About the event
At Worker Co-op Weekend we heard from Loughborough University about their Talent Match programme (see also these slides from the sesssion) where businesses run 50-100hr funded (wages only) internships supported by LU. The session was hosted by Re-organise a project interested in linking and promoting worker co-operatives to HE funding and opportunities.
The session was positive and revealed that there are similar programmes in lots of universities. It seems there are lots of ways that interesting and ethical organisations such as workers.coop members could benefit from universities by linking with their careers and academic services not just their research sides.
The internships would run Feb-April 2026 with intern selection in August November/December 2025. This means co-ops interested in this opportunity should be putting together briefs this month. Sean from our Birmingham Bike Foundry / Re-organise will host two drop in sessions (Wednesday 27th August and 3rd September at 9am for 30 mins) to help with these briefs – there was a discussion about coordinating them between co-ops if possible.
How to join
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Click on the date above (27th or 3rd) for the online meeting hyperlink to join the meeting. No need to register beforehand.
Who is this for?
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Worker cooperatives