Sonia Brito

Sonia is the Careers and Employability Adviser working closely with the School of Business, Arts, Social Sciences and Technology (BASST), offering curriculum-based sessions, workshops, and 1-2-1 career coaching appointments.

Her primary role is to work with students, researchers, and graduates to support them with planning their careers, developing their employability, making informed career choices, and achieving their objectives. She delivers impartial, 1:1 careers information, advice and guidance through different mediums including Teams, in-person, email and phone as well as delivers employability curriculum sessions.

A key aspect of her role is overseeing careers support for international students, empowering them to develop the skills, knowledge, and networks needed to thrive in an increasingly competitive global job market.

She also supports course design, validation and revalidation of new and existing courses and leads the strategic oversight and implementation of Careers, Employability and Enterprise (CEE) embedded activity planning for BASST across the curriculum, working collaboratively with academic subject heads and course leaders to identify opportunities to enhance employability, experiential learning and graduate outcomes.

Studied Psychology in Portugal and she has experienced a variety of roles such as HR and Outplacement Consultant in a multinational recruitment agency Randstad and Careers and People Development Consultant at Porto Business School – University of Porto. In 2020/21 completed the Postgraduate Certificate Academic Practice (PGCAP) and received a professional postgraduate qualification attaining international professional recognition as a Fellow of Higher Education (FHEA) awarded by Advance HE.

Sonia’s big piece of advice to students: Make use of Careers, Employability, and Enterprise services early on in your studies and find the right support.