Authentic, data-analysis projects for Psychology students

PSYC23-
Closed
University of Liverpool
Health & Life Sciences Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Jack Harte
Employer Engagement Officer
3
General
  • Undergraduate; 2nd year
  • 120 learners; teams of 5
  • 18 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 24 projects wanted
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise
  • Any industries
Categories
General Data analysis Communications Product or service launch
Skills
marketing strategy communication data analysis research reflection
Project timeline
  • February 14, 2022
    Experience start
  • March 25, 2022
    Experience end
Overview
Details

The Department of Psychology at the University of Liverpool's Faculty of Health & Life Sciences is seeking proposals of authentic, data-analysis projects for 2nd-year students to complete over a six-week period during the second semester of the 2021-22 academic year.

Students will each be expected to contribute approximately 18 hours of time to their projects, whilst collaborating in groups of five students. Projects should be suitable for students to both draw upon & develop transferrable and professional skills. Project proposals will be from organisations operating in any industry, but where students are presented with the opportunity to work with authentic (real or representative) data sets requiring them to draw on their skills of interpretation, analysis, and prediction.

Learner skills
Marketing strategy, Communication, Data analysis, Research, Reflection
Deliverables

As an initiative taking place within the students' academic curriculum, these projects will be a key priority for the students - students who are likely to be particularly engaged, with many having missed out on recent experiential opportunities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All students at the University of Liverpool are encouraged to make connections & build networks, with a view to enhancing their employability and ultimately getting hired by their graduate recruiters of choice. Engagement with an experiential curricular activity such as this Department of Psychology group-projects initiative gives you be opportunity to be one of those connections within students' & graduates' networks, to raise profile of your organisation & opportunities, and to access an ambitious, diverse, & enthusiastic talent pool of 2nd-year students.

Project Examples

The question and focus of your project is up to you. All that we ask is that you keep your project understandable to a general audience and avoid technical language. This will help non-subject specialist staff to support students throughout the project. Open questions which ask students to interpret a problem or those which provide the opportunity to be creative, work very well. We would be happy to advise you on possible questions or topics if you would like any assistance and an example project brief can be provided.