Work with Our Students

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Looking for student talent in your business?

From working on live briefs as part of their studies to taking on internships and placements, our students and alumni have honed both their craft and the professional skills to succeed in the workplace. You can tap into Falmouth University's student talent by connecting with our Employability Service.

Connect with our employability service

We work with local, national and global partners to ensure our students and graduates get access to the best opportunities.

If you're an employer, see how you can connect with Falmouth's courageous thinkers, complex problem solvers and multi-skilled team players, below.

If you've got a question or want to find out more information about opportunities with the Employability Service, just get in touch with the team.

Get in touch

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We work with local, national and global businesses to ensure great career opportunities are available to our students and graduates. Connect with Falmouth to promote or advertise:

Job opportunities, internships and graduate schemes
Competitions and events
Live project briefs and freelance work
One-year industry placements
Part-time, term-time and campus jobs
Funded employment schemes
International internships and job opportunities

Get in touch

E: employability@falmouth.ac.uk

Through the dedicated career platform Handshake, employers can connect with our students and alumni, post job opportunities, organise interviews, promote events and actively search candidate profiles – all free of charge. 

Join us on Handshake today and advertise your current opportunities.

Some helpful guidelines before registering:

At Falmouth, we believe in equal opportunity for all students and therefore will only promote paid positions. Roles must meet the UK national living wage, or international equivalent.
During term-time, it is recommended that current students only work 15 hours per week.
The job board is frequented by graduates and alumni seeking full-time and part-time roles, please also consider posting more experienced roles alongside entry-level positions.
We are committed to providing students access to great opportunities across the industry and are proud to work with real living wage and disability confident employers.

Already registered with Handshake? Sign in below:

We are happy to discuss new ways to connect industry with students. Our team can support in identifying potential partnerships and helping businesses build collaborations with courses and students. If you have some ideas, contact us on realworks@falmouth.ac.uk

If you're looking for virtual space to connect with our students in 2021-2022, please email realworks@falmouth.ac.uk 

For all you need to know about the benefits of working with international students and graduates, we recommend exploring the hiring process using information provided by the International Student Employability Group.

Find out more

Part-Time Jobs Fair - Penryn Campus

The Penryn Campus Part-Time Jobs Fair on 31 January 2024 is open to University of Exeter and Falmouth University students of all years and disciplines. Here you can meet and talk with employers about their part-time jobs and seasonal work, but also consider internship programmes, and placements, where relevant.

Find out more

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The Micro-internship Scheme 2023/24

We're inviting businesses and organisations, based within the UK, to partner with us to create exciting opportunities for our students to work on dedicated projects, helping to launch new initiatives or sustain existing projects.

Funding available to support creative internships within your organisation
Internships to address clearly defined project briefs, suitable for students applying for their first graduate-level role
An internship is 30 hours (micro) to be completed within 2-6 weeks
Organisations can recruit up to 3 student interns
Internships will be extra-curricular and, therefore, in addition to academic commitments for students
The scheme is funded to support students that may face barriers to engagement
Academic sign-off will be part of the approval process
Internships can be remote, face-to-face or hybrid
Students will be paid at £11.40 per hour
Support provided to enable a competitive student recruitment process
Opportunities will be targeted towards students in their final years of study

A financial contribution towards the internship will be required from the host organisation. Please see table of funding below for current rates:

Type of organisation	Cost to host organisation
Charity/Not for profit organisation	£75
Micro-business (up to 9 employees)	£95
SME (10-249 employees)	£150
Large (250+ employees)	£250

You can use our simple online form to tell us about your proposal and we'll get in touch with more information about the scheme and the funding available.

Advertise an opportunity

You can advertise an opportunity to our students and graduates with Handshake. When you register, you'll be able to post job opportunities, organise interviews and events and actively search candidate profiles. It’s free to register and upload opportunities.

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Our students doing it for real

Rowan Corlett

Illustration alumni and artist designs Christmas stamps for Isle of Man Post Office

04 December 2023

Rowan Corlett, an artist and BA(Hons) Illustration graduate, has designed and produced a series of C...

Illustration alumni and artist designs Christmas stamps for Isle of Man Post Office

Charles Jackson

From ‘Doc Martin’ to ‘Doctor Who’: Graduate Charles Jackson's TV career to date

28 November 2023

From landing his first job with Doc Martin straight out of university to joining the VFX team for th...

From ‘Doc Martin’ to ‘Doctor Who’: Graduate Charles Jackson's TV career to date

Two stacks of small ceramic bowls in white, blue and green hues.

EOT Ceramics

Meet EOT Ceramics owner Emily Tapp

10 November 2023

Explore graduate business EOT Ceramics ...

Meet EOT Ceramics owner Emily Tapp

Helen Leahey

Falmouth graduate’s spooky Hollywood debut in Universal Studios’ new Exorcist movie sequel

30 October 2023

A Falmouth University graduate has featured in a new film release by Universal Studios – with rath...

Falmouth graduate’s spooky Hollywood debut in Universal Studios’ new Exorcist movie sequel

Sam Bestwick work

Falmouth graduate wins South West Award at Encounters Film Festival

20 October 2023

Fine Art BA(Hons) graduate and Falmouth Campus Stores staff member Sam Bestwick has won the South We...

Falmouth graduate wins South West Award at Encounters Film Festival

Serena Brown's younger sister photographer in Ghana while visiting thier grandmother - Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize Shortlisted Image by Serena Brown

Serena Brown - Me Nana Fie

Serena Brown named as finalist for Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023

31 August 2023

Find out more about the Falmouth graduate's shortlisted work.

Serena Brown named as finalist for Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023

Jordan Pettitt

Friends sunbathe on the dry grass of Southampton Common which resembles a sandy beach during the hot weather as Hampshire and other neighbouring counties were hit with a hosepipe ban in 2022 to protect low reservoir and river levels.