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You can select from the following project types depending on your current priorities. You may also submit multiple project briefs.
Growth Strategy
For businesses looking for growth opportunities and outside of the box ideas. Students will analyse your market and identify gaps in which you can capitalise on.
AI in your Sector
For organisations seeking to receive research-informed recommendations and insights from a student consultant team on how your business, product or value chain can utilise Artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the value you deliver to end-users.
Sustainability & ESG
For businesses seeking new ideas to manage the social and environmental effects of their operations. Students research practical options to enhance your organisation’s social or environmental impact.
International Business
For businesses seeking to expand into new markets either nationally or internationally. Students will analyse the market, identify barriers to entry and recommend available resources and support to enter the region.
Data Insights
This project will help you to gain deeper insights into your external environment, markets, customer base and/or future growth opportunities through data driven analysis. This project requires identified datasets – which can be a mix of your internal data and/or publicly available datasets to build insights, with students using clustering and segmentation type analyses
Funding and Finance
Ideal for non-profits, startups and SMEs that want to explore available funding options. Students analyse and recommend potential funding pathways for business across debt, venture capital or grants. Disclaimer: this is not financial advice.
Digital Marketing
For organisations seeking to maximise their existing social media platforms or adopt new social media marketing channels. Students will develop a social media strategy and action.
Public Policy
For businesses, NGOs or policy institutes looking to uncover insights on a current policy-related challenge, whether creating, implementing, analysing or lobbying for policy. Students will do comparative policy-related research for your organisation and produce a tailored research report.
Tech Innovation
For STEM organisations (i.e. within technology, science, engineering sectors) seeking to receive research-informed recommendations and insights on new technologies and innovation trends from STEM students on a specific business area, which will offer growth or diversification for your organisation.
Megatrends
For organisations that want to future-proof their business by understanding the forces shaping their industry. This brief is designed for companies looking to gain a competitive edge by analysing global megatrends, disruptive innovations, and shifts in consumer behaviour.
Talent and Culture
For startups, businesses or NGOs looking to uncover insights on a current HR-related challenge. Students will complete secondary research on recruitment, training & development, or workplace culture, reviewing best practice and the HR-practices of comparable organisations.
What You’ll Gain:
- The opportunity to engage with a highly motivated and diverse group of students
- Actionable research and strategic recommendations
- A professionally presented final report, optionally with a student presentation
- A fresh, external perspective — delivered fast
- Project and team management experience for you and your team
- No cost to participate
What is Required?
- Submit your project brief/s
- 1-hour virtual briefing with your student team
- ~1 hour per week reviewing progress or deliverables
- Completion of a short feedback survey
- Optional: student-led catch-up calls (if desired)
FAQs
You can let us know your preferences and we will do our best to make it happen, but we cannot guarantee it.
Each students commits to 20 hours of work over the two week period.
They also commit to act as consultants and cater to the needs and schedules of their client.
Collectively your team will deliver 120+ hours to the project.
No, the students work remotely and are not located at your offices.
- Outline clear project requirements so that your report provides value
- Set project outcomes that are achievable within a two week period
- Ask for help if needed. If you’re not sure about what project type to choose, or how to define a scope, the Practera team are available at projects@practera.com
No. This is a free student project undertaken with the best of intentions, with nominated students from University partners. We have robust systems, processes, content in place to support all participants and enhance outcome quality. However, inevitably some student teams will be stronger or more committed than others, or better aligned to the client and their scope. On average across many projects outcomes are great, however there will be some failures. For this reason we do advise submitting value add, not mission critical projects.
Testimonials
The student team was incredibly helpful in generating fresh and innovative business ideas during the internship. Their creativity, enthusiasm, and willingness to challenge conventional thinking brought a valuable perspective to our brainstorming sessions and contribute meaningfully to shaping new strategic directions.
Roy Perlson, CEO and Founder, Jobago.ai
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