NCWE Awards winners and finalists 2008/09

NCWE Awards are presented to employers who offer quality work placements for students. A special thanks to our major sponsor Changeboard, media sponsor Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), our award category sponsors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP GlaxoSmithKline, Centrica, Futuretrack and our lunch sponsor the National Work Placement Exhibition.

Finalists are detailed below and you can access case studies of the winners by following the links on their company name. Alternatively for further information download the NCWE Awards 2008/09 Souvenir Brochure.

Award categories for companies with over 250 employees

Long term placements employing less than 20 students (4-12 months)

Lockheed Martin - Winner
PSA Peugeot Citroen - Highly Commended
PA Consulting Group
The Co-operative Group
TNT Express ICS Limited
Wates Group

Long term placements employing 20 students or more (4-12 months)

Microsoft - Winner
Intel Corporation Ltd - Highly Commended
Accenture
BT Group plc
HP
Magnox North

Short term placements (0-3 months)

Centrica Plc - Winner
Cancer Research UK - Highly Commended
Barclays Capital
bp
Citi
Hammonds LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
Procter & Gamble UK

Further award categories

10-250 employees - sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

px Limited- Winner
Eutechnyx - Highly Commended
Baker Tilly
Explain
quantum tm
The Feel Good Drinks Company Ltd

Under 10 employees - sponsored by Centrica

Madventurer - Winner
Audiences North East - Highly Commended
Blue Rocket Group Ltd
EDL Surveys (Essex Draughting Ltd)
South West Regional Employment & Skills Partnership
Welbeck

Charitable sector

MERU - Winner
Barnardo's - Highly Commended
Gemin-i.org
Groundwork Leeds

Public sector

Financial Services Authority - Winner
Information Systems, Land Registry - Highly Commended
BBC News
Civil Service Fast Stream
Centre of Employability, Enterprise and Careers at Lancaster University
Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
Welsh Assembly Government

New placement schemes (within last 2 years) - sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline

Tri-Synergy Ltd - Winner
Channel 4 Television Corporation - Highly Commended
KPMG LLP
Portal Technology Systems Limited
Snow Valley Ltd
TUI Travel Plc

For International students studying in the UK

px Limited - Winner
KPMG LLP - Highly Commended
CMS Cameron McKenna
Procter & Gamble Uk
Barclays Capital
The Training and Development Agency for Schools

Best work experience provider - as nominated by a student - sponsored by Futuretrack

CEI Collins Engineers ltd nominated by Sarah Jayne Mc Glade - Winner
Diageo Plc nominated by Annika Rose Clifton - Highly Commended
Bank of England nominated by Miriam Kurtosiova
Centrica nominated by Azuka Akeze
Mott MacDonald nominated by Sofia Akram
National Grid nominated by Mike Ryan
Shell nominated by Thomas Struthers
South West Regional Employment & Skills Partnership nominated by Bryony Judd

Best work experience provider - as nominated by a careers adviser or placement tutor

Rostons Ltd nominated by Carrie de Silva, Harper Adams University College - Winner
Environment Agency nominated by Dr Jonathan Lageard, Manchester Metropolitan University - Highly Commended
Harveen Gill Associates nominated by Sian-Kate Mooney, University of East London
Opera North nominated by David Clegg, The University of Leeds
Primark Stores Ltd nominated by Jane Ledbury, Manchester Metropolitan University
Stoke-on-Trent Business Crime Initiative nominated by Sandra Roberts, Graduate Advantage