IP Inclusive’s Careers in Ideas initiative is an outreach campaign aimed at raising awareness of IP-related careers. We created it because we recognised that in order to raise diversity levels within a profession, you also have to raise them upstream, in the pool of people you recruit from. Careers in Ideas aims to widen that pool by making more potential recruits, from a greater range of backgrounds, aware of the IP professions.
Resources for IP professionals
We have collated a Resources Directory to support IP professionals in outreach activities. For example we encourage IP professionals to make use of these resources when they visit schools, universities and careers fairs. Part 1 is specifically targeted to IP professionals and includes resources under the following headings:
- Introductory information about Careers in Ideas and its Mentoring Hub
- Engaging with Outreach Work and Promoting Diversity in the IP Professions
- Resources for Recruitment
- Resources for use when visiting schools, universities, careers fairs and exhibitions.
Part 2 includes resources for students, parents, teachers and careers advisors. Part 3 includes useful resources from national and regional Intellectual Property Offices.
Resources for students, teachers and careers advisors
Resources targeted at school, college and university students and their teachers and careers advisers can be found on the Careers in Ideas website. This includes information on a wide range of IP-related careers options and a range of downloadable resources. There are also loads of great case studies to introduce you to the many different roles you can have in the IP professions, and some great personal stories about how people got to where they are. Upcoming events are listed on its Events page and there’s also a Mentoring Hub. The resources are free for anyone to use in promoting careers in IP, whether in the education, careers or outreach sectors or from the IP professions themselves.
We’re on Instagram and LinkedIn too where we share news about recruitment and outreach initiatives relevant to the IP sector.
Summer of IP 2026 – Registrations now open!
Stay updated via the dedicated page on our Careers in Ideas website.
Registrations are now open for IP employers to participate in Summer of IP 2026. Click here to find out more and register your event.
Outreach Directory
We officially launched Careers in Ideas at a reception in April 2018. Since then, we’ve built a network of organisations and individual contacts through whom our careers resources can be disseminated, or who might collaborate with us in opening up the IP professions to a wider pool of recruits. These organisations are set out in our Directory of Outreach Organisations. This fantastic resource also allows IP organisations and professionals to identify opportunities to partner, volunteer or donate in order to give back to the community whilst also improving diversity within the IP sector.
Get involved
If you would like to be part of the Careers in Ideas “task force”, join our network of helpers and contacts, or help in any way to spread the word about the IP professions, please email the dedicated Careers in Ideas email address.
Follow Careers in Ideas on LinkedIn, or join our LinkedIn group. Or email us if you’d like to post something on our website, offer your help or simply find out more:
