UK’s largest manufacturing centre. Leeds is a region of huge and still growing opportunity. The 2016-2026 Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) forecasts significant growth in high-skill employment areas requiring substantial Maths and Science knowledge, including:
- Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
- Financial and Professional Services
- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
- Biotechnology and Medicine
We are committed to ensuring that every LMaStudent is supported in the aspirations and goals they set for themselves after LMaS. To do so, we provide high-quality careers advice and guidance, and we give students many – almost daily! – opportunities to develop the complementary skills that employers and universities are looking for.
We offer every LMaStudent the academic and personal education which enables them to stand up and stand out in the evermore competitive world of work.
We are committed to ensuring that every LMaStudent achieves highly and leave LMaS with powerful outcomes, personal strengths, and many and meaningful choices available to them: in their learning, in their career, in their life.
Every LMaStudent has access to Unifrog, an online platform which provides outstanding careers and destinations support. You will have your own login which you can use to create a CV and write a Personal Statement to support a degree or apprenticeship application. You can search for university courses and apprenticeship opportunities, and sign up for MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses) and similar super-curricular activities.