Dissertation Projects
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What are the Benefits of Dissertation Projects?
Dissertation Projects - Our End-to-End Support
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- We start by understanding what your specific requirements are for implementing dissertation projects into your courses (e.g., start and end dates, types of projects required, learning outcomes and academic assessment)
- Through our employer network, we'll then engage with companies who would be well placed to host your students on a project
- Through conversations with companies, we'll define projects with them that are specifically designed to meet the requirements of your courses
- University students and staff will be onboarded onto the 'Impact Platform'
- All students are assigned a dedicated ‘Experience Success Coordinator’, who is a member of staff at Impact Consulting who will introduce students to their company to organise the 1st meeting and will be available to students at any time during the experience, for additional support
- Students will have their 1st meeting with their company, which is also attended by their Impact Consulting 'Experience Success Coordinator'
- Students can access e-learning training content, resources and templates through the Impact Platform to support them during their project
- We remain available at all times during the projects, should any issues arise
- University Staff will be able to track the live status of all projects through our Staff Portal, where they will also be able to view half way company feedback
- We’ll collect final company and student feedback and share with university staff
- Students will receive a Certificate of Completion to support their future job applications
Implementing Guaranteed Work-Based Learning Initiatives into Degree Programmes
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Case Studies
Over the past four years, Aston University has partnered with Impact Consulting to engage 300+ postgraduate students in dissertation projects with UK and international businesses. Each student worked individually on a live company challenge aligned with their course, with the project forming the basis of their dissertation.
For the past four academic years, the MSc Business Analytics programme at Durham University has partnered with Impact Consulting to engage 150+ students in three-month-long, course-specific dissertation projects, where students undertake a live project with a UK or international employer. The company challenge becomes the focus of the student’s dissertation and final academic output.
Bayes Business School partnered with Impact Consulting to engage Master’s students in group-based dissertation projects with London-based businesses. While students worked collaboratively on the live company challenge, each student produced an individual academic output that became the basis of their dissertation.
Loughborough University partnered with Impact Consulting to engage students in dissertation projects linked to organisations in the sports sector. Students focused on live business challenges in areas such as sports sponsorship, marketing, inclusion and policy, with their chosen project forming the basis of their dissertation.
Queen Mary University of London partnered with Impact Consulting to provide students with dissertation projects linked to live business challenges. Students worked on projects aligned to their course, using the experience to shape their final dissertation.
The University of Aberdeen partnered with Impact Consulting to provide Engineering students with the opportunity to work on live, group-based projects for UK and international organisations. Working in teams of five over approximately three months, students collaborated with their host company throughout the project before delivering practical recommendations to address real engineering and operational challenges.
Queen’s University Belfast partnered with Impact Consulting to engage Business students in dissertation projects with live company challenges. Students applied their academic learning to real organisational issues, using the project as the foundation for their dissertation research.
Royal Holloway partnered with Impact Consulting to engage Engineering students in dissertation projects with UK businesses. Students worked on live company challenges linked to their discipline, and their final dissertation outputs were also shared with the host business as practical guidance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The structure is the same, primary and secondary research on a defined topic, but students are embedded within a real organisation throughout. They have regular access to company data, staff and real-world challenges, which makes the work more applied and significantly more valuable from an employability perspective.
Yes. The project is designed to meet your dissertation requirements, so students can complete it as part of their degree while gaining genuine industry experience.
All subject areas. We match each project to the student's discipline and to an organisation working on a relevant, real-world challenge.
We handle organisation sourcing, brief design and student coordination, and your team can oversee progress through the Staff Portal.
Each student is assigned a dedicated Experience Success Coordinator and has access to the Impact Platform's resources throughout the project.