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Getting into the space sector

Two live sessions on how the space industry actually works, who runs it, and where someone who is not an engineer fits into it.

Two Tuesdays · 6:30 to 8:30pmOnline · Groups of 4 to 5
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Why this programme exists

Space is not a club for engineers.

Most people who want to work in space assume it is a club for engineers. It is not. Around three quarters of UK space sector income comes from downstream applications and services rather than from building spacecraft, and roughly half of organisations report skills gaps, with experienced commercial talent among the hardest roles to fill.

The problem is that none of this is written down in one place. Universities teach the technology. Nobody teaches how the industry buys, sells, funds itself, hires, or decides. That is what these two evenings cover.

of sector income is downstream services
~75%
of organisations report skills gaps
~50%
people per group, so nobody sits at the back
4 to 5
The two sessions · Two hours each

Two evenings. Then a plan.

Session 01Tuesday one

The sector and the money

Who is who in UK space, then the part almost nobody explains: where the money comes from, how it moves, and how to read whether any company runs on agency, defence or commercial revenue.

  • The agencies, the primes, the small satellite builders, launch, and the regional clusters
  • How public money flows from government into a company’s bank account
  • The three types of customer in this sector, and how differently each one buys
  • Geographic return, the rule that quietly favours UK companies bidding for ESA work
Session 02Tuesday two

The roles and your path

What the non-technical jobs are, what gets you hired into them, and how to turn that into a plan, including market sizing that survives scrutiny.

  • Business development is four different jobs. Each one broken down
  • The skills each role needs, how to evidence them with no sector experience, and salary bands
  • Split by starting point: student, career switcher, or founder
  • Partnerships, strategy, marketing, recruitment, programme delivery, policy and finance
  • Three canvases used across the industry, with the harder questions space forces you to answer
Who it is for

Three starting points. One map.

Students and graduates

A working map of the sector and a clear first move, instead of guessing where to start.

Career switchers

Your existing profession translated into sector language, and the roles realistically within reach.

Founders

Sharper commercial positioning, and the mistakes that quietly stall institutional funding.

What you walk away with
  • A working map of the sector: the organisations, what each does, how they connect
  • Where the money comes from and how it moves, so you can read any company accurately
  • The non-technical roles that exist and the skills required to get one
  • A ninety day action plan, specific to your starting point
How the sessions run
  • Two live sessions of two hours, on consecutive Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30pm
  • Online, with a calendar invite and link sent once payment is confirmed
  • Groups of four to five, so every question in the room gets answered
  • Recordings, slides and worksheets shared after each session
Included with the programme

A materials bundle worth over £100, at no extra cost.

Everything written down goes with you and is yours to keep. The worksheets are the part that turns two evenings into a plan: they are worked through live, then finished in your own time.

Worksheet 01

Role to Skills Mapping

Most people applying into this sector describe what they have done. The ones who get hired describe it in the language of the role they want. This sheet does that translation, one target role at a time.

  • The role you are aiming at, and what someone in it actually does all day
  • The translation table: what the role needs, your evidence, and the honest gap
  • A language swap: three CV lines rewritten in the language the sector uses
  • Every gap marked blocking, learnable or answerable, then the one to fix first
Worksheet 02

Your 90 Day Action Plan

Ninety days is long enough to change your position in this sector and short enough that you cannot drift. You work backwards from one specific outcome, written so you could prove it happened.

  • Days 1 to 30, ground yourself: the map, the materials, the five people to speak to
  • Days 31 to 60, make contact: the part most people skip, and the part that works
  • Days 61 to 90, convert: an application, an interview, a piece of work, a first customer
  • A weekly minimum you will actually hit, and 30, 60 and 90 day review dates

Space Career Fit report

Personalised to you, based on where you are starting from.

CV template and guide

Structured the way this sector reads applications.

The UK Space Sector Playbook

A 25 page written guide to the sector, alongside the sessions.

Getting Into the Space Sector course overview: two sessions, £165 + VAT
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Limited seats · Groups of 4 to 5

Groups are four to five people, so seats go quickly. Booking and payment are handled by Gumroad, and your calendar invite follows once payment is confirmed.

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Two Tuesdays · 6:30 to 8:30pm · Online

Two evenings. Then a plan.

Groups of four to five, so every question in the room gets answered.

Book your seat · £165 + VAT
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