University of Bath offers expertise to local
businesses
The University of Bath is inviting local
businesses in the south-west to apply to the Graduate
Experience Scheme for project help from its graduates and
academics.
Firms working in the field of science,
technology, engineering and maths (STEM) have the opportunity to
take on a graduate for five months to work on a specific project,
with support from an academic at the University.
Potential projects can be drawn from any area
of business including marketing, manufacturing and product design,
to improve business performance and help company growth.
The graduate will receive full academic
supervision during the project and the academic can get involved in
other important areas of business. The scheme also provides a
payment for the graduate.
The scheme forms part of a one-year masters
programme at the University of Bath. Graduates will ideally start
the scheme in June and can continue to work on the project when
they return to University at the end of their placement.
Companies will be asked to contribute towards
the cost of tuition fees and academic supervision.
The scheme was successfully launched last year
and engineering consultants Eatec, based in Yate, were one of the
first firms to benefit, when University expertise helped to develop
a new monitoring and assessment system put to use on Weston’s
historic Birnbeck Pier.
Brian Jarvis, Director of Eatec, said: “The
scheme has been tremendously beneficial for us because we’ve been
able to pool academic and commercial expertise to produce new
technology which is going to have real commercial value.”
Clive Bailey, Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Programme Manager at the University said: “This scheme is
specifically designed to help local firms while providing graduates
with valuable work experience. The input of the academic supervisor
gives businesses unique access to academic expertise. For some
companies the placement can also prove to be an opportunity to
source a future employee.”
To find out more about the scheme please
contact Clive Bailey, Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme
Manager, before Friday 12 March, at c.bailey@bath.ac.uk or call 01225
385201.