Student Projects
Graduate Skills Builder
30 student-led projects have been delivered with 23 different businesses across the Greater Lincolnshire region, engaging over 130 university students.
A partnership built for students
Showcasing opportunities
Delivered in partnership between the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste University, the Graduate Skills Builder was an Office for Students funded project designed to showcase the opportunities in Lincolnshire and to prepare students for graduate employment.
How it works
Allowing students to work in multi-disciplinary teams, the scheme challenged them with completing real-world consultancy projects set in collaboration with local graduate employers.
Graduate Skills Builder
The projects
An outline of each of the 30 projects can be viewed below. Click on the headings to see what the students got up to and how working with a Lincolnshire business improved their employability.
Graduate Skills Builder
2019/2020
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The Graduate Recruitment Challenge
Micronclean is a Lincolnshire based cleanroom laundry company focussed on innovation and growth. Operating 3 sites across the county and providing a uniquely technical service means that Micronclean requires a dynamic, highly-skilled, team in order to deliver successful solutions. However, as with many organisations across the region, Micronclean struggles to…Find out more -
The Business Continuity Challenge
Pilgrim’s Pride is an international food production company recognised worldwide for its meat products. The Pilgrim’s site in Ruskington, formally owned by Tulip, specialises in the production of pork-based goods and deli products making it the world’s largest producer of scotch eggs. The Ruskington branch employs over 450 people and…Find out more -
The Radiotherapy Services Branding Challenge
The Oncology department at Lincolnshire Hospital set a brief for a group of students to create a marketing plan with re-branding suggestions and improvements to their reception area. The student team outlined the ways in which the department could promote a sense of confidence and personality to their operations using…Find out more -
The Five-Year Sustainability Challenge
Hosting upwards of 400,000 visitors a year, the Skegness Butlin’s Resort operates with the energy demands of a small town. Initially developed to rely on traditional energy sources, Butlins asked the Graduate Skills Builder team to explore potential sustainable energy options for the next 5 years, looking at both renewable…Find out more -
The Legal Services Challenge
Recognised for outstanding results and financial performance, Sills & Betteridge is a full-service law firm with bases throughout the East Midlands and a head office in the city of Lincoln. The business understands that the market for the provision of legal services is changing and that innovation in services and…Find out more -
The Virtual Learning Challenge
Voted in the Sunday Times’ top 25 companies to work for in 2019, Lindum Group is a construction company with projects throughout the food, education, and manufacturing industries. The company employs many on-site workers and as such, requires frequent and effective training to reduce the chances of an accident occurring…Find out more -
The Health, Housing, and Technology Challenge
ACIS are a not-for-profit social housing organisation located in Lincolnshire and across the East Midlands. A large proportion of ACIS’ primary customer base is over the age of 50, a lot of whom are senior citizens with growing support needs. The additional support required to care for these older clients…Find out more -
The Brand Rejuvenation Challenge
Age UK is the county’s leading charity for older people. The Lincoln & South Lincolnshire branch is an independent charity working with the local community to support the elderly. The charity has a team of over 200 dedicated staff and volunteers helping to deliver services for over 150,000 people in…Find out more -
The Public House Challenge
Batemans Brewery started off as a modest brewery back when it was founded in the late 1800s, but it has since expanded in both scope and production and the family-run business now owns over 65 pubs across Lincolnshire. Focusing on the ‘Human Touch’ that has directed the company for over…Find out more -
The Modern High Street Challenge
Many high streets across the UK have seen a decrease in visitors in recent years as a result of consumer shopping habits changing and an increase in online shopping. As the unitary authority of the district of North Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire Council approached the Graduate Skills Builder project with the…Find out more -
The Community Facility Challenge
Established in 2016, the Gainsborough Trinity Foundation is a registered charity formed to provide sports training and after-school activities to young people across the local area. The charity was set up to supplement Gainsborough Trinity Football Club’s aim to better support the local community. In line with West Lindsey Council’s…Find out more
Graduate Skills Builder
2020/2021
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The Nature Trail Challenge
