A new national exhibition series · Five UK destinations
Where education, apprenticeships and careers connect.
The UK University & Apprenticeship Expos bring prospective students, apprentices, undergraduates, graduates and career changers face to face with the organisations shaping their futures.
Attending, or bringing a group? Candidate & group registration opens Q4 2026 — join the waiting list →
The audience
One event. The entire journey.
From a fifteen-year-old weighing first options to a graduate choosing between offers — the Expos cover every stage between education and employment.
Who exhibits
Built for every organisation shaping early careers.
You do not need to be a university. If your organisation educates, trains, recruits or develops people at the start of their careers, you belong on this floor.
National destinations
Five cities. One connected series.
Five dates across autumn 2027, each a full three-day production in a professional exhibition environment.
The format
Three days. Built properly.
A dedicated build day followed by two full public days — the format of a professional trade exhibition, applied to education and early careers.
Professional shell-scheme environmentSpeaking opportunitiesNetworking opportunitiesCandidate engagement through FairTap™
What exhibitors receive
Everything a serious exhibitor needs.
Candidate marketing & ticketing
You book the stand.
We build your audience.
The moment your stand is confirmed, we go to work — a team inside the region's schools and colleges, campaigns weighted to the fifty miles around the venue, and a profile behind every ticket before the doors open.
A team on the ground
A dedicated Candidate Outreach Team engages directly with schools, sixth forms and colleges across the region — working with the teachers and advisers who bring whole year groups.
Marketing where it counts
Campaigns concentrate on a primary catchment of up to 25 miles around the venue, supported by a secondary catchment covering 25 to 50 miles.
Profiled before they're ticketed
Every candidate registers through the FairTap™ Ticketing Platform — building a profile before their personal QR ticket is issued, added to Apple Wallet or carried on their phone.
An audience we already understand
Profiles tell us exactly who is in the hall — and when a candidate's pass is scanned at your stand, their interests arrive with the lead, ready for relevant follow-up after the event.
FAIRTAP™ TICKETING · EVERY PROFILE CAPTURES
The questions we ask before a ticket is issued.
Each candidate shortlists the institutions they're actively considering — so a scanned lead tells you at once whether you're on their list.
Contact details reach you only when a candidate's pass is scanned at your stand — always with consent, and never shared with other exhibitors. Candidate & group registration opens Q4 2026.
On the floor, each consented profile is a single tap away. See FairTap™ in action ↓
Connection technology
The FairTap™FairTap™Our own techNo paper forms, no lost business cards. A visitor shows their pass, your team gives it a tap, and their details — always with their permission — land in your dashboard straight away. Simple for you, respectful to them.Visit FairTap App.
Every conversation, captured.
FairTap™ is our proprietary candidate connection system. Candidates carry a personal digital pass; your team scans it; an organised, consented lead lands in your dashboard — instantly.
Candidates consent when their pass is scanned. Lead data is held under policy-controlled retention and exported only within data-protection rules — never shared between exhibitors.
Stand packages
Choose your space on the floor.
Three shell-scheme packages, built and carpeted before you arrive. The visualiser shows every footprint to true scale.
Package comparison
Every line. Side by side.
The organisation behind it
Backed by the biggest name in UK recruitment events.
The Expos are the premium exhibition division of The UK Careers Fair — the biggest name and driving force in UK recruitment events. For years we've delivered fairs across the country, week in, week out, with deep expertise in candidate acquisition, flawless event delivery, and building the huge, memorable experiences that put employers in front of the right people.
From intimate town-centre fairs to the largest annual recruitment event in the UK, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium — run not once, but four times, year on year. This is the scale we operate at.
The biggest audience engine in the sector.
No major provider comes close to our reach, network and marketing — the machine that fills halls with the right candidates. Exhibit with us and you tap the largest audience-acquisition operation in UK recruitment events.
We already work with almost everyone.
Universities, colleges, higher-education institutions and training providers right across the UK — established partners, not cold introductions. When we open an Expo, the organisations that matter already know our name.
Success is engineered, not hoped for.
We run every event on our own data — tracking booking velocity, registration pace and live attendance projections in real time, so we actively steer each Expo toward maximum capacity rather than leaving it to chance. And FairTap™, our proprietary lead technology, is in your team's hands on the floor.
Reserve
Build your Expo calendar.
Select destinations and a package. Your reservation goes straight to our team, who confirm availability and raise your invoice — stands are secured on confirmation.
01 Choose your destinations
02 What kind of organisation are you?
03 Choose your stand package
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