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Accenture Insight Day

28 Nov 2024, 2:30 p.m. — 1 Strawberry Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BX
Application deadline was 21st November 2024, 11:59 p.m.

Date: Thursday 28th November

Time: 14:30 - 17:30 (view the agenda)

City: Newcastle

Please note that public trasnsport travel cost reimbursements up to £120 are available for attendees.

We're thrilled to be teaming up with Accenture to offer 30 of our brightest members with coding experience the opportunity to attend a prestigious insight event in Newcastle. It's your unique chance to connect with senior technology leaders and recent graduates at Accenture - learn why they chose Accenture and what it’s really like to work there, as well as how best to prepare for and succeed in the application process.

Join at the end of November to hear about Accenture’s updated assessment process and how you can prepare best for it.

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organisations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.

We are a talent and innovation-led company with approximately 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. 

Fun facts about Accenture

  • World’s largest technology consultancy with over 750,000 Accenture employees worldwide
  • No. 2 on TIME’s World’s Best Companies
  • Work with influence — 75% of Fortune Global 500 companies are Accenture clients
  • 98 of Accenture's top 100 clients have been with them for at least 10 years
  • Their core values include valuing diversity and fostering a trusting, open and inclusive environment where each person is treated with respect 
  • 47% of Accenture's global workforce are women and they expect that number to be at least 50% by 2025 — Accenture is committed to equality and equity
  • Accenture have a strong focus on sustainability and the environment and is committed to playing a leading role in the change to a low-carbon economy

Why attend

Learn why Accenture is the perfect place to kick-start your career in Technology

with their pioneering emerging technology, diversity of clients and leading tech partners

Understand the opportunities available to you at the firm

from the robust tech-driven learning experiences available and the programmes you can apply for, to their unique culture of equality

Connect and learn from Accenture employees

including Senior Technology Leaders, analysts currently on their graduate programmes, and their Graduate Recruitment Team

Who can attend

Students studying at a UK university who are:

Graduating in 2024 or 2025

Interested in software engineering roles

Interested in a career in Newcastle (or one of Accenture's other offices - Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh or Glasgow)

Studying an undergraduate or master’s degree in IT, computer science, or a technology-related subject, or, a maths, science, or engineering degree with a real passion and flair for technology and some coding experience.

Employers joining us

Schedule

28 Nov 2024

2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Arrival and registration

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Welcome from a Technology Manager at Accenture

3:15 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.

Session on Gen AI

3:35 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.

Assessment process tips

4:05 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.

Q&A with Accenture Analysts

4:35 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Networking

5:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Event ends

Location

Location

1 Strawberry Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BX

Info

Frequently asked questions

To secure your spot at the event, click the Apply Now button at the top of the page and complete the application form. Spaces are very limited, so we recommend you apply as early as possible. Applications will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis.

All attendees will be eligible for a travel cost reimbursement. Accenture can reimburse up to £120 of travel receipts for standard class train and coach tickets. Details on how to claim the expenses will be provided to you during the event. Please keep hold of your receipts.

Any other questions, please get in touch.