Early careers at Cirium
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Cirium started from the idea that aviation and travel industries are stronger through efficient sharing of knowledge and information.
BE INSPIRED. Cirium invests in major initiatives on sustainability and the digital transformation of the aviation industry.
Gain valuable technical and professional expertise, and practical experience. Gain insight from professionals in the industry, form connections with different people across the company.
Our graduate opportunities provide a great balance of professional and personal growth. Your department will help you grow your skills and understanding to successfully carry out your job. Through Cirium Graduate programs, you will gain a deeper understanding of the company, cultivate your abilities, and increase your leadership, creative and strategic skills, all of which will assist you in reaching your goals and be ready for the next stage in your career.
At Cirium and across our parent company, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, we believe in the importance of nurturing future talent, and giving people the opportunity to build on their education in a fast-paced working environment. Cirium is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
Cirium Aviation Intern opportunities
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Cirium Ascend offers aviation market intelligence, advisory services, and valuations. Experts provide reliable insights to help clients make informed decisions with accurate data. You will work as part of the Cirium Ascend team of over 30 employees, based globally.
Coventry University’s ‘Aviation Week’
In February of 2024, Cirium Early Careers had the pleasure of joining industry leaders and experts at Coventry University Aviation Industry Day to discuss the challenges and opportunities for building a Sustainable Future for the Aviation Industry.
Jeremy Bowen CEO at Cirium, gave an insightful presentation on the importance of data driven decision making, especially as corporations are increasingly being held accountable for their own flight generated emissions. A panel discussion raised how Cirium is also addressing demands by offering ‘precise’ aircraft, emissions and fuel consumption data to support the industry navigate a more sustainable future.
Thought provoking presentations from industry leaders, a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and engage with the next generation of emerging aviation management talent!
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Internships across our company
8-to-10 week summer internships give talented students and recent graduates the opportunity to help solve real challenges and work on business-critical projects as part of an expert team.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Graduate Program (check back for future opportunities)
We regularly recruit for UK graduate schemes across our business to offer talented graduates the chance to contribute to solving the most complex problems and work in a diverse and exciting environment; Technology – Software Engineering / Systems Engineering, Data, Product Management, UX (User Experience).
Congratulations to our 2024 Cirium Hackathon winners
Harry Crane, Ben Rall, and Elizabeth Rigby will be joining us this summer for internships! They competed with 120 of their peers over two days to evaluate a large language model against a series of aviation specific questions to test the model’s industry knowledge.
The event was powered by Cirium data and hosted by Southampton University as part of the Cirium Early Careers Program.
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We offer talented graduates the chance to contribute to solving the most complex problems and work in a diverse and exciting environment
Cirium Graduation Prize
The 2023 Cirium Graduation Prize for Best Air Transport Management MSc Project went to well-deserved winner Deepa Raj from Coventry University.
Deepa’s brilliant project evaluated the implementation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the industry. This was an excellent topic as the industry increases efforts to mitigate its impact on climate change and transition towards more sustainable practices.
Many congratulations!
Hackathoning our way into a Cirium Internship
by Olly Atkins and Joe Barnett
Hackathon events are hosted across top UK universities and this is how we (Olly Atkins and Joe Barnett) began our journey with Cirium.
To Aviation Management students like us, the thought of a ‘Hackathon’ seemed rather daunting at first – but this emphasises the value of the multidisciplinary nature of the Coventry hackathon. During the event, we teamed up with Data Science student and Cirium intern Vanshul Kumar, forming a multidisciplinary team (similar to those seen across Cirium). Our aviation knowledge and project management experience, coupled with Vanshul’s ability to tackle large datasets proved crucial, allowing us to utilise our combined strengths to best conduct the analysis required for the task. With the right team, 1+1=3.
Being part of different teams, our experience and our day-to-day tasks differed. Based within the Product Team, Joe was involved with the expansion of the Customer Advisory Board (CAB). And, Olly joined the Diio team in the US in R&D+D, and worked on a project to shape the future of a Diio tool.
In addition to our main tasks, we had the pleasure of hosting an unconference session at the UK Cirium Connect event. This was a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to colleagues, giving them an insight into what we’ve been up to while having a bit of fun along the way!
