GO Wales

Reach your career potential

Why join the Graduate Academy?

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  • Improve your employability and graduate career prospects by developing a range of marketable, work related skills and qualifications, proven to be of value to organisations of all types and sizes.
  • Acquire specific new knowledge and skills and gain a nationally recognised qualification in leadership and management.
  • Enhance the skills you have already gained from your University studies.
  • Build on your existing ‘transferable’ skills, needed in any job, such as team-working, communication and problem-solving.
  • Extend your work experience and develop employer contacts to aid your job search.
  • Gain support from experienced tutors and careers practitioners with your personal career planning and in accessing meaningful employment opportunities.
  • Increase your self-awareness and understanding of how your personal skills, qualifications and attributes fit today’s graduate job market.
  • Contribute to economic development and competitiveness in Wales.