Intro to the Student Futures Academy

In a sea of graduates, standing out from the crowd is crucial to ensuring your future success.

Students now need to stand out from the crowd more than ever in an increasingly competitive market for internships, placements, graduate jobs, self-employment or further study. Developing yourself beyond your course with experiences and skills that are in demand by both education and industry makes you a more desirable candidate to future employers and collaborators, increasing your chances of securing whatever future you want.

The Student Futures Academy, new for 2025 and specifically designed with Science and Engineering students in mind, provides you with a choice of personalised pathways through these experiences and skills that are in demand by both education and industry, celebrating your achievements and elevating your potential in preparation for your future beyond your course.

Completing all the activities along your chosen pathway will result in an invite to the highly exclusive industry-endorsed collaborative group project, showcase and graduation ceremony. Here, your exceptional achievements will be celebrated and rewarded with a personalised certificate and transcript, making you a more desirable candidate to future employers and collaborators, increasing your chances of securing whatever future you want.

You may choose to join and graduate from one of the personalised pathways per academic year.

Intro to the Future Leader Pathway

Welcome to the Future Leader Pathway! 

This pathway, specifically designed with Science and Engineering students in mind, will provide you with the Sustainable Development, Strategic Thinking and Project Management skills to become an empowered changemaker and use your success as a graduate to positively shape the world around you. 

Leadership can mean different things to different people. To some, it may mean being the CEO* of a large multi-national company, in charge of hundreds of employees; or it might mean leading a small but impactful community group that champions positive local causes. It is up to you to decide the kind of leader you want to be and, whatever you decide, this pathway will guide you to develop the expertise necessary for any future leader. 

*Chief Executive Officer; the main person responsible for managing a company 

Skill Development

Completing this pathway will develop your skills by: 

• Discovering what it means to be a leader and why the values and attributes of Manchester Met graduates are needed for leadership 

• Understanding the need to transform our world through sustainable development 

• Gaining the ability to manage complex systems and strategies 

• Developing the ability to deliver successful projects  

• Envisioning your journey to future leadership 

Get Started

To get started, complete all the activities in the Future Essentials Skill Set.

If you have any queries throughout the pathway, please contact Science and Engineering Faculty Student Enrichment via sefse@mmu.ac.uk for support.