THE University of Brighton is working with Equiniti, a world-leading financial services company, to offer a new £9,000 scholarship programme for final year students.

The scholarship will give a student the chance to complete their final year research project and work for Worthing-based Equiniti which provides finance and administration services and technology solutions to businesses.

The scholarship will give the student an understanding of the working environment and ethos, help them develop time management skills and complete specific tasks within set parameters, and build interpersonal skills and confidence.

It will also give the student the opportunity to develop a final-year research project with module supervisors and staff at Equiniti.

Professor Chris Pole, deputy vice-chancellor, said: “This new partnership with Equiniti supports our university strategy partnership value and demonstrates that learning through practical experience in our degree programme has the greatest impact on our undergraduate students.”

For more information contact the university’s philanthropy and alumni engagement department at philanthropy@brighton.ac.uk.

Equiniti is a provider of sophisticated technology, administration, processing and payments services, delivered by over 4,300 employees across 31 locations.

Its mission is making complex things simple for organisations and individuals alike.

Its chairman is Kevin Beeston who joined the board as non-executive chairman in September 2011.

He is also chairman of FTSE 100 developer and homebuilder Taylor Wimpey plc.