Second-Season Steel Force Students Visit Metinvest Enterprises
The Steel Force programme, aimed at engaging Ukrainian students pursuing higher education abroad in internships and subsequent employment at Metinvest, was launched a year ago.Its first participants were Ukrainian students enrolled at UK universities. They were offered masterclasses and practical workshops, visited Metinvest’s rolling mill in Newcastle, worked on real business cases, and the most promising participants were invited to undertake paid internships. Today, several graduates of the first season are already working within the company, including in Ukraine.The second season of the programme, launched this year, has become broader in scope and wider in geographical reach. The programme also attracted Ukrainian students from universities in the United Kingdom, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Italy.As part of their team-based project work, participants have already visited Metinvest’s European assets, gained exposure to real business processes, and are now preparing to present an