Following two semesters of intense collaborative work, our third year students can congratulate themselves on completing this year's Business Clinics with great success.
Small and new businesses, both from the commercial and third sector, have benefitted from the wealth of expertise of our third year students who provided ‘consultancy in kind’ for 23 organisations supported by Jobs and Business Glasgow.
Whilst the path to success didn't always run smoothly, the students really stepped up to the challenge with panache and represented the Business School in a professional manner, helping enhance the business school's reputation within the wider business community.
Just one of the businesses that was extremely impressed with the input and commitment from our students was the Disability Community Centre who said, "The group were presented with a difficult challenge with many areas [of the organisation] requiring to be reviewed. They were very efficient in proposing what they could achieve and the areas with maximum impact on charities."
With 104 students taking part, organising the clinics was no mean feat but one which Dr Lucrezia Casulli of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship views as a vital part of the education of the business school's undergraduate students. She said, "The clinics require strong teamwork and excellent communication skills to succeed which is key for preparing our students for the world of work and are also a differentiator for our students when taking part in job interviews.
"It's not only our students who have benefitted from the experience though; of equal importance is the impact that our students have had on each of the 23 businesses who took part in the Clinics. By assisting these micro businesses in Glasgow, the organisations will hopefully benefit from sustained growth, leading to wider benefits for the economy as a whole."
Strathclyde Business Clinics will continue, with hopefully more success stories in 2015/2016.