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

Career direction and business knowledge — develop your career plans through a professional training programme.
Theory into practice — apply what you learn by working with real clients and real business processes.
Consultancy skills and experience — tackle genuine business challenges and build evidence for your CV.
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:

WhereOpportunities
In your courseLive briefs, consultancy projects, placements, reflective portfolios, external dissertations
Alongside your courseEmployer workshops, industry simulations, BUS Skills Award (the Business School’s adaptation of the university-wide Career Skills Award), hackathons
In your own timeCareer 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.