Student placements & internships

Gain a fresh perspective on your business challenges by hosting a placement or internship or through participating in our Student Innovation Projects.

Our students and graduates are highly motivated, have up-to-date skills and knowledge that can benefit your organisation. Through a placement, internship or project, you can address specific problems or undertake a project that you might otherwise lack the time or expertise to tackle.

Whether you are looking to cut costs, improve efficiency, raise your organisation's profile or consider your strategic direction, our student placement schemes can bring fresh ideas and knowledge to your business. Some programmes have no financial cost and are open to a range of different organisation types.

How can a student placement benefit your business?

Student placements and internships are a cost-effective way of addressing issues within your organisation. You can:

• gain an innovative, outside perspective on a business challenge without high consultancy fees

• benefit from students' enthusiasm, creativity and up-to-date skills

• receive insightful recommendations

• develop a pipeline of future talent for your organisation

How does it work?

• You identify an assignment that will benefit your organisation. This might be a challenge that you’d like to tackle, or a development project that you would otherwise not be able to resource.

• We support you by advertising and helping you to recruit a suitable student or graduate, or by matching you with a student team (depending on the scheme).

• You receive valuable input, insight and recommendations from the student/graduate/project team.

Find out more

Visit the Careers and Employability Services website for eligibility and application details for each of our programmes.