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University expertise available to boost regional businesses ; NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY [Newcastle Journal (England)](Newcastle Journal (England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) GRADUATE talent, fresh ideas and cutting-edge skills are now available to help North East companies boost their commercial performance thanks to two subsidised initiatives run by Newcastle University. The Newcastle Work Experience and Graduate Apprentices schemes are designed to bring together rising stars of the business world keen to gain valuable experience in the marketplace with firms whose ambitions for growth they can support with their expertise and enthusiasm. Newcastle Work Experience The University's Careers Service has just launched its Newcastle Work Experience summer programme and is offering firms the opportunity to utilise the skills of one of its talented undergraduate or postgraduate students with a project- based work placement. The 10-week placements available cover a wide range of disciplines from business management to marketing and laboratory assistance to engineering. Graduate Apprentices Regional SMEs looking to take the stress and risk out of recruitment can now take advantage of the popular Graduate Apprentices scheme, which has recently been extended until June 2015 to benefit more businesses. This is a free service run by Newcastle University's Careers Service which includes advertising, candidate screening and shortlisting. It provides companies with a grant to subsidise the first three months of the placement, allowing firms to experience the benefits of employing a graduate before committing to a permanent role. Candidates range from fresh graduates to those with up to three years' work experience through the project, which is financed by the European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007 to 2013. How it worked for us - Scott Logic Software consultancy firm Scott Logic is among the many companies to have benefited from working with Newcastle University to access student talent. The fast-growing business, which employs 120 staff across its Newcastle headquarters and offices in Edinburgh and Bristol, delivers consulting and software development services to global clients in sectors as diverse as financial services, energy and healthcare and began collaborating with the University schemes five years ago. Since then Scott Logic has been so impressed with the six students it recruited for work experience placements that all have been offered permanent jobs - two of these through the Graduate Apprentices scheme. Michal Brosh, resourcing manager, said: "The relationship we have with Newcastle University is incredibly important to us. We are going through a period of rapid growth and as our business is knowledge-based, we depend on recruiting the very best talent. "The Newcastle Work Experience scheme offers a win-win situation for everyone concerned. We get the opportunity to meet and develop top talent that we can then hopefully hire, and students get the chance to get to know us and jump-start their career." Computing science students Joel Magee and Ashley Matthews are the latest graduate recruits to Scott Logic's team, having being introduced to the firm through work experience placements. Joel said: "My placement provided me with an incredibly positive first experience of my chosen career and it is fantastic that it led to me to being recruited. It's great that the programme helps students to move straight from their learning and into the world of work." For information on opportuni-ties to work with the Newcastle Work Experience initiative contact Kate Chambers on tel: 0191 208 5183 or email: kate. [email protected] and for ways to work with Apprentice Graduates contact Gail Moore on tel: 0191 208 7576 or email: gail. [email protected] My placement provided me with an incredibly positive first experience of my chosen careerJoel Magee CONTACT For general information about opportunities to work with Newcastle University in the following areas please contact: Ageing (solutions for an ageing society) Mike Morgan, Business Development Manager Changing Age for Business Tel: 0191 208 1308 Email: [email protected] Medical and Healthcare Martin Cox, Head of Enterprise Faculty of Medical Sciences Tel: 0191 208 7309 Email: [email protected] Science, Agriculture and Engineering Dr. Sam Neill, Head of Enterprise Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Tel: 0191 208 5860 Email: [email protected] Business, Law & the Creative Industries Fiona McCusker Business Development Manager Faculty Of Humanities & Social Sciences Tel: 0191 208 5823 Email [email protected] (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |