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Enhance Student Learning

You can offer our students the opportunity to gain real-world insights into the world of business.

We prepare students for the world of work. Our programmes and research help our graduates thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape. We partner with organisations to ensure our students gain experience of industry and practice. We work with a diverse range of organisations who provide our students with meaningful encounters and insights. We're always looking to expand our connections to benefit our student experience.


Ways to get involved

There are a number of ways you can get involved, meet our students, and enhance their journey.

Guest lectures, keynotes and panel discussions

Share your knowledge and experience with our students. Provide a guest lecture, be part of a panel, or lead an event as a keynote speaker.

We host speakers who are experts and business leaders in their field. They offer the latest insights across a diverse range of industries and disciplines.

We're always looking for new perspectives and industry insights.

Company visits

A visit to your premises gives our students meaningful insights into the world of work. They'll see business operations first hand and get the opportunity to hear from your team.

Our roots are in the North East and we're very proud to showcase businesses within our region. Our students have also visited organisations both across the UK and internationally. 

Student projects

Your business can benefit from our students' knowledge and skills. Gain a fresh perspective on a live business issue that you present to our students. They can undertake it as a business project as part of their programme.

Our students will conduct research and offer recommendations that address the brief you set. They'll be guided by our experienced academics throughout.

Business challenges

Our students thrive when faced with real business problems.

We also provide opportunities for you to engage with students on live competition briefs outside of their studies. They will apply theory to solve a real business problem. Industry professionals give them feedback so they can build their employability skills.

Alternatively, you don't have to set a challenge yourself - we also look for volunteers to judge student pitches and competitions.

How to engage with us

We always welcome opportunities to collaborate in ways that drive real impact for businesses and for our students. 

Our dedicated Business Partnerships team is ready to discuss how we can work together to achieve your goals. Together, we can help you:

  • solve a business challenge
  • recruit talented students or graduates
  • enhance student learning
  • support the next generation of business leaders
  • collaborate with our experts to tap into our expertise

For further information, please email us at external.engagement@newcastle.ac.uk

We thoroughly enjoyed hosting students for a 'Working in Finance' panel and a tour of our global head office. We hope the students found it a valuable experience... some brilliant questions and fantastic engagement!

Emily Lawrie, Associate Education, Charities and NFP Organisations at HSBC

Why wouldn’t you work with an MBA at Newcastle? The students are highly skilled with excellent business acumen. I will be working again with the Business School.

Tim O’Reilly, Qualifications Manager at Sage Group plc