Invitation Collaborate with strong students - an easy and effective route to ideas and future employees Roskilde University 1 "As a ‘university based in reality’ we Welcome believe that RUC's primary duty is to engage in innovative collaborations with actors outside the realm of the university, who wish to contribute to creating the learning, knowledge and problem solving that can move society forward". 2 Welcome Roskilde University prioritises its engagement with reality. Our 9,000 students spend half of their studies carrying out projects. Many of these projects are implemented in close cooperation with private companies, government agencies and interest groups. This large volume of projects means that our students make an enormous difference in many places. If you are not already working with some of our students, we hope you will consider it. It can provide ideas and perspectives that you can use in the organization of your work. In product development. And for your bottom line. We also know that many of our graduates return to one of the companies they have worked with as students. This means that there can also be a long-term benefit. Be sure to read the folder. If you find it interesting, we would be delighted to hear from you. Hanne Leth Andersen Rector 3 Get fresh insights and inspiring ideas from those who may become your future employees RUC's 9,000 students work in a wide range of technology, arts, social and natural sciences. The following pages contain examples of some of the issues they work with. If you have other questions that might be relevant topics for a collaboration with your enterprise, you can send a proposal to [email protected]. Hundreds of companies have benefited from this scheme in the past. 4 What are the best How can you recruit and How can engage volunteers for your communication tools and communication and organization? media to reach a target group? behavioural design be used to encourage How can we develop healthy eating? How can we develop What is the ideal way to intelligent textiles for new ways to more analyse, develop and implement IT systems efficiently diagnose the fashion industry? so they work? disease? How do we combat particles How can tourism generate that cause disease and How can we ensure growth in peripheral areas? allergies? consistency between family and professional life How can we benefit for staff? What is the best way from the changes in the How can economic to meet the demands EU's external relations? of future media and growth be What is the best way to exhibition users? accelerated in Africa? support effective change in organizations? How can new technologies strengthen both How can your organization How can a focus on organizations and welfare? increase its capacity for emotional intelligence innovation? How can we use improve work mathematical modelling performance? to develop enzymes for How can basic research How can municipalities biofuel? in physics lead to CO2 use new methods to reduction? How can social media improve support for and events be assets for a vulnerable children? business? What are the implications of How can it be ensured How can new forms of regionalisation for political that outsourcing will have management enhance and economic developments productivity in both the public the desired effects? internationally? How can you and private sectors? improve your communication How can dialogic How can we avoid serious orally, in writing and communication provide better environmental impacts from treatment in the health sector? in the media? micro plastic? 5 f 4 ways to collaborate with RUC students Student collaborations can be organized in many different ways from one educational institution to another. The important thing for us at RUC is that the collaboration produces better graduates, and that you also experience the process as a major benefit. On this basis, over many years of dedicatedcollaboration with enterprises, we have refined four concepts. 6 f Project cooperation Internship During a collaboration project, the In an internship, the student students usually work at RUC with a becomes part of your staff. The theme. The collaboration with you will student works with fixed, pre- be based on a limited number of meetings during approved tasks, which can be the process, usually ranging from 2-6 depending on both development and operational, and which the specific task. Otherwise, there will generally be are also relevant to their studies. The scope of the no cost to you associated with the cooperation. The internship process can vary from programme to students will focus on a defined problem that you will programme, since internship is part of the Master clarify together. The students will work on the problem programme, but usually lasts for one semester. in a written report that will form the basis for their The process ends with the student preparing a exam. In addition, you can arrange with the students report, whereby you have an opportunity to gain that they should submit a brief summary to you and new knowledge and solution proposals relating possibly make a presentation. The project collabo- to key issues and challenges. The internship ration follows the semester, i.e. it starts in February or collaborations follow the semester, i.e. they start September. It is therefore a good idea to have project in February or September. Since the internship ideas ready in January and August respectively. If you must be approved before the student starts, we have an idea for a project that you would like students recommend advertising internships 4-5 months from RUC to take up, please write to [email protected] in advance, i.e. preferably in March/April and September/October respectively. You can advert- ise internship positions in the RUC Job and Pro- ject Bank: http://ruc.jobbank.dk. