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Working with our students
We offer flexible and practical ways for organisations of all sizes, locally and globally, to engage with our diverse and talented student and graduate community. Through a range of events and programmes, we provide your business with fresh perspectives and solutions to real-world challenges, in alignment with your growth needs.
Involving employers at every level of our learning, teaching, and careers support gives our students the best possible chance to succeed in their future aspirations, while also giving you direct access to passionate, driven, and diverse students and recent graduates. Whether you're a start-up, SME, charity, large corporate, or public sector organisation, we can tailor opportunities to suit your needs.
Partner organisations can benefit from a range of services provided by our Careers and Futures team:
Our range of services
Join our employer network on Handshake
Our online careers platform, Handshake, offers a fantastic opportunity for Middlesex’s employer partners to:
- Engage directly with our university careers service
- Post jobs and events at no cost
- Build and enhance your employer profile for increased visibility within the network
We would love for you to and start collaborating with us to engage with talented students and graduates.
Supporting our region and local business community
In close partnership with the London Borough of Barnet, we support a range of local businesses, start-ups and charities. We’re committed to strengthening our local community by connecting your business, start-up or charity with talented student consultants, dedicated volunteers, skilled interns, and recent graduates.
Our innovative offered 50 local businesses access to a fully-funded student intern, alongside a dedicated Continuous Personal Development (CPD) programme to support a community of businesses in the Borough of Barnet.
Collaborate with the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
We’re proud to support the entrepreneurial ambitions of our students through our Start-Up Support Programme, a dynamic initiative designed to nurture innovative ideas and launch viable ventures. This programme is open to students, alumni, and local residents, and is delivered in partnership with Barnet Council.
We invite external organisations to get involved and help shape the future of entrepreneurship by:
- Judging start-up competitions and providing valuable feedback to emerging founders
- Delivering expert guest talks on topics such as business planning, funding, marketing, legal structures, or scaling a start-up
- Offering sponsorship to support events, awards, or seed funding
- Providing incubator or co-working space opportunities to help early-stage ventures grow
- Exploring bespoke collaborations, such as mentoring, innovation challenges, or co-developing new initiatives
"Thanks again for having us! We were all so impressed with the students; they were lovely and really engaged. It was an absolute pleasure to work with them and I hope we've encouraged them to apply! Thanks to you and your team as well for all your work promoting the event and managing the logistics!"
Civil Service Fast Stream
Placement and internships
Hosting a placement or internship gives you the opportunity to connect with the best candidates before they graduate.
All of our courses allow students to complete work-related activities. Many students fulfil a year-long placement in the workplace, where they can immerse themselves in a role that’s relevant to their degree.
Our students are also eager for short-term work experience opportunities or internships, even if it’s for just a few weeks over the summer break, part-time alongside their studies, or after graduation.
"We are delighted that Lubna will continue to work with us after completing her placement, as she has become an integral member of the team. We will certainly offer placement opportunities in the future."
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Get involved
If you’d like to host a placement or internship, get in touch with our team.
If you’re not familiar with providing placements or internships, we can guide you through the process and help you understand the expectations. Or we can simply share you placement or internship opportunity with our students, if that’s all you need.
Recruiting our international students
It has never been easier to hire from the rich pool of international graduate talent coming from Middlesex University. Our rich diversity is what makes us unique. This report highlights the unique skillset international graduates bring, and explains your hiring options under the Graduate and Skilled Worker route.
Real-world employer projects
We recognise the value of collaborative experiential learning and we work hard to embed project-based learning initiatives in the University curriculum to help our students to gain invaluable employability skills and real work experience.
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The 黄网爆料cel programme offers local businesses and organisations the opportunity to engage smart, innovative minds in providing real solutions to business challenges.
These can range from a prototype; MVP; proof of concept; marketing or business development strategy or viable tech solutions and provide a cost-free solution where there may not be in-house capability, skills knowledge or expertise.
For more complex and longer term projects, we can also facilitate and progress collaborative partnerships, where you can engage our academic expertise via government funded programmes such as InnovateUK.
Get involved
If you’d be interested in our project-based learning initiative, get in touch with our team.