Student and graduate talent

Diverse, skilled and work-ready

With 20,000 students from across 169 countries, our talent pool is bursting with energy, skills and new ideas. 

Bright minds. Big impact.

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    Gain diverse perspectives

    With one of the sector’s most diverse talent pools, we offer unique problem-solving skills and cross-cultural fluency.

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    Get free, tailored support

    From advertising a role or growing your talent pipeline, we'll support you throughout – free of charge.

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    Drive real social impact

    Our focus on diversity, inclusion and sustainability can help you deliver your CSR goals – all while shaping futures.

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    Access well-rounded talent

    Our students gain practical experience through placements, career schemes, industry-led teaching, clubs and societies.

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    Boost your brand visibility

    Reach talent through fairs, insight sessions, mentoring, campus drop-ins and bespoke engagement opportunities.

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    Amplify your leadership impact

    By mentoring, speaking and hosting talent, you'll elevate existing leadership skills and gain new ones.

Recruit rising talent

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Hire students and graduates

From boosting recruitment pipelines to promoting vacancies, we'll help you attract and recruit top-tier talent.

Read moreGo to Recruit students and graduates page

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Offer placements or internships

Need short-term support? Placements, projects and internships offer flexible access to emerging talent.

Read moreGo to Placements and internships page

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Recruit volunteers for your non-profit

If you're in the public or third sector, our motivated student volunteers can help you deliver your projects and initiatives.

Read moreGo to Student volunteering page

By identifying inconsistencies and implementing a streamlined system, the student helped reduce turnaround times by 30%, leading to faster response times for client proposals and significantly more professional, impactful visual communications.​

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Empower the next generation

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Engage with emerging talent

From events to live briefs, you can immerse yourself in creativity and energy while enabling career-shaping experiences.

Read moreGo to Engage with our talent page

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Mentor tomorrow’s changemakers 

Our mentoring programme is an impactful way to shape bright futures – all while boosting your professional skills and profile.

Read moreGo to Mentoring page

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Champion our entrepreneurs 

See how you can connect with early-stage entrepreneurs and accelerate their ideas with advice, sponsorship and experience.

Read moreGo to WeNetwork page

Working with my mentee has been a great pleasure. It’s been great to see her confidence grow – and her commitment to further her career in a new country has been truly inspirational. 

Joseph Murphy-SullivanAccount Executive, Cognizant

Collaborate with us

Ready to get involved? Explore your options and share your requirements by completing an expression of interest.

Complete enquiry form

Invest in a promising future

Remove barriers by funding scholarships, grants, events, programmes and more. Your support fuels enterprise and career-launching experiences for our students and graduates. 

Read moreGo to Support Zone29 page

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How it works

We’re keen to work with organisations that share our values – responsive, collaborative, progressive and serious about social mobility. Whatever your goal, here’s how to get started.

Check we're a good fit

To ensure a transparent, inclusive and values-driven experience for all, we ask you read our terms of service and best practice guidance.

Browse your options

Explore the opportunities on this page to see how you can recruit or engage with talent. All options are free.

Start a conversation

If you'd like to get involved with an opportunity, you can share your requirements by completing our enquiry form.

Success stories

Every year, organisations and community groups across sectors and borders benefit from supporting our talent. Browse the stories below or explore all past collaborations.

Diversifying global changemaking

See how one UN organisation diversified the international development sector and boosted its talent pool through horizon-expanding internships.

Read moreGo to UN internship collaboration story

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Placement impact for NHS finance

Discover how one student applied her analytical skills to deliver immediate value for the NHS, showing how short-term roles can have a long-term impact.

Read moreGo to NHS placement collaboration story

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Fresh strategy for social enterprise

Metro Coffee partnered with our students. who explored post-pandemic commuter behaviour trends in real time and delivered a brand and marketing strategy.

Read moreGo to Metro Coffee live brief collaboration story

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Funding ignites student start-ups 

Read about how the Ignite Fund empowered one of our students to realise her enterprise dreams and launch a business venture while still at university.

Read moreGo to Ignite Fund collaboration story

Step inside Zone29

Connect with emerging talent in our new, cutting-edge Zone29 building, where you can:

  • interview students in private meeting pods and rooms
  • deliver hands-on workshops in collaboration zones
  • lead skill development workshops in our tech-enabled spaces
  • run live briefs or hackathons with student teams
  • mentor talent in our café and collaboration spaces

Read moreGo to Our spaces and facilities page