What is the Executive Company Project?
At Leicester Castle Business School we offer organisations a unique opportunity to benefit from the expertise and insight of our Masters’ students – the Executive Company Project (ECP). We can help your business with FREE research or business analysis.
How does it work for my business?
Your business can partner with us three times a year – February, June and October. You have the option to partner with an individual or group of students. Complete the online form, tell us a little bit about your business and your project. A member of our team will contact you to chat through your needs and how the business school can help your business succeed.
What do students have to do?
Your project will be advertised on the internal DMU portal. Students must apply, complete a video interview and attend an assessment centre. Successful students will then be introduced to your business to start their projects. It is up to the student(s) and you to agree in further detail the key deliverables. Your project will form one third of the students academic grade, so they are motivated to do their very best.
Benefits for your business
- Addressing a skills gap within your business
- Free resource for your business, integrated part of the academic programme
- Access to DMU facilities
- Free up your staff time
- Further develop your market knowledge
- Academic expertise to guide your project
- Students sign a legal agreement ensuring confidentiality
- Students can work remotely and meeting space can be arranged at DMU
Examples of previous projects
- Analysing financial data for an international property development company
- Conducting customer analysis for a large retail group based in Bangkok, Thailand
- Developing a business plan for a local dancewear company
- Investigating customer behaviour in order to increase tickets sales for a local sports organisation
What our previous companies say about ECP students
“The club has ended up with a first class piece of professional work. The cost of having a commercial company do that for us was prohibitive. It has been very rewarding for me working with a student, to see the progress that she’s made and the effort that she’s put into the project, which has all been first class.”
“There are many benefits of hosting a project such as gaining an independent outside perspective of our business. Most of all we re-discovered things about ourselves as a business. It made us ask questions about how we are presenting ourselves and how to improve that.”
“I am just very excited about the result of the project. I am truly grateful for this opportunity as I think I’m benefiting so much from this, so thank you for allowing me to host this student.”