Why four layers matter
“A two-sided marketplace tells you where to study. A connected ecosystem tells you why — and what's next.”
The problem
Students graduate with a degree and no proof of capability. Employers receive 140 applications per role and can't tell who can actually do the work. AI is automating the entry-level jobs graduates were counting on. In 2024, 1.2 million graduates competed for 17,000 advertised roles. This is not a blip. It is the new normal.
The solution
A student finds the right course. Takes on a real business challenge. Gets graded by the employer who set it. Earns a verified Industry Passport stamp — permanent, portable, recognised anywhere in the world.
The employer already knows what they can do. The university can evidence the outcome. The student has proof that no AI can fake and no CV can replicate.
How it works
Search courses by grades, location and goals — and see which universities have live business challenges built in. Start building your Industry Passport from day one.
Find a course →A level, degree and independent students anywhere in the world. One profile follows you across every course, challenge and application — and becomes your Industry Passport.
Get started →Live problems from real businesses — inside your curriculum or independently. Every brief you complete is graded by the company that set it, and added to your Industry Passport.
View challenges →Employers hire from a ranked shortlist of candidates whose work they've already graded. No cold applications. No guesswork. Your Industry Passport is what puts you in the room.
See graduate jobs →Find your course
Students anywhere in the world can search courses from universities that have live industry challenges built in. Find the right course — then build your Industry Passport from day one.
University of Birmingham · Birmingham
Northcoders · Manchester
University of Warwick · Coventry
Live business challenges
Companies post live problems. Students work on them — inside their coursework or independently through open hackathons and sprints. By the time they graduate, businesses already know what they can do.
See all open briefs →How might we reduce queue times in busy urban branches using behavioural data and service redesign? We'll share two months of anonymised footfall data.
Build a forecasting prototype that helps store managers cut surplus by 15%. Real anonymised SKU data provided under NDA.
Live graduate jobs
Real graduate schemes and entry-level roles, connected to your subject and the challenge work you've already done. No cold applications. No CV pile. Just the right people, already proven.
Two-year rotational programme across commercial, supply chain and customer insight. Real ownership from month one.
Build customer-facing features in small autonomous squads. We hire for curiosity and care, not pedigree.
Two-and-a-half year leadership scheme. Specialise in finance, HR, policy or general management with a £12k bursary.
Why it's different
Most platforms let you search. New Horizons verifies.
Through real work, graded by real employers. Not a search result. A verified record of what you can actually do.
Universities get outcomes evidence.
Real work, real employers, reportable graduate data — accreditation-ready without burdening a single member of faculty.
Businesses get pre-proven graduates.
A ranked shortlist of candidates whose work they already know. No cold applications. No CV pile. Zero guesswork.
Students stand out for real reasons.
Industry-relevant work built during study, inside and outside the classroom. Proof of capability no AI can fake and no CV can replicate.
The skills gap closes from both ends.
Graduates work-ready from day one. The global skills gap starts to close — one verified hire at a time.
Students come from everywhere.
The Industry Passport is recognised globally — not just in the UK. International students build verified track records before they apply anywhere.
FAQ
How we connect students to courses, what a live challenge is, and why purpose isn't optional.
More about how we workMost platforms let you search. New Horizons connects students, universities and businesses through real work — verified, transparent, no guesswork.
The Foundation
Every challenge completed, every passport earned, every graduate hired — contributes to the Foundation as a natural byproduct of the platform doing its job. Education that ends in employment — with proof, and with purpose built into every connection made.
How the Foundation works →