Student Projects and Placements
Discover the latest opportunities for businesses and third sector organisations to work with students.
Students can undertake projects or placements with host organisations to help explore new ideas or solve challenges they lack the resource or knowledge to undertake in-house. There are a variety of opportunities available which may be linked to the student’s degree programme or draw on more generic skills. Projects should be appropriate to the skill level of the student and never business critical. Please note some projects require no or minimal financial commitment, while some do. Please check each on enquiry. To discuss any of the opportunities please email info@interface-online.org.uk
“I have benefitted through Interface from student placements in many disciplines. My experience within working with Interface has been extremely positive and I have gained as much from the students as they have received from their placements. I hope to expand this relationship for many years to come.”
Carol Arnott, Get Set Yeti
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Business Management – Data analytics, project management, marketing, operations, human resources
Humanities & Social Science – Psychology, sport science, arts, law, health science, environmental, social science
Computing Science – Artificial Intelligence, big data, software engineering, fintech, machine learning, ethical hacking, UX design
Science & Engineering – life science, mechanical, electrical, food science, biotechnology
Creatives – Art & Design, music, gaming, visual communications
Social Science Students
12 month paid placements. Starting September 25′ Financial commitment – living wage
New advanced practice programmes which allows students to do a 12 month placement in their 2nd year of the programme, starting September 2025.
MSc International Business Management
MSc Digital Marketing
MSc Business Analytics and Consultancy
Hiring a placement student provides many tangible benefits including a cost effective, low risk resourcing solution, opportunities to drive forward a new or existing project, access to emerging talent.
International Business Management
- Competitive Strategy
- International Business Context
- HR Strategy and Practice
- Research Philosophy and Practice
- Management Consultancy
- Business Economics
- International Marketing
Business Analytics and Consultancy
- Business Analytics and Introduction to Big Data
- Management Consultancy
- Finance and Financial Reporting
- Strategic Change
- Big Data Analysis
- Research Philosophy and Practice
- Network Analysis for Business
Digital Marketing
- Contemporary Consumers
- Digital Customer Experience
- International Strategic Marketing
- Research Philosophy and Practice
- Branding and Communications
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
Fashion & Textiles Placements
Runs for 12 weeks starting May 25′. Closing Date: End of April. Financial Commitment: None.
MA Fashion & textile students looking for a 12 week placement, students study the following subjects:
Design Thinking & Innovation
Fashion & Textiles – Experimentation & Research
Materials
Sustainable Design & Management
Fashion & Textiles Development and Practice
Research Methodologies
Design Technologies
Business Enterprise
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
Applied Health Science and Health Data Science Placements
Runs: June – August 25′. Closing Date: 30th April. Financial Commitment: None.
This work-based placement elective offers a professional placement with a civic, government, industrial, public, research or voluntary health and/or development sector organisation. Students will undertake a ten-week placement with a host organisation
The aims of the courses are to:
- Enhance student experience
- Provide students with an authentic learning opportunity
- Enhance student employability
- Enable students to acquire professional knowledge and understanding of the daily work, strategic priorities, objectives, and functions of a civic, government, industrial, public, research or voluntary health and/or development sector organisation
- Facilitate student application of academic skills in a work environment
- Provide students with opportunities to strategically develop a range of transferable skills, as well as our Graduate Attributes
Previous Examples include:
- Flu vaccination hesitancy in pregnancy
- In-store and online survey of food and drink promotions
- Creative content creation for a Mental Health App
- Healthcare manual development
- Health Promotion Campaign Plan
- Labelling climate footprint on foods
- Desk research on sizing the integrative medicine and holistic health and wellbeing sphere
- Analysis of Scottish Health Survey waist circumference and height data
Health Data Science Courses include:
- Health Informatics
- Machine Learning for Healthcare
- Applied Statistics
- Database Systems and Big Data
- Introduction to Data Visualisation with Pythin
- Health Economics
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
Data Science Placements
Runs: 12 weeks starting June 25′. Closing dates: End of April. Financial Commitment: None
A typical project revolves around one or more datasets, a research question, and some of the data science tools introduced in the teaching modules (see the short syllabus for each below). The topic can be very broad, ranging from bioinformatics, social sciences, transport, demographics, power grids, to name but a few. The data set can be specific and provided by the partner, or it can come from a free data source.
The MSc Data Science programme is designed to teach the fundamentals of Data Science with an emphasis on hands-on experience working with real-world and industry-relevant data. Students typically come from diverse backgrounds, with skills ranging from mathematics and physics to computer science, as well as non-technical areas such as business and humanities. Some students join the course after completing their undergraduate degree, while others have already gained work experience in industry and are looking for a further qualification. The courses are structured to ensure that students without a rigorous mathematical or computational background can understand the crucial concepts underlying data science and apply appropriate tools, while providing opportunities for those with more technical expertise to deepen their understanding of data science concepts.
The programme is structured into three 12-week terms. The first two terms cover the following courses:
- Introduction to Programming
- Introduction to Python and R
- Data Visualisation
- Image Analysis
- Introduction to Data Science
- Statistics and Time Series Analysis
- Advanced Statistics and Special Applications
- Machine Learning
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
Engineering and Robotics Placements
Starts July 25 for 6 months. Closing Date: 29th May 25′. Financial Commitment – Paid preferable but not essential.
A 6 month placement is available with second year students from these three MSc Programmes:
MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering Design
- Computational Fluid Dynamics with Heat Transfer
- Professional and Industrial Studies
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Engineering Manufacture
- Specialist Engineering Technology
- Failure and accident analysis
- Critical Analysis and Research Preparation
MSc Global Sustainability Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Foundations of Energy
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Climate Change, Sustainability and Adaption
- Sustainable Processing
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Carbon Solutions
- Demand Management and Energy Storage
MSc Robotics
- Robotics Systems Science
- Human robot Interaction
- Intelligent Robotics
- Sensors, Actuators and IoT
- Robotic Mechanical Systems
- Image Processing
- Multidisciplinary Group Project
- Embedded Software
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
Medical Science Placements
Placements can start between May & September 25. Closing Date: 31st July. Financial Commitment: Paid.
Placements can start between May and September. Topics covered by these students include:
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Sports Science
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
Computing Placements (Long term)
Runs: 1 year from September or January. Financial Commitment: Paid placements at least National Minimum Wage.
3rd Year Computing students covering a diverse range of degree courses in areas such as:
- cybersecurity and digital forensics
- software engineering
- games development
- computing science
- business computing
- digital media
- web design
These placements must be full time, a minimum of 48 weeks, can be remote, hybrid or site based and paid at least National Minimum Wage to meet module requirements.
Example Job Titles:
- Student Software Engineer
- Web Development & Support Assistant
- Data Analyst
- UX Engineer
Contact Us: info@interface-online.org.uk
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