Co-created with industry our graduate schemes develop talent specifically for their field of work. Working with Welsh Contact Centre Forum and Academi Wales, our current provision includes the MSC element of Welsh Financial Services, Welsh Data Science and Wales Public Services. Not just your average masters programmes, the schemes have been designed to meet industry demand. and needs. Graduates are recruited from multi-faceted disciplines around the vision of creating and retaining talent in the region.
Welsh Financial Services Graduate programme
The Welsh Financial Services Graduate Programme is a collaborative two year full-time programme of work, training and academic study unique to Wales, co-designed and co-delivered by leading financial services organisations which aims to recruit 40 graduates in order to develop a talent pool of industry professionals. This project is partly funded by the European Social Fund
Participating employers include Admiral, Atradius, Vauxhall Finance UK plc, DS Smith, Hodge Bank, Lexis Nexis, V12 Retail Finance, Composite Legal Expenses, Development Bank of Wales, Optimum Credit, Principality Building Society, Legal & General, Motonovo & the Monmouthshire Building Society.
Now in its 7th year of delivery, the MSc contains Work Based Learning Modules which correlate to their projects in the workplace. This gives real benefits to both the grads and the employers. So far 95% of the grads that have completed the programme have been employed by a consortium member or other financial services companies in the region.
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Welsh Data Science Graduate programme
Data science is defined as a multi-disciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from data to solve problems. Based on the same model of delivery as the Financial Services programmes, graduates are placed within a consortium of employers and undertake 3 placements on 8-month rotation. They work on projects for their Work-based learning modules which have impact on the businesses in which they are placed to help improve the products they are offer.
Participating employers include ActiveQuote, Admiral Group, Atradius, Centrica, GoCompare, Henry Howard Finance, Hodge Bank, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, MotoNovo Finance, Optimum Credit and Principality Building Society, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Talent Ticker.
Typical job roles include Statistical Modeller, Data Engineer, Quantitative Analyst, Credit Risk Analyst, Pricing Analyst, and Predictive Modeller/Decision Science.
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All wales public services graduate programme
This graduate programme is an Academi Wales initiative specifically designed to develop talent in the Welsh public sector to ensure strong leadership for the future and drive forward the agenda of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act 2015 and embed the One Welsh Public Service Values. The Masters in Leadership and Governance is studied by the grads as they work in rotation within a regional cluster. The Msc covers the latest leadership theories, best practice, and developments and apply this to the workplace as the grad complete their work based learning modules and sector specific dissertation addressing real issues in the public service. More here