"Our masters graduates have to compete successfully in the harshest job market for 40 years.  This initiative will enable them to do that to their highest level.  The University of Edinburgh is strongly supportive of this project, which makes bridges with industry and employers, and allows us to help companies and students through useful interaction."

Dr Sue Rigby, Vice Principal Learning and Teaching, University of Edinburgh

Making the Most of Masters aims to improve collaboration between employers and universities by providing opportunities for masters students to undertake work based projects.  These are adaptable across all disciplines and key economic sectors in Scotland. 

Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, as part of the Learning to Work 2 initiative (LTW2), MMM is a partnership project between the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Stirling.

Watch this clip to hear why work based projects are "essential" for
employability.

Find out about other past projects on our case studies page.


Latest MMM News

MMM's Saltire Scholarships are Supporting International Masters Projects
Making the Most of Masters received £20,000, the largest amount of money awarded, from the Scottish Government's Outward Mobility Fund Project, designed to give Scottish registered students overseas study opportunities via 'Saltire Scholarships'. Follow the blog here.

Sustainably (Re)Designing Leith 2013 In the University of Edinburgh's Advanced Sustainable Design Master's Programme, students learn how to design sustainable, environmentally responsive buildings and settlements. On a snowy March Monday, members from the local community were invited to a presentation of initial proposals for sites in the Leith area of Edinburgh.

MMM and MASTS kick off new partnership with Webinar The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology in Scotland (MASTS; www.masts.ac.uk) and Making the Most of Masters (MMM; www.mastersprojects.ac.uk) are collaborating on a joint initiative to source projects from industry, government, and NGOs for relevant Masters programmes at all MASTS partner institutions in Scotland.

Dr Caroline Pope joins MMM Dr Caroline Pope has recently joined the Making the Most of Masters team as the Post Graduate Placement Life Sciences Coordinator for the University Of Edinburgh School Of Biological Sciences. Read our newest team member's profile.


Page last updated 26 April 2013

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