Become a strategic employer partner and add value to your business.

As a career-led university, we understand the value of working in close partnership with businesses and are committed to developing mutually beneficial partnerships.

Each partnership is unique and tailored to the needs and requirements of the business and can include:

  • Recruitment services that give you access to our best and brightest graduates
  • Use of university facilities
  • An opportunity to work with world-leading academics
  • Participation in curriculum work-based activities and challenges, and in return get a fresh perspective on issues facing your business
  • Helping your business grow with access to Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and other programmes to support your business
  • Supporting the development of your workforce through CPD and other training opportunities
  • Membership of Industry Advisory Boards, an opportunity to work alongside academic staff to embed industry content and assessment within programmes of study to ensure we teach our students what you want them to know
  • Early talent identification and development and the opportunity to embed your brand within the university and student body
  • Raising the profile of your business on our campuses through activities such as site visits for our students and academic staff
  • Mentoring and speaking opportunities for staff at all levels of your organisation

If you're interested in finding out more about our strategic employer partnerships, please email our team at [email protected].

Stakeholder Partners

We recognise the importance of establishing partnerships with a range of external agencies and bodies that are leading in supporting business and skills development. Some of those we work with include:

We are always open to new connections with external organisations such as those listed above, please contact [email protected].