Work Placement Opportunities
We provide organisations with a variety of opportunities to utilise the skills and knowledge of UWS Business School students and graduates. This forms a mutually beneficial relationship where the organisations gain a valuable resource while the students have the opportunity to apply their learning and boost their future employability.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a successful Government-funded scheme developed to enable UK businesses to benefit from the wide range of expertise available in the UK Knowledge Base – KTP involves the transfer of University knowledge to a commercial company via a Knowledge Transfer Associate – an individual who is usually at post-graduate level. Typically, organisations hire a high-achieving graduate for a 2-year period and benefit from regular consultancy support from a University academic. KTP has an excellent track record of realising business development in companies and increasing the profitability.
For more than 25 years UWS Business School has been placing students in a wide range of organisations, from small local enterprises to national and international corporations, as part of their studies.
Via work placement, employers can enjoy a range of benefits, depending on their situation and needs. For example, some larger employers see it as a cost effective recruitment process for future employees or a means of hiring fresh-thinking, highly motivated individuals to undertake short-term projects.
In-organisation Project
Honours undergraduate students undertake an organisation-based project in their final year. They work in groups undertaking real-world projects . This allows the students to gain excellent real-world experience and the organisation benefits by gaining skilled and qualified people resource to undertake and deliver a defined project.
Work-based learning
Individuals who are already employed can undertake work-based learning which allows them to enhance their learning on the job. These students are offered the opportunity to undertake work-based learning as part of their degree. This allows individuals and their emplyers to benefits from the application of University learning and skills within the wokplace and students gain credit towards their degree.