Our student talent
As a leading modern university, we offer many ways for your organisation to tap into our expertise. One of our greatest assets is our talented students and graduates. They are fresh and enthusiastic, brimming with ideas, and fully charged with the latest knowledge.
We have students covering the full breadth of professions and industries, including
- marketing
- food
- hospitality
- events
- tourism
- finance
- accounting
- general business
Work placements
Taking on a placement student is a great, cost-effective way for your business to tap into our resources and expertise. An undergraduate placement student will usually be with you for between 36 and 48 weeks, starting between June and September, and tend to take place following a student's second year of study.
> More information about employing placement students
Graduate recruitment
Our graduates offer a valuable opportunity for employers looking to recruit new members of staff. Our Careers and Employment Service can offer a tailored approach to meeting your recruitment needs. You can advertise your vacancies to our students, exhibit at our recruitment fairs and even use our facilities to hold interviews.
> Visit the Careers and Employment Services website
Internships
Could your business benefit from a short-term additional member of staff? We have final year undergraduate business, marketing and HR students looking for work experience opportunities. They'll normally be with you for a period of up to 30 days between June and April each year.
> Visit the internships website
Short-term projects
If there's a critical or strategic project in your office that needs additional resource or expertise to get it off the ground, our pool of specially selected students can help, supported by an expert academic.
We will create a bespoke team who have the relevant expertise for your project, usually including a student or graduate, a specialist academic member of staff, and a professional project manager.
This service is delivered by the Business School's The Alchemy Exchange team.
> Visit The Alchemy Exchange website
Longer term strategic projects
If you have a strategic business challenge requiring a dedicated resource for a longer period (between six months and three years), we can help you access our knowledge via the government-backed knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) scheme.
> More information about knowledge transfer partnerships
Curriculum-based projects
Many of our courses incorporate project work where a group of students undertake a back-burner project on behalf of a company. This can involve investigating product processes, developing business or marketing, and designing and implementing websites and other IT systems.
This service is delivered by our Venture Matrix team.
