Year in Industry

The Year in Industry provides you with an opportunity to engage with enthusiastic and knowledgeable students who can make a valuable contribution to your company.

Students from courses in Data Science, Physics and Chemistry have the option to undertake a full-time, paid placement in industry lasting 9 to 12 months. University staff will liaise with both student and employer to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Mentoring

We link up mentors from business and industry with groups of students. They meet up regularly to discuss issues around the world of work.

Student Projects

Would your business benefit from a dedicated student to work on a project? Our undergraduate students are always looking for summer and final year projects, while if more in-depth research is required, there's potential for linking to our PhD programmes.

Student Engagement Events

The SPO works with academics and student societies in our Schools to create events linking students with potential employers. These provide information about the huge breadth of career opportunities available to our students, thanks both to their subject specialisms and their broader, transferable skills.

Business and industry partners give vital and varied contributions to these events, including:

• participating in panel discussions
• giving talks
• running stalls
• giving students realistic mock interviews followed by constructive feedback.

Our partners represent a range of sectors, from pharmaceutical companies and instrument manufacturers to law and insurance. We’re delighted that many of our contributors are Bristol graduates who have found fulfilling careers.

Feedback from employers at our events

“Maths at Work was a great opportunity to share our mission with current students and provide them with opportunities to understand what's expected and the various routes into industry. The main benefit for our organisation would be the possibility of collaborating on deeper research questions which emerge from our work for which we usually don't have the time, or sometimes, expertise. Particularly useful were conversations with supervisors and PhD students working in the space of graph data science.”

“I was very impressed by the intelligence and engagement of the students. We attend lots of industry events, and it's rare we have a consistent queue of people at the stands for two hours. The students had prepared questions in advance, and many had looked at the company website before as well which meant their questions were relevant and considerate. Students were interested (and I think a bit surprised) at the range of data science work available at companies like ours, and the types of problems we tackle.This event has been extremely useful in assessing how our marketing material is received by students, and what we might need to do to attract more mathematics and data science graduates.”