Recruit our students and graduates

Advertising your graduate vacancies

Whether you have one vacancy or 100, to be filled now or after graduation, advertise your roles for free through MyCareer – our online jobs board.

Email [email protected] to find out more about MyCareer, our recruitment fairs, employer presentations and how best to promote your opportunities and enhance your workforce.

Specific graduate programmes available

If you’re looking for a graduate to work on a specific project, we offer three programmes that could be benefit your business:

• Nottingham Internship Scheme – for SMEs or charitable organisations, there’s funding available to recruit graduates for two to 10 weeks starting between September and November.

• Postgraduate Placements Nottingham – full-time three month placements for all businesses.

• Knowledge Transfer Partnership – a 12 to 36 month funded partnership between businesses, academics and researchers.

For more information, please contact our Recruiter Services team [email protected] 

For short-term projects, our students can bring a fresh perspective through work experience or an internship. 

Advertising your vacancies

Whether it’s a holiday placement or a year-long position, advertise work experience or internship roles for free on MyCareer – our online jobs board – or through our recruitment fairs.

Email our Recruiter Services team [email protected] 

Specific student programmes available

There are other ways you can tap into the knowledge and expertise of our students:

Short term schemes

• Hire students on a short-term basis, from up to 10 hours a week, or for two to 10-week placements during the Easter or summer vacations. Specific programmes include the Nottingham Internship Scheme and Postgraduate Placements Nottingham. There’s funding available to support you hiring our students on a short-term basis – contact us to find out if you’re eligible.

• Nottingham Consultancy Challenge - a multidisciplinary team of five students work over six weeks during term time to produce a report and presentation on an issue identified by your business or charity.

• Digital Marketing Academy – recruit a student to work on a digital marketing project part-time over four to eight weeks during term time.

Year-long schemes

• Students from the majority of degree disciplines can take a year out to work on a year-long work placement with your organisation. We can help you recruit the right student.

For more information on the above schemes, please contact  our Recruiter Services team [email protected] 

If you’re looking to recruit students or graduates for part-time, temporary roles, get in touch with the Unitemps team – part of the Careers and Employability Service.

With a huge database of student and graduate candidates actively looking for flexible-work opportunities, we can help you find the right person for the role.

To recruit through Unitemps, please contact our team at [email protected] or call 0115 748 4189.