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Economics Consultancy Practice

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University of East London
University of East London
London, England, United Kingdom
Gerta Kellici
Senior Lecturer
(23)
5
Timeline
  • March 5, 2024
    Experience start
  • May 4, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Financial modeling Investment Risk, audit and compliance
Skills
project management finance portfolio management online communication data analysis economics
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from University of East London to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work our students have strong subject knowledge in all core areas of economics, data analytics, finance and behavioural economics. Students will work on the main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.

Our students are familiar with managing projects and working under pressure. We regularly run portfolio management simulations using our Bloomberg Trading floor, you can watch a video about this here. You can read more about our BSc economics course here: Link


Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
15 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The team will clarify the project objective(s) with the business and present their proposal, solution, or recommendations at the end of the project through:

  • a poster within a 5 to 10-minutes presentation, and
  • an up to 1500-words brief report.
Project timeline
  • March 5, 2024
    Experience start
  • May 4, 2024
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students in groups of 5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

There is a wide range of potential project focus such as, but not limited to:

  • Macroeconomics and/or sector level analysis
  • Corporate Finance or Portfolio Management Advising
  • Microeconomic level analysis of firm efficiency and marketing data analytics
  • Data analytics and modeling / forecasting of business or economic data
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

How is your project relevant to the course?

Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.