Get involved
Volunteering to share your experience and expertise with students and fellow alumni is a great way to give something back to º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ.
Alumni support student development by sharing their expertise and experiences with students across a range of areas by becoming guest speakers, panellists, and mentors.
If you are interested in offering your expertise, check out the list of current opportunities below and let us know if you can help. If you would like to offer your expertise for a future activity, or if you would like to share your story, contact us and we’ll be in touch when suitable opportunities become available.
Upcoming opportunities
Support international student recruitment
Our Global Engagement team visit countries worldwide to engage with prospective international students.
In some locations, there are opportunities for alumni to support student recruitment events.
If this is something that you may be interested in, please get in touch and let us know where you are based, and we can keep you updated with opportunities.
Monday Mentoring - º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ London, recurring
We are looking for alumni who would like to be involved in our LU London virtual mentoring programme.
We would like mentors to be from all walks of life and able to support a small group of students through online sessions. Mentors will help students to set and achieve goals, build their network, and prepare them for life beyond study.
You do not need to have any previous experience in mentoring.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ London: Collaborative Project, yearly
Students from across the University form interdisciplinary teams and use their individual experiences and expertise to solve a real business problem, provided by one of our corporate partners. The team work together for the duration of a semester to explore innovative and creative solutions to their brief, before presenting their findings to their business partner.
If you or your organisation could partner with us, find out more about the business partnership opportunities available.
LU Incubator sessions - supporting start-up businesses
LU Inc. brings together entrepreneurs working on innovative ideas. Members of LU Inc. can receive training, access to workshops and resources.
We are looking for alumni to support these entrepreneurs in a range of areas through monthly workshops.
Become an international buddy
Many º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students spend their placement year outside of the UK, embarking on a year abroad, perhaps in a country that they have never visited before.
To help them settle into their new home, we are asking alumni to be a buddy.
We will reach out to alumni who are in regions where students will be moving to for work or study. If you would like to offer to be a buddy, we'd love to hear from you and we will get in touch if and when a student is moving to your area.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Talent Match
Would you be interested in employing a º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ student in an internship or graduate role?
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Talent Match offers bespoke recruitment support as well as access to talented students and graduates. The programme runs annually.
Our Careers Network will offer a full recruitment service from advertising roles to working with you to market exclusive opportunities for º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students/graduates. A limited amount of funding is also available (subject to criteria).