Student Community Engagement Information For Community Organisations

How your organisation could benefit from working with students

For local voluntary and community organisations, the university's student community engagement activities can provide access to practical, cost-effective support that would not otherwise be funded, i.e. research, evaluation, mentoring, and practical assistance with projects.

The benefits can include:

• access to hands-on support and university expertise
• students' energy, enthusiasm and ideas
• low-cost help (main cost is time spent working with students) and opportunities to tackle tasks that could not otherwise be funded
• opportunities to influence university curricular and develop programmes more approriate to local needs
• the chance to identify potential employees and possible staff development links
• an opportunity to gain a clearer idea of how the university operates and what it can provide

How you can work together with students

Research

Masters students take on small research projects as part of their final dissertation. Follow the link for more information.

Internships

Postgraduate students are looking for three months full time internships in a community setting. Follow the link for more information.

30 or 50 hour projects

Undergraduate students undertake 30 or 50 hours of community based work. 

Social Enterprise Business Plans

3rd year business school students offer support with the development of a business plan.