Black Graduate
Careers conference

Join us at the Black
Graduate Careers
Conference 2025

The Black Graduate Careers Conference is a free event being held on Friday 27 June, 10:00-1800 at the City & Guilds Building at Imperial’s South Kensington Campus. This year’s conference is designed to empower Black students and graduates to connect with employers, enhance their career skills, explore postgraduate opportunities, and discover pathways in STEM and business. The day will feature inspiring talks, an exhibition of employers actively seeking to hire Black graduates, and practical workshops where you can develop valuable career skills. Learn more below!

What’s on at the Black Graduate Careers Conference 2025

  • Keynote speeches from leading figures – Hear from industry pioneer Charlene Hunter MBE as she shares invaluable insights about finding your career in Tech. We will also be joined by TikTok science sensation Big Manny, who will bring his signature energy to the stage as he shares his journey and demonstrates how engaging STEM can be through his interactive experiments.
  • Interactive career-focused workshops – Gain practical skills, refine your career strategy, and explore emerging opportunities through dynamic and interactive sessions led by industry experts and academic leaders across STEM, business and beyond.
  • Careers exhibition with top employers – Meet recruitment teams from top organisations spanning STEM industries, finance, business, and the public sector. Discover graduate schemes, internships and immediate openings that could launch your professional journey.
  • Higher education guidance – Current students, graduates and faculty members discuss how advanced degrees can accelerate your career, offering firsthand advice on navigating Master’s and PhD programmes.
  • Exclusive Networking opportunities – Build valuable connections with potential employers, alumni and like-minded peers in the evening, featuring a DJ set and authentic Nigerian cuisine in our informal mixer and networking session.

JOIN THE black graduate careers conference 2025

Now in its third year and even bigger than ever, the Black Graduate Careers Conference on Friday 27 June, 10:00-1800 is a free event for Black students and graduates to meet employers, build career skills, explore postgraduate opportunities and network. Register below to reserve your place today to access valuable career development opportunities and connect with top employers.

Registrations are now closed for the Black Graduate Careers Conference 2025. If you didn’t manage to get a ticket this time, make sure to come back next year when the Black Graduate Careers Conference will return for 2026!

Employers that you will get to meet

We will be joined by leading companies and organisations from across the globe looking to hire Black graduates. Explore some of the
employers that are exhibiting with us this year.

Our 2025 speakers and contributors

Leading experts from STEM and business will give a series of talks, workshops, and Q&As about finding a career path and developing career progression and growth.

Workshops and Training

Throughout the day a range of workshops and training sessions will be carried out by world-leading experts within STEM and business.

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2024
Programme

Discover more about the Black Graduate Career Conference in 2024, including our exhibitors, talks and workshops.

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