NextGen

Defence Supplier Brief

DSEI UK NextGen

The NextGen programme at DSEI UK 2025 is pivotal. Designed to bridge how the military, government, and industry engage with those who guide and advise young talent on careers and skills development.

On Friday 12 September, connect with the full breadth of the defence enterprise. Forging valuable connections that will significantly aid your access to defence industry experts, recruiters and decision makers.

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NextGen Programme – Your gateway to defence

DSEI UK’s NextGen programme is your gateway to the defence sector. It’s a programme that not only highlights the latest advancements across the sector, but also provides the connections, knowledge, and opportunities needed to propel your organisation and young talent forward.

Bringing together:

  • University and college:
    • Students
    • Employability officers
    • Careers leads
    • Academic faculty
  • Talent acquisition and workforce development leads from across:
    • Industry
    • Military
    • Government

By engaging with industry, government, military and academia stakeholders at a single event, the NextGen programme maximises the potential to fully understand the breadth of opportunities across defence.

NextGen Programmes curated environment fosters strategic connections and partnerships to build a network of talent engagement corridors and contacts.

Strengthen the sectors pipeline of qualified candidates, the NextGen programme ensures attendees and participants can leverage a diverse network of contact to enhance quality talent pipelines and strategic partnerships that deliver.

Delve deeper into the sector to educate, inform and collaborate on career opportunities, curriculum development and skills alignment to aid employability, guidance and talent development.


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Who should attend the NextGen programme?

  • University Employability Officers
  • University Careers Leads/Manager/Head of
  • Careers Leads/Manager from Colleges
  • University Academic & Teaching Faculty
  • Early careers recruiters/leads, graduate recruiters from defence industry
  • Talent acquisition, hiring managers and HR leads from industry
  • Military early careers and graduate recruiters
  • Government early careers and graduate recruiters
  • Workforce development, learning & development leads from across mil/gov/industry
  • Military Cadets aged 18 & over and University Military Cadets
  • Students endorsed and validated by University contact
  • University military cadets
  • Career Development associations and institutions that service the student, skills, talent and nextgen community
  • Training personnel from across government, military and industry

 

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Working together to develop the future force

“The NextGen Programme at DSEI is vitally important for the development of the defence enterprise and the delivery of our aims. Being able to showcase technology that will be shaping careers of current university students is a fantastic opportunity. I’m immensely proud that my team at the Defence Academy are playing such a pivotal role in shaping that landscape, especially in the development and delivery of cyber training for Direct Entry Cyber personnel and the Defence STEM Undergraduate Sponsorship (DSUS) Scheme, attracting a wide range of STEM disciplines to defence from across UK universities.”


Maj Gen Peter Rowell MBE, Commandant of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

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