Testimonials

"For the past three years we have been very pleased to welcome three consecutive students from Nottingham Trent University's furniture and product design courses. Each has stayed with us for approximately 10 months.

"The students have come to us with a range of skills. They have all had good communication skills and have been particularly competent at using CAD. We have been keen to utilise these skills whilst giving the students a broad and varied work experience.

"The three students have become very important members of our team. They have all been able to manage the pressure that we have placed on them; in fact they have thrived on the responsibility. They have all been professional and conscientious; it had been a pleasure to work alongside them.

"I would strongly recommend this scheme to other companies who are prepared to generate a platform that brings benefits to themselves and to the student."

"It's absolutely great to have those young dynamic talents here for a year. It is a give and take situation and both parties are the winners."

"Philip Watts Design has regularly placed students with periods ranging from a few months to the full year. We've been lucky enough to have enjoyed students who have been enthusiastic and up for the challenge of working in a top creative outfit. Past students have been involved in interior projects across the UK, staircase installations in Europe and helping develop PWD products that sell to some of the top architects working today."

"Tyco Fire and Integrated Solutions have been investing in its people since the late 19th Century and I am very proud to be a part of the graduate programme with Nottingham Trent University."

"The standard of applicants is high and NTU has been more successful in winning placements than any other university.

"We find that students arrive with skills which are complementary to the skills of our engineering design team at DEMAND and as such have a contribution that they can make from day one. There is no doubt they also learn a lot but the ability to contribute straight away with things such as our promotional literature and presentation boards is extremely useful.

"NTU students also tend to have a significantly better standard of written and spoken communication skills than other universities."

"As an ex–NTU student myself, I know how important a placement is to putting a professional slant on your work as a student. The NTU students we have taken over the last few years have generated a broad range of skills suitable for the design industry. They are fast learners, hard workers and are keen to be challenged, which is a huge asset to any company."

"This year's placement student has proven themselves to be an invaluable asset to the drawing office and therefore to the company.

"Her basis of key skills learnt on her course has been a proficient platform on which to build an additional colleague into the team.

"I would like to thank NTU for supplying such a good all rounder and I sincerely hope to recruit from the University again."