Students Adding Value

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Students Adding Value

• How Your Business Can Benefit From Short Term
  Student Placements

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Contents

• Student Motivations
• University Talent Supporting your Business
• Shell STEP Programme
• CUT IT Scheme
• Conclusion
• Further Information

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Quiz

• Q. What are the average number of applications
  for a graduate training scheme?
  10 1 ? 20 1 ? 30 1
  ? 40 1 ?
• 40 1 - according to The Graduate Experience
  Report DTI only 14 of graduates had secured a
  place on a graduate training scheme
• Q. What percentage of graduates from South and
  West London went on to work for an SME?
• 46

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Student Motivations

• Gain practical experience in the business world
• To apply academic knowledge to a practical
  situation
• Learn the functions of a business
• Learn what you do, or dont want to do

• Develop career goals
• Develop interpersonal skills
• Provide a foundation for dissertation or other
  university projects
• Receive offers of employment
• Gain industry contacts and networks

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What are companies seeking?

• Someone who
• Will add value to their organisation
• Has up-to-date skills/knowledge/expertise
• Can hit the ground running
• Benefits for the company
• Cost effective
• Giving something back
• Future employment

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University Talent Supporting Your Business

• Project work completed by a first rate student
• Encourages research, innovation and consolidation
  within SMEs
• Cost effective
• Operational financial benefits (41 valued
  their project as worth over 5000)

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• Supported by Business Link, delivered by
  Universities
• 6 12 week summer project
• Common projects include Market Research,
  Development, Analysis, IT Project
• Local penultimate-year university students
  matched with local SMEs in a competitive
  recruitment process
• A proven way of meeting your business needs

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• Web registration
• Process managed by STEP agent Roehampton
  University
• We shortlist candidates
• We manage employer and student contracts
• Placement commences between June September
• Awards for STEP Participants at Local, Regional,
  and National level

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• Action Dog
• Music Video Production company
• Running workshops for kids during the summer
• Seeking a Project
• Manager

• Hushinda Padda
• Business Management Computing Brunel
• Building on previous experience
• Confident and assertive

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• CUT IT
• Companies University Talent Industrial
  Training Placement Scheme
• 2 CUT IT schemes annually Spring Autumn
• A cost effective way of meeting a skills
  shortage
• Available for undergraduates and recent graduates
  of WestFocus

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CUT IT

• Eight week scheme Students available to work
  part time or full time
• Students apply for CUT IT scheme or specific
  scheme
• CUT IT schemes promoted on University Talent
  website, University Careers Services and relevant
  academic departments by us, University Talent
  Business Advisors
• Candidates short-listed for projects by
  University Talent
• Students paid 7.50ph
• Projects commence at time of mutual convenience
• Scheduled around student and company availability

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CUT IT

• Devang
• MSc In Business IT Westminster
• Seeking relevant experience prior to graduation
• Applied to CUT IT opportunity Harrow in Business

• Harrow In Business
• Used CUT IT Scheme to conduct Harrow Business
  Mapping project
• Devang, Project Manager, recruited and managed 28
  students to carry out the survey

A good yet challenging experience!
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• Part-time employment
• Year out placements
• KTPs
• Graduate Recruitment

• Gurjit Sidhu
• Business Information Technology Kingston
• Part-time Marketing Assistant
• Reveal Media

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Conclusion

• 94 companies believe that the benefits to them
  of placement schemes either equalled or exceeded
  the cost of taking part
• 98 of students feel their employability has
  improved (58 intend to set up their own
  business)

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• www.university-talent.org.uk
• university-talent_at_westfocus.org.uk
• 020 8547 7198