Prodigy Free Services

Key Points

The Prodigy MSc Project Programme is a Free-to-Member service. There are no fees, charges or commissions
Prodigy is non-exclusive, meaning that it can be used to supplement the MSc project generation work done by the university and the student
Organisations are not bound by a contract to pay an introduction or recruitment fee, often in the region of £5000, if they decide to offer a student full-time employment
Working with Prodigy offers students more projects to choose from in sectors that interest them
Students on Prodigy MSc projects are more likely to be offered employment due to the fact that there are not recruitment fees to pay

We took the decision to make this sevice available free of charge to all participants in the hope that this would generate more interest and as a result more project offers for students
The more companies that participate, the better chance the student has of finding a company offering a project in a sector which interests them

After a successful project placement, if we were to offer this service along the lines of a recruitment commpany and ask for up to 20% of starting salary, then the chance of a student being recruited are reduced

To participate in Prodigy, universities, students and organisations must become members of the Data Science Foundation
Membership for universities and students is free of change. Membership fees for organisaions are voluntary. We hope organisations will support the work we are doing by paying the monthly membership fee, but this will be waived on request