Internships & Placements

Gain access to our talented, driven students. Utilise their skills and expertise for short-term internships and resourcing, or a Placement Year in industry.

Providing students with a chance to experience your workplace is an effective method of attracting talent to boost your recruitment pipeline, and will help amplify your voice amongst students as a company that they aspire to work for.

Take a look at our exclusive º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Talent Match programmes designed to support small to medium sized organisations.

For larger organisations we welcome your internship or placement opportunities and can provide assistance with our Recruitment support service, by providing expert advice or advertising the roles via a Target email service to amplify your reach.

Short-term Internships

Our students have proven the impact and value they can bring to your business:

“Talent Match provided strong, well-rounded candidates who have brought creative new ideas, a sense of initiative, ownership of the role, and a good work ethic.”

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Talent Match has been designed to help small to medium sized organisations - locally, nationally and globally - gain access to our proactive students’ skills and expertise for short-term projects and resourcing.  It is a great chance to bring a student into the business, utilise their skillset and harness their desire to create impact and add value to the business.

In addition, as part of Talent Match, we include free recruitment support, ensuring a stress-free service from advertising roles on our careers portal, to sifting through the applications.

The programme incorporates several streams which, in some cases, have potential funding allowing you to benefit without the financial worry.

50-hour internships aimed at 1st and 2nd years and typically completed over 4-6 weeks to balance work alongside studies. An ideal opportunity to get support on a project or piece of work and to engage our students early in their university journey.

Aimed at our final year students, and recent graduates, these are 50 hours, typically over 4-6 weeks, with flexibility on the number of hours per week. A great way to trial a candidate before taking them on full time

A great chance to bring an experienced master's student into the business, gain fresh perspectives and benefit from the impact and added value they bring. 100 hours typically spread over 6-8 weeks with roles taking place in February / March.

Our Talent Match Global internships are designed to help international companies around the world utilise our students’ skills and expertise for short-term projects and resourcing. They are a 50-hour internships aimed at 1st and 2nd years and typically completed remotely over 3-4 weeks in July / August.

To find out more, please get in touch. We would be delighted to talk you through the programmes in more detail.

Other internships

If Talent Match does not fit your needs, you can still benefit from utilising our students for an internship with your organisation – just get in touch and we can help with your advertising and recruitment to maximise the visibility of your vacancy and attract the right candidates.

Placements

A placement, or Year in Industry, is a beneficial way for an organisation to employ qualified individuals with fresh ideas that can deliver tangible impact to your business.

Every º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ undergraduate student has the opportunity to complete a placement as part of their course and here are just a few reasons why you should consider recruiting.

Impact and knowledge

They bring impact and up to date knowledge to your organisation, taking on challenging responsibilities and fixed term projects.

Compliment your talent pipeline

A placement can serve as an extended interview as you get the chance to see the student in action for a year.

Good value for money

They don’t expect graduate level salaries, although they do need to receive a realistic offer.

Awareness

Raise your organisation’s profile with the University and its students, making it easier to recruit in future.

We are here to support you through the process. Please get in touch to find out more about how you can benefit from taking on a placement student.

Target Emails

Boost the impact of your job advert, increase visibility of your vacancy and attract the right candidates with our Target Email service; a cost-effective way of ensuring you are maximising your exposure to relevant student groups.  You can tailor your comms to students by year group, department / course or both.  For more information on the list of courses, prices or to arrange a targeted email just get in touch.

The Target Email service is also a great way to maximise attendance at your upcoming event online or on campus.