Learning Partnerships
Connecting with students during their studies brings great benefits to your business. From reducing your recruitment costs to exploring your challenges from a new perspective, we can help.
Partnerships to help your business
Working with students during their studies offers a wide range of benefits to your business. You can work with them on campus or on your own sites. Through learning partnerships, you can:
- build relationships that support your recruitment needs
- gain positive exposure and enhanced reputation
- provide employee development and volunteering opportunities
- showcase new products and services to your customers of the future
- influence the knowledge, skills and behaviours of the future workforce
- open the door to other knowledge exchange opportunities with our University
- make new connections with other businesses working with our students
You might be surprised by the variety of ways you can connect with students. Some of them might feel a bit daunting. Don't worry.
We'll work with you to explore what you want to achieve and outline the ways we think we can help you.
How you can work with students
- share your experience: support students' career choices by offering insight and reflections
- support events: several of our degree programmes run large, industry-specific events each year
- present case studies: bring real-world context to study modules by presenting projects
- host site visits: help students to understand different professional environments
- set student challenges: ask students to help you overcome your business challenges
Not looking to work with STEM students? Explore opportunities to work with other groups:
- Business management, accounting, economics, marketing
- Information for employers from the University Careers Service
What sort of activities make a learning partnership?
The different ways that you can engage with students range from brief, initial contact points through to highly immersive, embedded experiences.
On campus:
- Open Days: help us to recruit new students
- company/professional events
- guest lectures
- sector-specific networking fairs
- mock interviews
- skills modules
- industry-linked projects
Off campus:
- site visits: live engineering projects and manufacturing plants
- work shadowing
- short placements within study modules
- 5-10 week summer experiences
- 9-12 month placements
Networking fairs
Learning partnerships' networking fairs are annual events. Held on campus, they raise students’ awareness of different sectors, industries and opportunities. The events help students to build their own professional networks.
From advanced manufacturing to zoology, there is an opportunity for your business.