Scaling Connections is your opportunity to explore career paths, meet inclusive employers, and build networks that support your future.
Designed for ethnically diverse students across LJMU, this event connects you with relatable role models and real opportunities to network across multiple sectors.
What You’ll Gain
- Insight into careers you may not have considered
- Direct connections with inclusive employers
- Confidence to showcase your strengths and identity
Why We’re Doing This
In partnership with the LCRCA Race Equality Hub and
Inclusion & Diversity in Nuclear, this event brings
students and employers together to break down barriers, highlight diverse
role models, and build networks that support long‑term success.
Event schedule
12:30pm – Networking Lunch & Employer Mini Expo
Meet employers, industry professionals, and recruiters in an informal setting and ask them anything! Employers attending (subject to change), include: Everton in the Community, 360 Nuclear Skills Training, Cavendish Nuclear, Northern Nuclear Alliance, Orano, Rolls-Royce SMR, Vulcain Engineering, Assystem, Merseyside Police, University Hospitals of Liverpool, LCR Combined Authority, Leonardo Hotels, JMSU, We Are Juno, Wirral Change, Caring Services.
1:00pm – Opening Session
Hear from LJMU Student Futures, the LCRCA Race Equality Hub, and a keynote speaker
from Inclusion & Diversity in Nuclear.
1:30pm – Student & Employer Roundtables
Small‑group conversations on career pathways, inclusive recruitment,
valued skills, and real career journeys.
2:30pm – Closing Reflections
Key takeaways, student reflections, and employer commitments.