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Networking events for students and industry

Connect your business to students at one of our networking events.

We organise several employer-student networking events through the year.

The events follow a trade show format. Each event has a theme or is sector-specific. This means that both you and the students attending know there is a shared interest.

The events are a great way for students to explore "what's next." This might be exploring internship, placement and graduate opportunities. Or it might be as simple as exploring careers that they haven't looked at before.

For your organisation, the events are a great way to meet and build relationships with future talent, fellow industry exhibitors, and future customers. 

If you would like to find out more or discover the best event for you, please do get in touch.

Computer:networks

This next event is: Wednesday 01 October 2025.

This is a networking event for computer science students, local alumni and some of the networks and businesses in the region. Most students attending will be studying:

  • data science
  • cyber security
  • gaming
  • computer and software engineering
Computer Science students working together in a computer cluster.

Access

The next event is: Monday 13 October 2025.

It is designed for engineering, maths, data science and physics students. It is also open to any interested students with a STEM background. This event focuses on:

  • construction
  • infrastructure
  • built environment
  • environmental engineering

Green Planet Connect

The next event is on Tuesday 28 October 2025.

This event is open to students from all STEM backgrounds. The focus is on careers and organisations along the farm to fork supply chain. Exhibitors include:

  • agriculture suppliers
  • food producers and retailers
  • environmental, farm and land management consultancy firms
  • public and tertiary sector organisations

It will be attended by students studying:

  • agriculture and agri-business
  • food business management and marketing
  • land management
  • ecology
  • environmental science
  • geography

A group of students are studying crops in a field at the University's Cockle Park farm. It is a bright but cloudy day. The field is lush and green. The sun is quite low int he sky and casting a shadow of the student group across the ground.

Oceans

The event will take place on: Monday 10 November 2025.

Oceans is an inter-disciplinary event showcasing the diverse employers operating on, in, or near the sea including:

  • naval architecture, marine engineering and shipping
  • offshore energy
  • subsea engineering and geoscience
  • marine environment and its regulation

Students who attend are typically studying engineering, science, maths and computing science.

Data | Driven

The next event is: Wednesday 03 December 2025.

This event is for STEM students and employers interested in numerical analytical techniques and big data in finance, banking, the public sector, management consultancy and more.

Physics students working together in a laboratory.

Blue planet connect

The next event is on Tuesday 03 February 2026.

This event is open to all STEM students. The event focusses on marine and offshore environmental management and conservation roles. Organisations attending are offshore wind farm developers, government agencies and authorities, engineering firms and charities. Most students attending will be studying:

  • marine science
  • ecology
  • environmental science
  • geography

Stream

The next event is: Thursday 19 February 2026.

This event is open to students from all STEM backgrounds interested in careers in:

  • space, satellites, and communications
  • transport
  • robotics
  • automation
  • electrification
  • manufacturing

Digital Fair

The next event is on Wednesday 04 March 2026.

This networking event gives students from the following disciplines an opportunity to meet employers in the tech space:

  • maths
  • computing
  • data science
  • other numerical disciplines
Students are working at computer work stations. The workstations are "flip top" desks. The desks can be opened to reveal a PC and Raspberry Pi machine. Or the desks can be flipped to a plan desktop so that students can use their own laptops and tablets.

Scene

The next event is: Tuesday 17 March 2026.

Science and chemical engineering in the North East (SCENE) is open to students from all STEM backgrounds interested in careers in:

  • industrial products and services
  • engineering and technology
  • pharmaceuticals and life sciences
  • chemicals and advanced materials