Following Lockdown, interest and demand for local provision of activities had increased and West Lindsey District Council were looking to support residents with more activities on their doorstep. In their efforts to increase tourism in the town of Market Rasen, the Council partnered with the Graduate Skills Builder scheme to…Find out more -
The Company Culture Challenge
After the success of their first Graduate Skills Builder project, Micronclean wanted to investigate how their company culture supports their employees at work. Micronclean have invested a great deal of resources into the development of their SKIEs initiative (Stewardship, Knowledge, Innovation & Excellence) which is used to support employees by…Find out more -
Lincolnshire Police Project Series
Serving to protect the citizens of the county, Lincolnshire Police cover the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and are one of the largest police forces in England and Wales, covering over 2,800 square miles and a population of around 736,000 people. As a result of the service’s size, there are a…Find out more -
The Community Consultation Challenge
The role of the Police Crime Commissioners (PCC) is to be the voice of the people and hold the police to account. A PCC’s aim is to reduce crime and deliver an effective and efficient police service in their force’s local area. To help achieve this goal, the PCC consults…Find out more -
The Public Health Messaging Challenge
Based within the University of Lincoln, the Student Life team aims to create a range of accessible media that both promotes campus-wide initiatives and provides a resource to students looking for additional support. Outside of the teaching environment, Student Life provides a full wrap-around support service for students. The Graduate…Find out more -
The Brand Development Challenge
Complete Careers is a partnership of experienced professionals who aimed to develop their reputation as national thought provokers and providers of career-related services to schools and other academic institutions. Complete Careers asked the project team to review their branding and current engagement practices to understand what changes they could make…Find out more -
The Contemporary Canvassing Challenge
Established in 2004, Lincs Prime Fresh is a food delivery service that supplies a wide range of locally sourced products across Lincolnshire. Their business model originally drew focus upon door-to-door sales and telemarketing, which has seen steep drops in effectiveness in recent years due to the fear of scams, the…Find out more -
The Vulnerable Clients Service Delivery Challenge
This project was in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Citizen’s Advice Service, and the City of Lincoln Council. The project aimed to investigate how the COVID-19 Pandemic impacted users of the three organisations’ services – especially those most at risk of crisis. To achieve this, the…Find out more
Graduate Skills Builder
2021/2022
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The Carbon-Neutral Challenge
Solutions 4 Plastic As a sustainability-focused business, Solutions 4 Plastics are continually developing products to meet market demands whilst supporting renewable, recyclable solutions. One of the key areas for the business’s future development plans is to achieve carbon-neutral status. The Graduate Skills Builder project evaluated the current procedures across the…Find out more -
The Skies Video Challenge
Following on from their previous Graduate Skills Builder project, Micronclean were keen to produce a marketing solution to engage with their employees across all sites, particularly focussed on their SKIES initiative, a strategy to enhance their company culture. The student team worked with Micronclean’s HR and marketing departments to plan…Find out more -
The Housing Sustainability Challenge
ACIS are a not-for-profit social housing organisation located in Lincolnshire and across the East Midlands. A large proportion of ACIS’ primary customer base is over the age of 50, a lot of whom are senior citizens with growing support needs. The additional support required to care for these older clients…Find out more -
The Primary Education Challenge
Complete Careers work with schools at every stage of education, however, as statutory requirements are key within the secondary school curriculum, opportunities to introduce careers are often missed at earlier stages. For this project, Complete Careers looked to develop a resource suite to support the quality award provided at primary…Find out more -
The Expanding Markets Challenge
Camper UK specialises in the sale of motorhomes. With partnerships with celebrity endorsers Shane Richie and Adam Woodyatt, Camper UK is continually seeking new and exciting ways to capture a new audience. The student group evaluated options for marketing the CamperUK products and brand going forward, including new marketing streams…Find out more -
The Rewards & Recognition Challenge
With partnerships with celebrity endorsers Investors in People assessed North Kesteven District Council’s practices in 2020. As part of the assessment, Reward and Recognition was considered a key priority area for the Council. From this assessment, a Reward, Recognition and Core Benefits Strategy had been produced. The strategy included planning…Find out more