Who we are

Posted
May, 2020

Prospects are the experts in graduate careers. We help to guide students and graduates to a bright future with unrivalled information, advice and opportunities

Working at the heart of the higher education (HE) sector for more than 40 years, we provide a market-leading portfolio of graduate career and postgraduate study recruitment options and work in close partnership with HE and further education (FE) professional bodies and government to deliver unique services that benefit the sector as a whole.

We use our unique insight into what graduates do, where they go and what their motivations are to guide and inspire career choices throughout the student journey.

Prospects is now part of Jisc, the UK's technology solutions organisation for higher and further education. Jisc is funded by the UK higher and further education and research funding bodies and member institutions. Our unique and established position in the sector, along with our unparalleled knowledge of graduate careers helps us to manage and support a range of key initiatives within higher education.

Our work

  • Prospects.ac.uk - the UK's biggest graduate careers website with more than two million monthly browsers.
  • Prospects Hedd - UK higher education's official degree verification service, which helps universities to manage incoming verification requests from employers, agencies and other universities, and plays a leading role in combating degree fraud.
  • Prospects Luminate - launched in 2018, Luminate is the home of student and graduate labour market information from Prospects.
  • Prospects Course Exchange - uses XCRI-CAP feeds to manage the upload of postgraduate course data from HE providers to Prospects and other postgraduate course marketing websites. The service includes a free validation service, Prospects Course Check.

Work for us

At Prospects we're dedicated to guiding students and graduates towards the right job and we need the right people on our side to help us achieve our goal.

Prospects is now part of Jisc. Visit the Jisc website to find out more about current vacancies and what its like to work for us.

Contact us

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We are unable to offer personal careers advice

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Where we are

Registered address:

Prospects is part of Jisc

4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB

Jisc Services Limited is a wholly owned Jisc subsidiary and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under company number 02881024.

VAT registration number:

GB 197 0632 86

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