Learning Partnerships

About the project

• Newcastle University
• Newcastle Innovations
• Working Together
• Collaboration Opportunities
• Learning Partnerships

Partnerships to help your business

Working with students during their studies offers a wide range of benefits to your business. You can work with them on campus or on your own sites. Through learning partnerships, you can:

You might be surprised by the variety of ways you can connect with students. Some of them might feel a bit daunting. Don't worry.

We'll work with you to explore what you want to achieve and outline the ways we think we can help you.

The consultancy project gave us greater insight into the challenges we face in some business areas and potential new avenues to explore in others. Ideas were well researched by the students who applied theories and methodology to provide solutions.

• build relationships that support your recruitment needs
• gain positive exposure and enhanced reputation
• provide employee development and volunteering opportunities
• showcase new products and services to your customers of the future
• influence the knowledge, skills and behaviours of the future workforce
• open the door to other knowledge exchange opportunities with our University
• make new connections with other businesses working with our students

Learning partnerships for STEM

Partner with science, engineering, computing and maths students.

Working with and learning from businesses informs and inspires students throughout our Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering.

Activities can be part of degree programmes or extra-curricular, as both enrich the student experience.

They can drive student ambition, build confidence and launch careers.

How you can work with students

• share your experience: support students' career choices by offering insight and reflections
• support events: several of our degree programmes run large, industry-specific events each year
• present case studies: bring real-world context to study modules by presenting projects
• host site visits: help students to understand different professional environments
• set student challenges: ask students to help you overcome your business challenges

Research areas