Work with our Students
Engagement with business and industry help our students to prepare for employment, while organisations can identify talent and ensure strong future recruitment of skilled people with new and innovative ideas.
Year in Industry
The Year in Industry provides you with an opportunity to engage with enthusiastic and knowledgeable students from Data Science, Physics and Chemistry, who can make a valuable contribution to your company.
Mentoring
We link up mentors from business and industry with groups of students. They meet up regularly to discuss issues around the world of work.
Student projects
Would your business benefit from a dedicated student to work on a project? Our undergraduate students undertake summer and final year projects, while if more in-depth research is required, there's potential for linking to our PhD programmes.
Scientific careers
The SPO works with academics and student societies in our Schools to create events linking students with potential employers. These provide information about the huge breadth of career opportunities available to our students, thanks both to their subject specialisms and their broader, transferable skills.
Year in industry
Students from courses in Data Science, Physics and Chemistry have the option to undertake a full-time, paid placement in industry lasting 9 to 12 months. University staff will liaise with both student and employer to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Feedback from employers at our events
“I was very impressed by the intelligence and engagement of the students. We attend lots of industry events, and it's rare we have a consistent queue of people at the stands for two hours. The students had prepared questions in advance, and many had looked at the company website before as well which meant their questions were relevant and considerate. Students were interested (and I think a bit surprised) at the range of data science work available at companies like ours, and the types of problems we tackle.This event has been extremely useful in assessing how our marketing material is received by students, and what we might need to do to attract more mathematics and data science graduates.”