We are excited to be holding the CA’s inaugural in-person Classics and Careers Festival on Sunday 12 April at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. Doors open at 11.30am for 12pm start and there will be a panel session as well as Q&A and networking opportunities. The session is open to all and designed to engage and inspire those at all career levels and backgrounds.
Tickets are free and can be booked here.
Speakers include: Jamie McIntyre (Executive Publisher at Cambridge University Press), Molly Lacey (Comms and Marketing specialist, @MuseumsWithMolly), Melissa Addison-Taylor (Pharmacology and Pedagogy specialist), Leyla Webbe (Investment Manager at the Heritage Fund) and Jimmy Mulville (co-founder of Hat Trick Productions).
Recent episodes of The Classics Podcast’s Careers series can be found on our website, featuring TV producer Scott Handcock, Booker-nominated author Kamila Shamsie, member of the Magic Circle David Harry, Forensic Scientist Prof. Dame Sue Black, and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota.
The Careers Festival forms part of the 2026 CA Conference, for which tickets can be booked separately here.