Collaboration with Cranfield University School of Management MBA on group projects and internships
MBA groups from Cranfield University consult on ‘Cirium Projects’, as part of their MBA accredited course.
This initiative provides a unique opportunity for the students to apply their academic knowledge and business skills to real-world business challenges, promoting both their personal development and Cirium’s commitment to nurturing future talent. This industry project contributes to approx. 10% of the MBA degree.
Student Testimonials
Taking part in a complex event like the Hackathon was a great experience. I was fortunate to meet a lot of like-minded individuals which I was able to share my experience with, and gain knowledge from, which expanded my boundaries. I was also able to learn the importance of a diverse and dedicated team when conducting a consultancy project.
Developing a project was a challenging experience that ultimately, I was able to grow and learn from. The female presence within the Cirium team was empowering and inspirational.
Overall, the Hackathon was a distinguished experience that gave me the skills and experience to pursue my passion for a career in aviation. I would encourage any female student to participate in a hackathon and see for themselves the amazing things they can achieve.
As a computer science student, I found this hackathon to be extremely beneficial. As the task was a real-world problem with many technical operations, it allowed me to apply topics and skills learned at university, such as data science and R. Despite my lack of prior aviation knowledge, my team members, who were aviation management students, assisted me in understanding the data as well as many other aviation concepts.
Our team’s diversified experience, was crucial which ultimately led to our win.
This partnership not only improved my understanding of the subject, but it also piqued my interest in the aviation industry. With the opportunity to intern, I am excited to learn more about the industry and make a positive contribution to the company.
Participating in the Cirium Hackathon was a unique and exciting experience. Initially, I was hesitant to join the event, but the Cirium team empowered and encouraged everyone. They provided a comfortable and supportive environment for all the students so they could perform to the best of their ability.
I appreciated the creative and multi-disciplinary nature of the hackathon. The event brought together participants studying data science and aviation management to work together on an aviation related project. It was inspiring to see how people of different backgrounds and perspectives came together and demonstrated problem solving and teamwork.
As a female student, I believe hackathon was a great learning experience which helped me not only to learn more about data science, consulting and the amazing work people at Cirium do, but also it provided me an opportunity to learn more about myself. The Cirium hackathon is an excellent opportunity which should not be missed. I am very grateful for being able to participate and would highly recommend it.
Early Careers 2024 events
Cirium HackAI 2024 – A hackathon about evaluating large language models for use in the aviation industry.
Cirium, in collaboration with the AI Society at the University of Southampton, organized a two-day hackathon, where students were challenged to improve a large language model’s performance on an aviation specific benchmark. The participants were required to use open access models (Mistral and Llama2) to provide answers to a set of multiple-choice questions; the five teams that would achieve the best model score would be the finalists.
Cirium Early Careers — Past Events
Stay tuned for upcoming Cirium events. In March of 2023 we ran two Hackathons at Coventry University and the University of Southampton.
The Coventry University event was a first of its kind for Cirium, a ‘cross-disciplined hackathon’, where teams from Aviation Management, Data Science and Computer Science tackled a Cirium Ground Events Challenge. As in business, the students experienced how various disciplines collaborate to consult and solve problems.
We asked the Coventry participants to analyze downtime between flights of 5 airlines, to see whether airlines can operate more efficiently or can learn from one another. So, how quickly does an aircraft turnaround at one airport compared to another, how do airlines compare to one another operationally when scheduling their aircraft usage and are they maximizing the use of their aircraft?
Early careers community
At Cirium, we know an inclusive workplace made up of people from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and ideas is what drives true innovation for our customers around the world. Our employee groups are designed to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment.
For Young Professionals we strive to foster community:
- Building and strengthening connections with peers and the company
- Fostering personal growth
- Providing educational resources
- Engaging in volunteer and community service projects
- Inspiring the younger workforce to become leaders inside and outside of the company
Inclusion and diversity at Cirium
As a company with customers all over the world, we truly value diversity and believe that an inclusive environment is essential for nurturing big ideas and developing industry-changing innovation.
Read more: FIRST-HAND STORIES OF INCLUSION AT WORK
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