Skills Enhancement Programme - June 2021
General
- Undergraduate; 4th year, 3rd year
- 10 learners; teams of 5
- 30 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 2/2 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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June 5, 2021Experience start
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June 8, 2021Introduction & project launch
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June 11, 2021Steering/guidance meeting
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June 19, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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June 5, 2021Experience start
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June 8, 2021Introduction & project launch
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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June 11, 2021Steering/guidance meeting
To check-in, answer any questions and ensure the direction of travel is on point
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June 19, 2021Experience end
Overview
- Details
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The Skills Enhancement Programme aims to enhance student employability via authentic experiences in real-world scenarios. Beginning this June, groups of final year students from the University of Liverpool will spend two weeks working in multi-disciplinary groups to complete authentic employer projects.
- Learner skills
- Digital marketing, Project planning, Business strategy, Marketing strategy, Research
- Deliverables
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What are the Deliverables?
The programme offers participating organisations the opportunity to engage with talented multi-disciplinary student groups, who can make valuable contributions to idea-generation and/or real project-progression, whilst also supporting your future attraction & recruitment objectives.
Find out how last year's employers benefited here.
Project Examples
At the start of the 2020-21 academic year, we launched the Skills Enhancement Programme to address the fact that so many of our students were unable to complete internships and placements as a result of the pandemic. Around 50 students engaged with the programme, which saw them contribute to employer-led projects in multi-disciplinary groups.
Following, we’re now pleased to launch the second instalment. This time taking place outside of term time, the programme will run from Monday 7th - Friday 18th June. Final-year students will participate & progress through daily University-led sessions, supporting their employability skills and their ability to reflect on their experiences, alongside their completion of the main element of the programme: their chosen project, as put forward by participating employers/organisations.
We’re now keen to source project-proposals from employers/organisations, which offer multi-disciplinary student groups authentic experiences to undertake during the coming weeks. Beyond completion of the initial project brief (comprising an overview of the organisation & the context in which it operates and aims, objectives, & key project deliverables), we’re hoping that organisational representatives would be available to engage with their student group in a minimum of three short meetings: an introduction & project launch, an optional steering/guidance meeting, and a closing meeting in which deliverables/outcomes are presented by the students. Of course, if you'd like to work more closely with the students, that is always welcome!
Example projects include, but are not limited to:
- New market entry.
- Marketing and Research strategies
- Operations management solutions.
- Leveraging new technologies for change.
- Horizon Scanning and Competitive Landscape Mapping
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Engage with their student-group in a recommended three short meetings: an introduction & project launch, an optional steering/guidance meeting, and a closing meeting in which deliverables/outcomes are presented by the students.