Higher Education and Careers
Careers plays an important role in Mayfield education, ensuring that we promote a culture of aspirational, personalised Careers guidance and direction to ensure that each girl has an appropriate individual pathway to future success.
A structured careers program that provides consistent guidance, allows students to explore post secondary education options and opportunities for work experience.
Throughout their school journey, our students learn about different careers and pathways to help them shape their futures.
Head of Careers
Mrs Rachel Davies
rdavies@mayfieldgirls.org
The OC Network
Our alumni network, the “OCs” are very generous with their time to inspire our students by sharing their experiences, giving advice and offering work experience.
Work Experience
All students are encouraged to find meaningful work experience post GCSEs, using their own contacts, research and our extensive alumni network.
Careers Fair October 2025
There was a real buzz throughout the school at the Careers Fair on Wednesday evening. With 38 stands representing a range of industries, students had an excellent opportunity to discuss their aspirations and talk about careers that they had not considered. It was also great to catch up with OCs who really inspired students with their journeys after Mayfield. Years 7 to 9 had fun asking exhibitors questions to complete their quiz.
We were very privileged to have Georgina Worrall as the keynote speaker with her excellent talk, "Resilience While Navigating the Career Pathway". A special thanks must go to our sponsor GCS Retail Loss Prevention.
More details about the exhibitors featured are available below:
Careers Event 2025
News and Events from the Careers Hub
The University of Edinburgh is running a series of interactive online talks in the last week of October (27-31) covering many aspects of Engineering. You will have the chance to chat with academics, current students, and recent graduates, and get answers to all your questions about studying engineering at Edinburgh.
For more information and booking please visit:
https://eng.ed.ac.uk/about/events/20250922-1630/online-interactive-talks-are-you-future-engineer
You will need to book your sessions around lessons and paid activities
Sheffield Live online Events
The University of Sheffield offers weekly online sessions which will enable you to find out more about different aspects of university life. They will run throughout the year with different topics such as accommodation and student societies as well as subject spotlights.
For more information, timetable and booking see: https://sheffield.ac.uk/study/online-events
UCL Classics and Ancient World Taster Day
This event takes place during half term - an in-person event taking place on 29 October at Gordon Street, UCL from 2-4pm. You will hear sample lectures including ‘Cicero, orator and politician’ as well as meeting staff and students and being taken on a tour of UCL and the Department of Greek and Latin. There will be plenty of opportunities for Q&A. For details and booking see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/outreach-and-summer-schools/taster-days
This site offers an excellent range of virtual work experience and worth taking a look at.
Springpod is a free careers network for young people aged 13-18. It can help you explore your options in the world of work and build connections. Find out about a huge range of career paths, discover what you’ll earn, what subjects you need to study and other key information. Springpod is currently promoting virtual work experience opportunities with several major companies including Amazon and Barclays as well as the NHS. Find out more: https://www.springpod.com/
Fancy a GAP year on an African or Asian adventure? Africa & Asia Venture (AV) offer volunteer projects in Africa, Asia & Latin America. These can be teaching, sports coaching, community work or conservation projects. They are usually 3-5 weeks or 3-5 months. For more details see: www.aventure.co.uk
Free Webinars on US University Admissions & Sports Scholarships. FirstPointUSA are hosting a series of educational webinars focused on the U.S. student-athlete pathway. There are quite a few sessions covering many areas of interest and sports including ‘Introduction to Track & Field Scholarships in the USA’ on Wednesday 22 October at 7.00pm UK (BST). For full list of webinars and other help for US scholarships see: https://www.firstpointusa.com/resources/webinars-and-workshops
Virtual law work experience day with Browne Jacobson. If you are interested in a career in law (solicitor, barrister, or lawyer), this is a fantastic opportunity to gain an insight into the legal profession and hear from expert speakers. Happening on Tuesday 28th October (in Half Term) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. To register see: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BrowneJacobson-VWEX-2025
Get into Medicine Conferences. MedicMentor are offering FREE conferences on the 25 and 26 October. They offer tailored advice for medicine and dentistry, covering a range of crucial topics including; tactically choosing universities, UCAS personal statements, UCAT preparation, Medical school interview skills and work experience. For more information about everything MedicMentor offers and to register for a conference see: https://medicmentor.org/
Thinking about a gap year as a ski instructor in Canada? Ski Le Gap was established in 1994 and provides ski and snowboard courses designed specifically with gap years in a ski resort in Canada in mind. Having trained over 3000 instructors from around the world they are confident you will have the ultimate winter experience. Detailed information at https://skilegap.com/
Apprenticeship applications now open!
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