Students need your guidance, knowledge, opinions, and discussions to broaden their horizons and practice their skills to help prepare them for their career after university. This is a unique opportunity for you and your organisation to give back. It is your experience and support that is of great value to our students.

You and your organisation will gain from having a team of students apply their perspectives, skills, global outlook and academic abilities to your specific business need or challenge. TeamWork is also an ideal branding opportunity for your organisation. Plus, you have an opportunity to spot prospective graduate talent for recruitment.

Hear from a graduate volunteer, Peter Blackman here.

We welcome a broad range of projects, from organisations around the world and from a wide range of sectors. The project could be a real challenge facing your organisation, or an area or opportunity that your organisation wishes to explore further, or simply a project that would benefit from a student view and input.

We are looking for organisations whose main focus is within the following sectors: 

• Sustainability and Social Impact 
• Global Health and Wellbeing 
• Charity / Not For Profit
• Finance 
• Technology 

The projects themselves should incorporate one of the following themes: 

• Marketing and Social Media 
• Consultancy /Business Transformation  
• Innovation 

Please email, alumni at warwick dot ac dot uk to get started.

What we need from you

• A project brief by end March 2023
• A mentor for the student team, who is available to provide an initial briefing, plus feedback weekly online to the student teams for four weeks between June/July 2023 (the times could vary depending on project)
• Feedback to your student team on the project outcomes/final presentation

We provide

• Student application and selection process for the programme
• A multi-disciplinary team of students, who will have undergone a training and skills induction programme before they begin your project
• Support and facilitation from the Warwick TeamWork team

Timeline

Ideally, please provide as much detail as possible about your project brief. All students will have signed a Privacy Statement, so any information or data you provide is confidential. During your briefing, it’s good if you can share context and introduce your organisation and then drill down into what exactly you want the students to complete for you, potentially indicating where you give them freedom to do their own research. Also, do tell your student team how you would like to see the final report/presentation i.e. PDF, PowerPoint presentation.

How much time will I need to allocate to this project?

We expect a total time commitment of up to 2 hours from you per week during the project itself. This includes an online pre-project briefing with your student team, regular check ins – and a final project presentation meeting.

What technology is required?

We use Microsoft Teams which is supported by Warwick, secure and free to use. All work will happen through this platform including sharing files, working on documents and holding team chat and video calls.

How can I best support the students?

During the four-week project phase between June 26th and July 21st, we suggest checking in with your student team at least once per week, via the Microsoft Teams platform, and ideally via a video call. We also recommend that you are available to reply to any questions from your team, during the four weeks. We recommend being clear when describing your project to your student team. It’s also a good idea to have an ice breaker session with your team to get to know each other during a 'get to know you' meeting during the week prior to the project starting.