Divya Arora

Universities invest heavily in careers support, yet many students — particularly international students — still struggle to convert effort into outcomes. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱:   • The challenge is rarely awareness or ambition   • It is execution, consistency, and follow-through over time   • Alumni support exists, but is often unstructured   • Careers teams lack visibility into day-to-day employability behaviour 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻:   • Exploring more structured approaches to employability delivery   • Strengthening alumni engagement in a way that protects mentor time   • Improving how institutions track employability effort and momentum   • Focusing on UK and UAE higher education contexts 𝗠𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳:   • Student behaviour   • Engineering Employability   • Institutional systems   • Long-term graduate outcomes