Case Studies

Placement: Funding Research Assistant
Company: North West Literary Arts C.I.C
Student: BA English Literature and Language student, University of Central Lancashire

North West Literary Arts C.I.C is a Community Interest Company that provides performance platforms, writing development support, and publishing opportunities for writers, whilst simultaneously being committed to community.

Placement: Research and Development Assistant
Company: The Growing Club CIC
Student: Anamaria Tigan, BSc Psychology Student, Lancaster University

The Growing Club supports female led micro businesses, by delivering pre-start up, start up and business growth training programmes for women. They work directly with the grass roots social enterprise and qualify past activities and contacts to support further bid writing and funding applications.

Placement: Market Research & Product Promotion Assistant
Company: Vital Signs Engagement
Student: Yiyi Xie, MSc E-Business and Innovation Graduate, Lancaster University

Vital Signs Engagement are a new business bringing to market a new and innovative software solution designed to empower businesses to deliver an employee engagement strategy. Involving collecting data on individuals’ performance and appraisals, giving a value to outcomes from tasks and targets.