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Business Challenge

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University of Southampton Business School
University of Southampton Business School
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Holly Street
Holly Street
Careers and Employability Officer
(1)
1
Experience
7/7 project matches
Dates set by projects
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Accounting Digital marketing Project management Sales strategy Environmental sustainability
Skills
creative thinking project planning business analytics business consulting marketing strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

As part of the Business Challenge, Students will work in small teams to solve a real-life business issue provided by a real client. Students will work with the client to co-create a brief both parties are happy with, that aims to tackle a business challenge whilst developing the students transferrable skills and enhancing their employability. Students will need to explore the issue and report back to the client, providing recommendations of solutions to the problem.

The client briefing session will take place on the 15th June 12:00 - 15:00 in person and the recommendations will be presented in July at both the teams' and organisations convenience.

Learners

Learners
Post-graduate
Any level
45 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners apply to projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables will be discussed and agreed upon at the initial client briefing meeting.

The team will clarify the project objective(s) with the business and present their proposal, solution, or recommendations at the end of the project through (for example):

  • An online presentation
  • A brief report

Project Examples

Requirements

Students enrolled in the Southampton Business School come from a variety of disciplines, as such we are looking to have industry opportunities aligned with each of the following programs:

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business Analytics
  • Business Entrepreneurship
  • Business Management
  • Finance and Financial Technology
  • Marketing
  • Human Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Project Management

This is a non-credit bearing, extra-curricular internship meant to enhance and develop the employability skills of these students. Students will work in small groups (approx. 4) to research, analyse and recommend strategies for a business in line with a project brief. Potential topics might include:

  • Improving an organisation’s social media presence
  • Reviewing and recommending sustainability practices
  • Helping businesses recover from the impact of COVID-19
  • Analysing market trends and competitors
  • Investigating potential new products and services
  • Improving customer experience
  • Recruitment, or training process or policy
  • Diversity and inclusion practices
  • Accounting or Financial management issues

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q - Checkbox
  • Q - Checkbox