What University? & What Career? Live is part of a portfolio of products which promote school leaver opportunities to students aged 15-19, their parents, teachers and careers advisors 365 days a year.

Choose from a range of exhibitor packages to suit your organisation’s goals and automatically benefit from promotion on the official website – WhatLive.co.uk – and in the Show Guide, What Next? Magazine. Boost your presence with tailored sponsorship options.

Standard Package

  • Shell scheme stand with name board, carpet, walling and stand lighting (space-only option available)
  • Profile entry in What Next? magazine, which is distributed free of charge to the UK’s top schools as well as to every visitor to the exhibitions as the Show Guide
  • Year-long profile on WhatLive.co.uk
  • Brand exposure in the comprehensive marketing campaign
  • Thorough and ongoing personal organisational support prior to the exhibition and on exhibition days

Multi-exhibition package – What University? & What Career? Live and GradJobs Live! & PostGrad Study Live! 

  • Preferential rate for shell stand (or space only), name board, carpet, walling and stand lighting across both events lasting three days
  • Profile entry in What Next? magazine, which is distributed free of charge to the UK’s top schools as well as to every visitor to the exhibitions as the Show Guide
  • Year-long profile on WhatLive.co.uk and GradJobs.co.uk
  • Exposure in comprehensive marketing campaigns for both school leaver and graduate recruitment demographics
  • Unique opportunity to meet students, parents and graduates without needing to change location
  • Thorough and ongoing personal organisational support prior to the exhibition and on exhibition days

Maximise your impact by taking advantage of a broad range of sponsorship options! Ideas include:

  • Lead capture scanner or mobile app to facilitate easy follow-up with visitors
  • Speaking opportunities in one of three theatres, including 30-minute presentations or participation in panel sessions
  • Exclusive digital promotion to registered attendees as well as the established opt-in newsletter database, social media followers and more
  • Advertising or sponsored editorial content in What Next? and Options magazines available to all exhibition visitors
  • Plus! A comprehensive range of on-site sponsorship opportunities such as the STEM Hub or Student Union. Find out more here.
  • Got something else in mind? Get in touch!

Today has been one of the best parent and student engagement days I’ve worked – and I’ve been in the industry for years now!

We’ve had great conversations with pupils from our target age group and everyone we spoke to was very interested in discovering more about their post-school options.


Rachel McCulloch
Senior Student Recruitment Officer, Solent University

The event has been a great success for us. We’ve seen really high levels of engagement from students in years 10 – 13 who are actively interested in getting into teaching and finding out what their journey into the classroom could look like. This is our first time at the event and the return on the investment has been worth it – we will definitely be back.


James Annetts
ITT Candidate Pipeline Manager, Get into Teaching