Careers Day 2008

Georgina Worrall reports on the 20087 Careers Day – which continues to go from strength to strength – and to a new venue.

Geoscientist Online 2 December 2008

"…a very productive day – great to have so many universities and companies in the same place”

The Society’s annual Careers Day was again a great success. This year’s event moved to a new venue, the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. The event was held on 17 November and was well attended, with over 400 students from a variety of UK universities. The exhibition was again a sell-out and had representation from both universities and industry. As Careers Day had moved to a bigger venue, four extra exhibitor spaces were available, which were quickly snapped up prior to the event. The main programme was as popular as ever with students reporting that they found the variety of industry-focused and more academic talks helpful, and were encouraged by the number of young speakers.

The Society would like to thank the conference sponsors for their support for this important event; Atkins Limited, BG Group, BP, ExxonMobil, Hess, Nexen Petroleum UK Limited, Shell and Venture Production plc.

Exhibitors included: Anglo American plc, Arcadis Geraghty & Miller International, ARKeK Limited, Atkins Limited, Bangor University, BG Group, BP, University of Brighton, British Geological Survey, University of Cambridge, Cardiff University, University of Derby, Durham University, University of Edinburgh, ExxonMobil, Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Gardline marine Sciences Limited, Halcrow Group Limited, Halliburton, Hess, Imperial College London, University of Leeds, University of Leicester, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, MJCA, Neftex Petroleum Consultants Limited, Newcastle University, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, Open University, Petroleum Geo-Services, University of Plymouth, University of Portsmouth, Rio Tinto, Royal Holloway, University of Sheffield, Shell, Soil Mechanics, University of Southampton, StatoilHydro, Talisman Energy, University College London, URS Corporation Limited, Venture Production plc

The speakers included: Chris Carlon, Anglo American; Sarah Davies, University of Leicester; Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham; Richard Herrington, Natural History Museum; Chris King, Keele University; David Manning, Geological Society/Newcastle University; Fiona McEvoy, British Geological Survey; Zoë Miller, Ramboll WhitbyBird; Bryan Ritchie, BP; Nicky Robinson, Atkins Limited; George Tuckwell, STATS Limited; Emily Vallance, GWP Consultants; Gary Walker, Scott Wilson