About us

About Graduate Prospects

Established in 1972, CSU (the commercial subsidiary of HECSU) changed its name to Graduate Prospects in July 2003. The name was changed to more clearly communicate the relationship between the highly successful Prospects brand and the organisation behind it.

Working in partnership with the most prominent official bodies in the field of higher education, Graduate Prospects has been bringing students, graduates and recruiters together for over 30 years. It is our close working relationships with HECSU, the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS), the Standing Conference of Principals (SCOP) and Universities UK that allow us to maintain our status as the UK’s official graduate careers support service.

In recent years, Graduate Prospects has also developed close links with UCAS and the NUS to ensure that we succeed in our mission

'to be the leading UK provider of graduate careers and recruitment solutions.'

Graduate Prospects and HECSU

Graduate Prospects is the commercial subsidiary of the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU). HECSU is a registered charity that supports the work of higher education careers services in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and funds major research projects that benefit the higher education careers sector. HECSU works in partnership with the Association of Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS). HECSU is jointly owned by Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals of Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education in the UK (SCOP).

The Graduate Prospects and AGCAS partnership

Graduate Prospects works in partnership with the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) to maximise the opportunities and support available to all students and graduates throughout their career search. For further details, see the AGCAS-HECSU-Graduate Prospects agreement.