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University of Liverpool
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
EJ
UG Employability Coordinator
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General
  • Graduate
  • 20 learners; teams of 5
  • 20 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
  • 3/3 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any company type
  • Any industries
Categories
Business strategy Accounting Project management Competitive analysis Risk, audit and compliance Marketing strategy
Project timeline
  • July 3, 2023
    Experience start
  • July 31, 2023
    Experience end
Overview
Details

The University of Liverpool Management School are looking for organisations who can propose a real-world, business-related problem or challenge to our final year students to help them develop their employability skills and enhance their networks as they prepare to graduate.

 

We have split our students into two main groups, focussing on:

1)     Business Strategy

2)     Business Strategy with a Finance Focus

 

The problem or challenge can be linked to any topic that relates to the above business functions and can be a topic or problem that may benefit from a fresh perspective. 

 

The choice of topic is flexible and can be discussed with the team before commencement. Below is a list of all of the relevant skills/abilities that our graduates are capable of utilising for your organisation.

Deliverables

The students are able to provide a report and presentation but this can ultimately be decided by the organisations. Please be mindful that this is a 4-week project and the graduates will be committing 20hrs each. We require that this is discussed with us, the administrators, first.

Project Examples

Previously, organisations have asked our students to complete a project on topics such as:


  • pricing models for new product launch
  • influence/use of social media
  • competitor research
  • development of marketing plan/strategy
  • analysis of key trends in sector/industry
  • analysis of specific data sets
  • developing a financial business plan
  • developing a financial strategy
  • linking with influence/use of social media mentioned: Social media engagement strategies
  • marketing campaign (e.g. branding campaign)
  • ethical marketing
  • sustainability initiatives linking with particular UN SDG’s e.g. responsible consumption and production
  • corporate communications analysis / report
  • analysis of financial statements
  • making investment decisions
  • assessing control weaknesses in an entity and making recommendations
  • preparing a balanced scorecard
Required questions to apply

Companies must answer the following custom questions in order to apply to this experience:

Can you provide the graduates with all of the information they will require to complete the project?

Is someone from your organisation available for the graduates to be able to contact over the 4-week project period?