Alumni UK Live

Alumni UK Live is the British Council’s free online professional development festival for anyone who studied with a UK higher education institution as an overseas student.

Now in its third edition, Alumni UK Live will take place online on 11 and 12 February 2025.

Elevate your career with two days of inspiring talks from industry leaders, exciting networking opportunities, and idea-sharing sessions.

What is Alumni UK Live?

Alumni UK Live is your chance to upskill and stay competitive in today’s job market while connecting with thousands of UK graduates from around the world. Over two days, you will hear inspirational talks and debates from business leaders and subject matter experts.

Who can attend?

This professional development festival is for anyone who studied with a UK university as an overseas student. You need to have spent at least one term at a UK higher education institution enrolled on a credit-bearing course. This includes transnational or online education.

What is the programme?

Sessions include:

• Thriving in tomorrow’s workforce: future-proofing your career path
• AI and the future of work: staying ahead in a tech driven world
• Alumni as changemakers: how professional networks can advance Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• From challenges to opportunities: leveraging multi-generational perspectives
• Your future is waiting: empowering graduates for the job market
• Own your achievements: Make your performance review count

The programme will be spread out over the two days so alumni can join from around the world. For any you missed, recordings will be available to playback.

If you want to get an idea of what it will be like, you can watch recordings from previous editions of Alumni UK Live on the Alumni UK online platform.

Alumni UK is a members only network – when you register for Alumni UK Live below, you will receive instructions in your confirmation email on how to access the Alumni UK online platform and its content.

By registering, you’ll unlock access to the Alumni UK network

An exclusive free online community for people from around the world who have studied with a UK university as an international student. By joining Alumni UK, you can grow your worldwide professional network and find resources to develop your career, training, in-person events, and much more.

Don’t forget to follow the instructions in your confirmation email to join the community!