George Buttery (Geography, 2022)
“I wanted to take part because I wanted to challenge myself outside of the degree and develop my own experiences in terms of employability,” said George, “but also other transferable skills – confidence, communication and presentation, data science skills, research and so forth.
“The simple fact of having experience beyond your university degree enhances your career prospects immediately. It shows an interest outside of university and academia, and allows you to apply research skills from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, not just for your university work but for a real-world organisation.”
Finally, we asked Martin what he would say to any prospective companies that are thinking of applying to take part in the programme.
“For sure just reach out and discuss this with Nottingham. I think the secret to making this work is a good project and, if you think you have something suitable, then I’d certainly recommend you discuss this with the team,” said Martin.
“The other piece of advice is that with anything like this you get out of it what you put in and so, while the students are independent and would probably be able to go off and run with whatever you assign them, to make the most of it you will benefit from setting aside time to supervise their work. I have to say I really look forward to the calls I have with them, learning about their progress and their thinking as they engage with their work.”