Andrew Haxell

Transforming student outcomes through employability and career development support

Andrew Haxell is Assistant Director (Graduate Futures) in Student, Library and Academic Services at Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. He has over 22 years of experience in higher education careers. A Modern History and International Relations graduate from St Andrews University, Andrew worked initially for eight years in the banking sector as a graduate trainee in corporate banking for Bank of Scotland in Nottingham, then responsible for the Bank’s graduate recruitment and graduate training programme – based in Edinburgh – before joining Newcastle University as a trainee careers adviser. He worked at Newcastle in various careers practitioner and in management and leadership roles for over 14 years. Since joining Northumbria in the summer of 2014, Andrew has led the development of the University’s careers and employability support offer to students and graduates, including the creation in 2020 of the Graduate Futures service, bringing together Careers, Placements, Enterprise and International Mobility support roles and activities in a new structure to support the employability objectives in the University Strategy. He is an active member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS).