How businesses can use students as a valuable resourceÂ
Students get involved in real projects, such as the Business Consultancy Project, run by the University's Portsmouth Business School.
This innovative approach supports student learning and brings '˜outside of the box' thinking to local businesses.Â
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Hide AdOne project, which won great acclaim and £500 funding earlier this year, is helping to raise the career aspirations of young people in Portsmouth.Â
The students were asked by Shaping Portsmouth to develop an online platform to allow young people to access information about careers.
It was developed as Shaping Portsmouth wanted to better understand young people aged nine to 16.
During the project, the portal was brought into a prototype phase, called iwantotbe.com.
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Hide AdThe students managed the project, working closely with Shaping Portsmouth to ensure that it was delivered in a timely and effective manner.
They advanced the development of the iwantobe.com portal by a year and gave Shaping Portsmouth invaluable insight into where their target market actually was as their research found that pupils aged between nine to 13 were too young to realise what they wanted from a job.
This particular project has developed an incredibly useful tool and will go on to shape lives and careers for years.
Projects like this provide businesses with a valuable resource, while greatly improving students' workplace readiness, leading to positive graduate outcomes.
To apply for the 2019/2020 academic year, email studentprojects@port.ac.uk