Industry Led Projects

About the project

Industry Projects are credit-bearing modules designed in partnership with employers. By setting a real business challenge, organisations gain access to motivated City St George’s students who apply their academic knowledge to deliver practical solutions and strategic recommendations.

Projects can be completed individually or in teams and are shaped entirely around your organisation’s needs - providing fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and meaningful outcomes.

Open to undergraduate students from across four of City St George’s schools - Bayes Business School, The City Law School, the School of Policy and Global Affairs, and the School of Communication and Creativity - Industry Projects provide students with direct exposure to real organisational challenges. This experiential learning enhances commercial awareness, applies academic knowledge in practice, and strengthens students’ graduate prospects, while delivering meaningful insights for host organisations.

Benefits

High‑quality, risk‑free project outcomes Receive a tangible project deliverable at no monetary cost, with students supported throughout by academic experts to ensure quality and rigour.

Access to diverse, motivated talent Work with a multidisciplinary pool of City St George’s students bringing fresh perspectives—often leading to early identification of future graduate hires.

Flexible, light‑touch engagement Benefit from meaningful student collaboration with minimal time commitment, limited to just a few key touchpoints across the project lifecycle.

How to get involved

To view the available projects from within each of our schools, please see below:

Bayes Business School

Advanced Management Practise

This module is designed to simulate a real management consultancy experience. Final year Bayes students work in teams as consultants, tackling project briefs that mirror real client-facing environments. The goal is to apply knowledge from lectures to practical consultancy projects for local firms, addressing real world business challenges and developing professional problem-solving skills.

Example project brief

The City Law School

The Sustainability and Climate Change Module at City St George’s connects organisations with interdisciplinary second-year students to address real-world sustainability challenges. Employers gain fresh insights, innovative solutions and access to emerging talent, not cost, light touch and time effective.

Sustainability project brief

The School of Policy and Global Affairs

Industry Led Projects connects organisations with final-year students to solve real business challenges. Employers benefit from cost-free, high-quality insights, fresh perspectives and future recruitment pipelines, with potential for long-term collaboration. Students enhance employability through hands-on experience, developing practical skills and industry connections while delivering impactful, research-driven solutions.

SPAGA project brief

School of Communication and Creativity

Industry Led Projects connects organisations with final-year students within the school of Communication & Creativity to solve real business challenges. Employers benefit from cost-free, high-quality insights, fresh perspectives and future recruitment pipelines, with potential for long-term collaboration. Students enhance employability through hands-on experience, developing practical skills and industry connections while delivering impactful, research-driven solutions .

SCC project brief

General process

• Once you have submitted a project brief, you will be contacted by the module lead for an introductory call. You will discuss the parameters of the project, the next steps and cover any questions you may have.
• Once a project is finalised and the module starts, you will be introduced to the student/student group(s). You will be able to introduce your project and outline the key objectives and desired outcome. This can be done either virtually or in person.
• As a project host, you will be required to check-in with the students throughout the project (either via email or virtual call) where you can track the progress of the project and review as necessary. This typically is two 30 minute meetings over 3 months.
• You will then be invited to join the final presentation, where the student/student group will present their completed project outcome and provide you with the desired deliverable. The module lead will confirm dates and times with you.

Contact details

• Micro Placements Team micro-placements@citystgeorges.ac.uk

Research areas