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GradSprint 2025

Date:16 May 2025 |
Time:09:30 - 16:30
Location:Port of Tyne, Innovation Hub, South Shields, NE34 9PT | Get directions

Are you a newly employed graduate based in the North East of England? If so you're invited to be part of the first-ever GradSprint 2025!

This one-day event brings together graduates from different employers to create fresh ideas for the future of the North East.

GradSprint is inspired by the Mayoral Manifesto North East England: Home of Opportunity. It's about thinking big and pushing boundaries to make the North East an even better place to live and work.

(Please note this partner event is hosted by Port of Tyne)

View of the River Tyne at South Shields with a red lighthouse on the pier, golden sandy beach, and grassy dunes under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

What to expect

Up to ten mixed teams of graduates from various organisations.

A focus on one impactful theme from the Mayoral Manifesto, with teams choosing a specific topic to tackle:

  1. An economy that works for all
  2. Green transport that works for all
  3. Future skills and training for all
  4. Good quality, green homes
  5. Stronger neighbourhoods

Why attend?

  • Share your innovative ideas to shape the North East’s strategy and plans
  • Build connections across different graduate programmes and employers
  • Develop valuable skills like collaboration, communication, and problem-solving
  • Highlight the North East as a hub for graduate talent and innovation

Agenda and registration

To view the full agenda and register for GradSprint 2025, please visit our Eventbrite page.

The deadline to register attend is Wednesday 30 April 2025.