Student consultancy projects

Work with our students on research and consultancy projects.

Your organisation benefits from academic insights, while we gain important data, combining theoretical approaches with real-world challenges.

Businesses, charities and public sector organisations have worked with us to develop valuable data, potential scenarios, plans, recommendations, and more.

Consultancy

Engage our academic experts to address short- to medium-term organisational challenges and opportunities. We have worked with numerous businesses, public sector and third sector organisations to help frame problems, co-deliver solutions and support implementation of change.

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Business consultancy projects

Set-up: November to December
Project start: January
Delivery: March

Our undergraduate students deliver a six-week part-time consultancy assignment in groups for individual clients on a project specified by you.

We have impressive feedback from our clients each year. Examples of previous consultancy projects include:

Development of an ethical policy template for a large food manufacturer
Devising a strategy for boosting visitor numbers at a national charity’s site in York
Researching the market demand and consumer profile for a small cosmetics company

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Research dissertations

Set-up: January to March
Project start: May
Delivery: September

Our postgraduate students engage in four months of full-time research on a challenging investigative area.

We regularly work with organisations to align these research dissertations to business needs. Your organisation gets interesting research and students benefit from working on a live project.

Examples of previous research dissertations include:

Customers' motivations for charitable giving for a national retail company
Millennials' changing customer values for a regional service company

Work-based dissertations

Set-up: December to May
Project start: June
Delivery: September

This new dissertation offers postgraduate students with the opportunity to work directly with employers on 'real-life' consultancy projects. Students will gain direct work-based experience and develop key consultancy skills by working with employers to solve live business challenges.

These projects enhance employability by demonstrating practical expertise and workplace-relevant experience to potential employers, while providing students with valuable and concrete examples for CVs and interviews.

Applying theory to key business areas, examples of projects are:

Market analysis
Product launch
AI strategy
Global supply chains
People management

International consultancy projects

Set-up:
Project start: December
Delivery: April

A three to four months online certificate course designed for experiential learning. Each project is a collaborative approach between UK, European and Indian institutions, to provide both undergraduate finalists and postgraduate students with hands-on experience of solving real-world, industry-specific challenges for an industry partner.

It aims to have approximately 60 students in mixed, cross-cultural teams of six, promoting global employability and cross-cultural sensitisation.

Objectives and outcomes, include:

Exposing students to industry realities, equipping them with problem-solving skills and providing valuable experiential learning.
Focusing on developing essential skills, such as communication, project management, presentation skills and integrity and discretion when handling confidential company data.