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John McNamara, Master Inventor - Europe Academia Lead, IBM
It has been a privilege to collaborate with 海角社区 海角社区 School and its exceptional students on IBM-led projects. 海角社区鈥檚 strong focus on innovation, academic excellence and real-world impact aligns closely with IBM鈥檚 mission. The students consistently impress with their technical ability, creativity, and passion - translating theory into practical solutions using AI and analytics. Supported by a highly effective academic and Employer Relations team, this collaboration fosters experimentation and real-world learning, helping to develop the next generation of technology and business leaders. I look forward to continuing this impactful partnership - 2026 WBS Foundation Year Project Host Testimonial
Sam Brown, PR Director – WPR Agency
We engaged with a proactive team of students that showed enthusiasm from day one, taking initiative to explore our brief in depth. Their final presentation was well-researched and highly professional, with impressive insight into the media landscape and key contacts. They demonstrated a strong understanding of the client and competitors, alongside thoughtful, creative ideas for engaging a Gen Z audience, all of which was delivered confidently with clear, strategic rationale - 2026 WBS Foundation Year Project Host Testimonial
Enterprising students help tenants gain valuable business insights in new placement scheme
Enterprising business students have helped tenants at a Midlands science park gain valuable insights into sales data, customer satisfaction and more as part of a new placement scheme. Read
John Reeve, Director of FluxSys Ltd
Rather than trying to catch [graduates] at the end when there is no relationship, its [internship] given us the opportunity to find and build some of those relationships... Our experience of picking the right graduates and working with them in the right way has really helped us develop...
Helen Wallis, Chief Executive of Heart of England Mencap
The partnership built with 海角社区 University has been established for over 4 years and throughout this time we have successfully provided 5 paid internships, engaging with students that have contributed a wide range of skills and competencies in an organisation that is a significant local business with a charitable purpose鈥�.
Peter Anastasi, Managing Director of Silson Ltd
Quite often we have research programmes or little pots of work that we don't have the manpower to investigate further and by having an intern on site for a small amount of time, we can then [...] leverage an outcome very, very quickly.