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The Times Final Year
Student Survey 2025
University Manager

About Us

High Fliers Research Ltd, London

High Fliers Research was established in 1994 as an independent market research company, specialising in student and graduate research. The company, in association with The Times, works with national and international employers, helping them understand the attitudes and aspirations of undergraduates and analysing the impact of their on-campus graduate recruitment programmes.

The company's main annual research programme is The UK Graduate Careers Survey, which is the largest and most authoritative survey of final year students conducted in the UK, reaching over 13,000 finalists across the UK's leading universities. The research is used to produce The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, the popular hard-backed careers guide and website that is used by students across the UK.

Organisations Supporting the Survey

Over 65 clients comissioned High Fliers Research to provide comprehensive market intelligence in 2024, including:

The Role

University Manager - The Times Final Year Student Survey 2025


High Fliers Research, working in association with The Times, is looking for enthusiastic, committed and innovative students to work as University Managers at 30 leading universities across the UK. University Managers provide vital support to the Research Manager at the High Fliers head office by coordinating a variety of campus based market research and project management tasks, which help us to better understand your university and its final year students.

The Candidate
Applicants must be in the final year of an undergraduate degree at one of the universities listed below:

Aston
Bath
Birmingham
Bristol
Cambridge
Cardiff
Durham
Edinburgh
Exeter
Glasgow
Imperial College London
King's College London
Lancaster
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
Loughborough
LSE
Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Oxford
Queen Mary
Queen's University Belfast
Sheffield
Southampton
St Andrews
University College London
Warwick
York

The ideal candidate will be sociable and have a good knowledge of their campus, with connections to societies and clubs. They must be able to plan and organise efficiently, and have the ability to work independently using their initiative to deliver the task at hand on time and to a high standard. Excellent communication and leadership skills are imperative, as the main task requires the University Manager to recruit, manage and motivate their own team of fellow students.

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Your Responsibilities

A timeline of the University Manager's responsibilities through the academic year

  • October - November 2024

    Student Focus

    Student Focus is an online research programme, used to gather information on students' views of employers and their graduate recruitment campaigns. The University Manager's task is to target finalists who are looking for a graduate job, and sign them up to the Student Focus website so they can take part in paid research exercises.

  • Early November 2024

    Research Groups

    Research groups are conducted to gather student opinions and views on various promotional materials used by graduate employers. It is the University Manager's responsibility to source students to take part in these research groups, and then host the groups.

  • February 2025

    Survey Week

    The University Manager is required to recruit and manage a team of student interviewers at their university, who will each have a target number of interviews to conduct with their fellow students. The Manager must ensure their target is reached by offering support and motivation to their team. This is the largest task, and Managers will be given support from a dedicated Project Coordinator and from the team at the High Fliers Research head office.

Rewards and Benefits


Pay

We offer a highly competitive rate of pay, along with the opportunity to earn performance bonuses throughout the year.

Experience

The role allows you to develop your management, organisational and communication skills that are crucial when applying for graduate jobs. You will also gain invaluable insight into the world of graduate recruitment through managing these different tasks.

Network

This role will give you the confidence to draw on and expand your professional network. On completion of the role, you will join a vast network of previous University Managers who we have worked with over the past 20 years.

Apply Now

If you are interested in the role of University Manager, please apply using the online form. We will then send you an application form, and if shortlisted, we will invite you to interview. University Managers receive full training at an induction day in September 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please email Lucy Walker, Student Research Manager at lucy.walker@highfliers.co.uk.

Please note, we have no set deadline; applications are processed as they are received and will be closed once we have found a suitable candidate at each university. Please start your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out.