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Do you want to build a robust team and access student talent?

Join this one-hour lunchtime webinar to discover how to access and utilise student project placements and internships to support your startup innovation, while also nurturing future talent!

What you’ll learn:

• The value of early talent: Discover how student placements can bring immediate value and long-term return on investment.
• Current trends in internships: Get up to speed on what top companies are doing to attract and retain emerging talent.
• Making it work: Understand how to structure placements that work for both the student and your team.
• Practical hiring advice: Learn how to find, onboard and mentor student interns for success.
  

  Agenda

  12:00 – 12:05 Welcome and introduction

  12:05 – 12:30 Insights

  12:30 – 12:45  Panel discussion

  12:45 – 13:00 Q&A and wrap up

  Meet the Speakers

  Jim Sears, University of Surrey

  Jim Sears is Director of Business Partnerships and head of the MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management at Surrey Business School. 

  In the MSc programme, Jim has reshaped it over the past 10 years to focus on skill development related to innovation thinking which can be applied to companies of all sizes.  In conjunction, he has developed a range of business-based projects where students collaborate with companies. 

  Typically, the projects involve a company stakeholder who mentors students individually or as a team around a challenge related to their business context while students apply their skills including classroom learning.  This authentic learning environment enhances student experience and preparation for the workplace.  This is now the subject of his ongoing research.

   

  Kath Ayres, University of Bristol

  Kath works in the Careers Service at the University of Bristol, running programmes that connect students with SMEs to support the development of workplace skills and help talent enter the SME community. Before joining the university, Kath spent nearly 20 years in the utilities sector, leading large-scale engineering teams and delivering business transformation programmes.

   

   

   

   

   

  Anneka Bisi, Cardiff University

  Anneka is a Business Partner at Cardiff University, where she leads teams focused on student internships, enterprise, and inclusive employability. She’s worked in higher education for over nine years, building programmes that help students gain meaningful experience while giving startups and SMEs access to fresh ideas and energy. Anneka is passionate about making student placements simple, impactful, and worthwhile for both sides.

   

   

   

   

  More speakers to come!

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