Information for companies, organisations, charities and government departments on becoming a partner on our student employability events and challenges. Benefits There are many benefits to engaging with our students through our employability events and challenges. Bring your company to the attention of our students, and raise awareness of what you do and what you can offer. We have found this to be particularly beneficial for new or smaller organisations. Provides a recruitment channel for you to access highly-skilled and employable mathematics students. Offers the opportunity for you to foster an existing relationship, or develop a new relationship with the School of Mathematics and the wider University of Edinburgh. Get fresh perspectives and insights into new or existing problems that interest your company, from students who are proactive and keen to learn new skills. Time commitment Employability Tuesday event Employability Tuesday event slots are available in Spring 2025 and take place at the King's Buildings campus at the University of Edinburgh: All events take place at 13:00 and last for one hour. There is the option to extend your stay and discuss further collaborative opportunities over lunch or coffee. MSc Challenge This academic year, the challenge will take place in early 2025 and can last up to 5 days. To make the experience for the students as rich as possible we will require some face-to-face interaction, with the challenge launch and final presentations required in-person as a minimum. A daily check in and Q&A session with the students (2 hours) could be hybrid if required, or the week can run entirely face-to-face. Financial contribution Employability Tuesday We do not ask for a financial contribution for participation in Employability Tuesday. However, if you are needing to travel to Edinburgh to present to our students, you will need to cover your own travel and accommodation costs. To register interest, please email our Student Development team at studentdevlopment@maths.ed.ac.uk. MSc Challenge Each year our partner company offers the winning students a prize. In the past these have included behind the scenes tours or experiences, vouchers and other gifts. Depending on the amount of face-to-face time in the challenge, you may also need to cover travel and accommodation costs. Expression of interest Please contact our Student Development team for any further queries. studentdevelopment@maths.ed.ac.uk Further guidance Document Employability challenges information pack (25.9 KB / DOCX) This article was published on 2025-04-22
