The 91社区 STEM Industry Project,聽powered by , is a 2 to 3-week virtual work experience designed to prepare you for the聽workplace through real business challenges聽from the STEM sector.聽
During the聽project, you will work as a virtual Student Consultant team. You will receive a聽project brief from your client and will need to聽present your research and insights at the end聽of the program. You鈥檒l receive client and聽professional mentor feedback along the way,聽and will be supported with content via聽Practera鈥檚 work based learning platform. Completion of the project will be included on your Co-Curricular Record.
You will develop skills including: innovation, service oriented, problem solving, leadership, collaboration and cultural consciousness.聽
"This experience as a consultant has equipped me with a practical understanding聽of real-world business challenges and the ability to deliver solutions efficiently. I聽intend to leverage this experience to enhance my problem-solving skills and聽contribute valuable insights to future projects. 鈥� -聽2023 participant聽
Student Consultant Responsibilities:
As a student consultant, you will need to:
- Work with your team, mentor and聽client online, and聽attend meetings
- Commit 50 hours in total for the 3聽week experience OR 25聽hours in total for the 2 week experience
- Attend Student Orientation
- Attend Project Briefing with your聽Client and Mentor
- Complete all project deliverables
Eligibility:
Master鈥檚 (preference to non-thesis) students in Engineering (including Bioresource Engineering) or Computer Science.
- Master's thesis students are required to submit a letter of support from their supervisor to participate in the project.
- Students must be:
- registered full-time in the聽Winter and Fall semesters聽
- be in good academic standing
- Students may only participate once in the project.
How to apply?
The next project dates are:聽
- Spring 2025
Testimonials from the 2023 Student Consultants:
"Great opportunity to work on a real time project, enhance skill set, network,聽and gain experience!"聽
鈥淚 find that there is a huge difference between industry and academia. I am used to the formal and how to do things in a research and lecture way. Now I can tell聽and implement industrial methods on actual projects from the company.鈥�
"I did develop Networking and Relationship Building, Adaptability and Problem聽Solving and Communication Skills."
Testimonials from the 2024 Student Consultants:
"Provided exposure to different challenges which helped me be聽more prepared for job interview questions and more experience on my CV.鈥�
鈥淚t was helpful to work with a real startup, get a sense of their goals, meet their team members and review their products and give recommendations. It gives us a helpful introduction to the industry.鈥�
"It was a wonderful experience to learn the ethics of working in a聽professional setting. Knowing the gears that runs a successful team and therefore, the project will help in future projects!鈥�
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