We invite you to attend our free conference for career advisors, academics, employers, policymakers and autistic students and graduates. This is a virtual event, taking place on Wednesday 17 November 2021 11.00-16.30 (Amsterdam time).

The conference brings together professionals and autistic people interested in reducing the employability gap faced by autistic university graduates. The conference is organised and run by the IMAGE project team (see www.imageautism.com). 

REGISTER NOW: https://image-conference.eventbrite.co.uk/ 

PROGRAMME
We have put together a varied and exciting programme with autistic and non-autistic speakers from across Europe. All talks (except for the introduction and closing remarks) are pre-recorded and available with subtitles in English, Finnish, Dutch, German and French. Following each talk, the presenter will be available live for questions and discussion. 

We will also give a preview of the tools and resources created by the IMAGE team, which will become freely available from January 2022. For the detailed programme, please follow the link to https://image-conference.eventbrite.co.uk/

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The conference is aimed at those supporting autistic students at university or autistic employees in work, as well as employers, policymakers and autistic young people  - whether in higher education or in work.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Register for free at https://image-conference.eventbrite.co.uk/ to secure your place. Before the conference, you will be given details for logging into the Zoom online meeting environment.

USEFUL TO KNOW
There will be a Q&A after each speaker presentations, and we encourage participants to take part in these since all experiences, questions and thoughts are important to us.

ABOUT IMAGE
IMAGE is an EU-funded partnership of 5 European universities: Leeds Beckett University, Helsinki University, Free University Amsterdam, Medical School Berlin and the University of Toulouse. IMAGE aims to improve autistic graduate employment across Europe. We provide resources and tools for careers advisors, autistic students and graduates, academics and employers.

ABOUT IMAGE OUTPUTS
We will present the 4 Good Practice Guides we have created for Careers Advisors, for Academics, for HE managers and policymakers and for Employers. These guides are available online to browse interactively, and also for download as customisable PDF files. 

We have created training materials that can be used by universities or individuals to learn about, and teach others, the best way to advise student on their career options and the process of applying for and securing a job. 

We will launch an online toolkit for autistic students and graduates, to learn about the steps and challenges involved in choosing a career, selecting and applying for a job, and settling into the workplace. The toolkit includes “How to…” articles for various situations, case studies and first-person accounts from other graduates. This is combined with an interactive profile builder that turns strengths, challenges and preferences into templates that can be used during the job application process.

More about the project can be found at www.imageautism.com. 
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