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Student jobs RUC students are in very high demand as Events and arrangements employees alongside their studies. If you are interested in meeting many students Naturally, this applies to the many at the same time, you are welcome to attend one thousands of Danish students, who of the many events where companies and students from RUC cover a multitude of disciplines. But it can meet each other. For example, every winter we host the RUC also applies to the hundreds of stu- Career Fair, and throughout the year we organize events such as dents from abroad who start at RUC business brunches, solution camps and internship cafés. These every year, who in addition to their are opportunities for enterprises to meet several students with professional skills, also have special different backgrounds and, in many cases, to obtain solution networks in their home country. You proposals for a specific problem or to get a telephone number of can find your next student assistant a future intern or student assistant. If you would like to take part through RUC's Job and Project Bank: in one of these events, or if you have a suggestion for a different http://ruc.jobbank.dk. type of event, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. 7 Join a team of the best RUC’s culture of research and education is based on teamwork. The following is a list of some of those we have cooperated with so far. 3F Danish Emergency Management Danish Media Museum AfterMath Agency Danish Institute for International Studies Agricultural University of Bogor Danish IT Society AgroTech A/S Berkeley University The Danish Association of Masters and AKVA group Denmark Bispebjerg Hospital PhDs Alexandra Institute A/S Bonn University Danish Language Council Danish Institute of Governmental BUPL Research Bureau Veritas Certification A/S Danske Bank Aquacircle Daunia Solar Cell ARDA Danmark Cambridge DEA Arken - Museum of modern art Cardiff Metropolitan University DELTA Danish Architectural Press Copenhagen Business Academy Den Erhvervsdrivende Fond Refugiet Aarhus School of Architecture Copenhagen Business School Lolland-Falster Aspiros Aps Cotes A/S Danish Council for Independent Ballerup Municipality Danish Meat Research Institute Research BAR FOKA Danish Union of Teachers Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/ Project teams "Mobilepay has already number of students used driven by a solution- helped to change 3.3 their semester projects to oriented curiosity. They that contri- million Danes' use of work with issues such as work very independently bute to busi- banking and payment marketing, development and helped us to identify solutions. We have en- of new features and and test our blind spots. ness-critical countered an enormous strategies for branding It was quite straightfor- insight level of interest and sup- Mobilepay in the shops. ward. And very valuable." port on our way, including Our cooperation with the from Roskilde University, students was rewarding, Mark Wraa-Hansen who we worked with. A because like us, they are Head of MobilePay 8 Aalborg Kalundborg Municipality Skandia A/S National Research Centre for the Working Environment Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College Danish Meat Trade College Danish National Centre for Social Research KMD Danish Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Inte- Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government KORA gration Affairs Research (KORA) Kroppedal Museum Danish Ministry of Social Affairs, Children and Development Center UMT Kubix ApS Integration DHI (Environment and Toxicology) The Danish Ministry of Culture Social Development Centre Diakonhjemmet University College KVINFO Solrød Municipality Danish Deaconess Community Copenhagen School of Design and Technology Hellerup Language School Technical University of Denmark (DTU) The City of Copenhagen Danish National Gallery Dublin City University University of Copenhagen Statens Serum Institut Dyvekeskolen L’Institut de recherche et d’échanges de la SNCF State and University Library EASJ Laboratoire Léon Brillouin University of Southern Denmark Energiklyngecenter Sjælland Learnmark Horsens Tartu University The Danish Business Authority Team Arbejdsliv ApS Eurofound Lego Danish Board of Technology Evolva Biotech A/S Linköping University Danish Technological Institute Experimentarium Konventum Teko Design + Business Fan S.