Support for SMEs

Loughborough University is offering an exclusive service through Lboro Talent Match to hire a Loughborough student or graduate for a funded internship at your organisation.
Overview
The scheme cuts both the cost and time of the recruitment process as well as providing you with a student/graduate from a top UK University. You will be provided with a Talent Match Co-ordinator who will support you throughout the scheme.
Benefits to you
An internship can help support your resourcing challenges, an intern from Loughborough can work on one project or be able to support your team in a peak period. Our students and/or graduates will bring a fresh perspective to your organisation and projects they work on. Find out more about internships Guide to Internships
The Loughborough Talent Match scheme will provide you with a tailored service to find the ideal student/graduate internship. A Talent Match co-ordinator will be your main point of contact throughout and will be on hand to offer support and guidance throughout the recruitment process.
We also have funding available* to eligible SMEs through Santander Universities. This is a low-risk recruitment method which includes a payment of £1000 to the student to fund them for a maximum of 108 during their internship.
*limited funding available
What type of students will be available for an Internship Opportunity?
The Talent Match pool of candidates are made up of a wide variety of students from different degrees and year groups. All final year and recent graduates are eligible to sign up to the scheme and a selective group students from a widening participation (WP) background. We are ambassadors for diversity, last year the selected group were made up of black students looking to undertake an internship.
Application Process
Registering your interest in this scheme is simple. Should you be interested in registering your interest for an Intern in 2020/2021 please contact Emma Dodd.