The project is the capstone of the MBA year and it is primarily the student's responsibility to source and complete the project, whether working individually or in a team. However, Strathclyde Business School's strong links with industry mean there are a number of projects which are sourced by SBS and made available to the MBA class. Students who would like to be involved in a certain project make a bid for the project and are then interviewed by the company..
This year, we had over 30 projects on offer from large corporate organisations such as RBS, Babcock and Aviva, to entrepreneurial start-ups; as well as from high-profile, local businesses such as Hamilton Racecourse and professional organisations such as the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
Irene Aitkenhead Taylor, MBA Career Development Officer, said, "Projects can open up new areas of business to students, are a great way of making contacts, and may even open up job opportunities to the right student. While many students prefer to organise their own MBA project to reflect their own interests or business skills, we are delighted to be able to offer so many excellent projects on offer to our students this year."
Michael Cooper, a recent MBA graduate, and now Associate Director with Cognizant Life Sciences, returned to SBS to offer a project with his organisation. He said, "As someone who is currently recruiting MBAs for Cognizant, a global IT service firm, I look for MBAs from triple accredited schools. I interviewed MBA students from Strathclyde as they stand out from the competition and Cognizant have recently awarded a strategic change project to a team from the full-time MBA."