The Student Consultancy Project (SCP) places a diverse range of exceptional QMUL students into mini consultancy projects within businesses and charities.
SCP allows organisations to overcome business challenges whilst providing a meaningful opportunity for students to use their skills, fulfil their potential and develop their employability.
Teams of students taking part in the programme are provided with a short project brief outlining the details of a particular business challenge. Past projects have involved researching and analysing information, looking into improvements around marketing and business development, product development, and reviewing policies and processes. The student consultants work on the project for a set amount of time, after which they present their findings and recommendations to the client in the form of a presentation and short written report.
Any UK/International based business, charity, social enterprise or not-for-profit.
Nothing – the SCP is free for all hosts.
Your staff time - we ask that each consultancy project organisation allocate a key contact person to act as the host for their student team. A member of the Careers and Enterprise team will support the host to put together an appropriate project brief. We then ask the host to meet with their student team three times. This includes an initial set-up meeting, a mid-project check-in and a final meeting for the students to present their findings. The host will also be asked to be available (by email/phone) to respond to queries from their student team if needed.
“[This programme] provided us with a highly professional team of students who delivered a tough brief to a challenging timetable. As a charity with limited resources, we would not have been able to undertake the same depth of work … I would not hesitate to recommend them.”
“The student consultants did a great job for us. They worked hard to get the depth of information we required and helped us frame the next stage of our work.”
“The student team … were bright, personable, and had plenty of initiative! They were incredibly helpful in helping define our marketing strategy.”
“Very impressed with students' dedication, professionalism and quality of the work.”
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