2025 SPONSORS &

Sponsorship Policy

HEADLINE SPONSORS

As a leading global law firm, we recruit diverse talent from around the world, that’s why we’re proud to continue our longstanding sponsorship of National Student Pride.

Whether you’ve considered a career in law or not, we are looking for talented and diverse people who can drive our mission forward in providing legal services to our clients. Over the years, our efforts towards LGBT+ inclusion have been acknowledged through industry recognition, affirming our position as one of the leading legal employers in this area.

We are proud to be the hosts of the ground-breaking ACCEPT – which is an insight day for aspiring lawyers who are LGBTQ+. We have a dedicated LGBT+ Network at Clifford Chance (ARCUS), and have long-standing partnerships with myGwork, National Student Pride and Attitude Magazine.

It’s our aim to be the LGBT+ employer of choice in the legal sector where our culture supports people to be themselves, all day, every day, delivering an equality of opportunity, aspiration and experience.

For more than 175 years, we’ve worked with leaders around the world to help them build better futures for their businesses and their people.

Our workforce is made up of the industry’s greatest minds, and we continue to shape the future by delivering real, measurable results.

At Deloitte our people are at the heart of everything we do. United by our shared values we recognise that everyone brings their own ideas, skills and perspectives for our colleagues, clients and society. To celebrate our unique characteristics, we have a range of diversity networks, as well as an open, inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves.

GOLD SPONSORS

Aon are Gold Sponsors of National Student Pride 2025!

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn’t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students, neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

It's our shared purpose and we call it a Home for Success. We're a business which takes its responsibilities seriously. We want to make a positive contribution to society and the communities where we work.

BRONZE SPONSORS

Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech; we are 86K employees across 150 countries on five continents.

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to one business: beauty. We want to bring beauty to all people. Our goal is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by innovating and creating cosmetic and skincare products that meet the infinite diversity of their beauty needs and desires.

That’s about us… now what about you? You are driven and up for a challenge! You’re passionate about putting your best foot forward, but you’re not afraid to fail either. You love to learn, grow and make an impact on the world. Freedom to go beyond, that’s the beauty of L’Oréal.

TITANIUM SPONSORS

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is a leading UK lending platform for SME borrowers. Established in the UK in 2010, and now the leading lending platform to SMEs, Funding Circle has extended more than £13.6bn in credit to c.103,500 businesses in the UK.

For SME borrowers, Funding Circle provides an unrivalled customer experience, delivered through its technology and data, coupled with a human touch. Its solutions continue to help customers access the funding they need to succeed. For institutional investors, Funding Circle provides access to an alternative asset class in an underserved market, and delivers robust and attractive returns.

Bain & Company is one of the world's leading management consulting firms.

We work with top executives to help them make better decisions, convert those decisions to actions and deliver the sustainable success they desire. For 50 years, we've been passionate about achieving better results for our clients—results that go beyond financial and are uniquely tailored, pragmatic, holistic and enduring.

This is all part of why Bain is consistently ranked as one of the best firms to work for— currently ranking #1 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work U.K., a silver award recipient on Stonewall's 2023 Workplace Equality Index and are featured on The Times list of Top 100 Graduate Employers 2023.

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of member firms that offers Audit, Consulting, Deal Advisory, Tax & Law and Technology services.

Through the talent of over 15,000 people, we turn insights into opportunities, making a positive difference for our clients and the communities we serve.

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together, we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results.

Specialising in technology, media and communications, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, energy and infrastructure and private wealth, we have a diverse client base that allows us to advise on more than just the law.

At Taylor Wessing we don't fear the future. We embrace it. And help shape it. If you want to learn from inspiring minds. To work with clients who are changing the game. To unleash your limitless potential.

We're the firm for you.

Playground Games is an award winning, AAA game development studio, established in 2010.

Bringing together some of the most talented and culturally diverse developers from the UK and abroad our mission is to create genre-defining video games for a global audience.

We are incredibly proud to be the creator and developer of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Forza Horizon series.

A&O Shearman is a global law firm that helps the world’s leading businesses to grow, innovate and thrive.

For almost a century, we have built a reputation for our commitment to think ahead and bring original solutions to our clients’ most complex legal and commercial challenges. At a time of significant turbulence in the business world, we are determined to help our clients embrace change, confidently expand into new markets and keep on top of ever-more complicated regulatory frameworks.

To do this, we will harness our global strength and local knowledge. We will drive towards our vision to become the world's most innovative law firm. And we will continue to create an environment where the brightest minds can flourish.