Our Services & Professional Advice

1 Durham University Careers & Enterprise Centre

Whether you’re looking for a graduate career, interested in further study or would like to start your own business, Careers & Enterprise is here to support you from day one. Watch our welcome video to find out more. 

We support current students and Durham graduates through a wide range of in-person and online services including: 

  • 1:1 appointments with our Careers Advisers 
  • Employer events and activities 
  • Work experience programmes 
  • Business start-up advice and support 
  • Access to online information and digital tools 

Background 

We are here to help you to make career plans and take the next steps towards getting where you want to be. This can include exploring your career options, learning about different roles, developing your skills, gaining work experience, making applications, or even starting your own business. It doesn’t matter if you have no idea about the direction you want to go in, or have a specific career in mind already, we’re here to provide you with guidance, advice, and information. You can read more about the services and support we offer on our website. We also have a dedicated web page for prospective students. Below you will find further links to our resources, which you can access once you have your Durham student IT log-in. 

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2 Arranging reasonable adjustments

Reasonable adjustments enable you to participate in the academic assessment process on a fair basis, and according to your preferences. Find out how to arrange reasonable adjustments that work for you.

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3 Healthy living

This article focuses on the importance of healthy habits for wellbeing. The article provides useful tips and information regarding physical wellbeing, diet, responsible alcohol use, exercise and sleep.

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5 Disability Support

Contact Disability Support to register with the service and discuss any adjustments or support that you may need during your studies and exams/assessments. You can visit Disability Support prior to starting your course in order to be familiar with the location and discuss the support that you may need during your studies.

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6 Telling people at university about your autism

Everyone experiences their autism differently and at Durham University we make no assumptions about how your diagnosis impacts on you. You may find that your autism has little impact on day to day life other than putting into practice some learnt strategies to manage certain situations. For others, daily challenges may be experienced.

Whether you tell others about your autism is a personal decision. Telling people about your autism at university is also known as ‘disclosure’ or ‘declaring a disability’. More information about what this means and why it might be important to you is available in this article.

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7 Managing conflict

Different people have different expectations and styles of working or living together. Sometimes that can lead to conflict. This article will help you recognise causes of conflict and proposes strategies to resolve it.

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8 How to reduce anxiety and stress

It is normal to feel anxious when starting something new, like a university course, and everyone feels stress at difficult times of the year like exam periods or when there is a lot happening in their lives. It can sometimes be hard to relax. This activity is about helping you to manage these feelings and includes tips from other autistic students.

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