For Students
Gain real consultancy experience, build your professional network and make a difference to London’s businesses.At the Business Solutions Centre, students are not observers — they are co-creators.
Students from across LSBU Business School — including Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Business Management and Economics degrees — join the BSC to gain real-world experience while making a genuine difference to London’s SMEs and entrepreneurs.
What you'll gain
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- Career direction and business knowledge — develop your career plans through a professional training programme.
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- Theory into practice — apply what you learn by working with real clients and real business processes.
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- Consultancy skills and experience — tackle genuine business challenges and build evidence for your CV.
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- A professional network — connect with the university’s business community, employers and alumni.
Ways to get involved
The BSC connects you to opportunities at every level of your university experience:
| Where | Opportunities |
|---|---|
| In your course | Live briefs, consultancy projects, placements, reflective portfolios, external dissertations |
| Alongside your course | Employer workshops, industry simulations, BUS Skills Award (the Business School’s adaptation of the university-wide Career Skills Award), hackathons |
| In your own time | Career Skills Award, micro-internships, CV coaching, enterprise competitions |
Creating and measuring value
Your time with the BSC builds skills and experience you can evidence:
- Skills you can track — we measure skills development before and after projects, so you can see — and show employers — how far you’ve come.
- Experience that counts — authentic client work, placements and work-based learning that strengthen your CV and graduate outcomes.
- A network that lasts — as an LSBU graduate, you can return to the BSC as a mentor, strengthen your professional network, and give back to the next generation of students.