Guaranteed Business School Work Experience Opportunities
Real experience. Real clients. Real opportunities.
Your career starts before you graduate
Your career doesn’t start when you graduate, it starts while you're here.
At LSBU Business School, your career comes first in the way that we design our programmes. We bring the world of work into your degree, with opportunities to apply what you learn, work with real organisations and build experience throughout your studies. Every student will complete at least one meaningful work experience opportunity before they graduate.
Real experience. Real clients. Real opportunities. Guaranteed.
Craft genuine solutions for real businesses
Every Business School undergraduate will work on a live brief as a credit-bearing module as part of your course.
As part of your live brief, tackle genuine business challenges to find real solutions for real companies. Work with others to develop your ideas and present your thinking to a real client. You'll develop professional resilience, communication skills and networks you’ll take into your career.
This is real industry work, and you’re getting it before you graduate.
And that’s just the start.
Through the Business Solutions Centre, you can take on further consultancy projects with real businesses and organisations. You could work on challenges across areas such as marketing, finance, social media, business planning and more. Students have worked with local businesses and organisations including the Southwark Council, NHS, the Metropolitan Police and more.
Your future. Your career. We’re here for it
Our Business Work Experience Guarantee sits alongside career-focused course content and LSBU CareerSmart programme to connect you with opportunities and employers throughout your degree.
You’ll learn how to put your knowledge into practice, build professional confidence and join networks that can help you take your next step.
This includes the Career Skills Award, an initiative designed to help students build and evidence key employability skills to stand out in the dynamic world of work.
With teaching that's designed around industry and support from Careers Hub, everything is working to push you towards your future.
You’ll be supported to build your CV, prepare applications and develop the confidence to make the most of every opportunity.
And you’ll do it all in London – the economic engine of the UK and one of the world’s most powerful business hubs, with global companies, ambitious start-ups, SMEs and public sector organisations all around you on our doorstep.
And there’s a strong track record behind it. Our graduates are consistently the highest paid on average among similar London universities, one, three and five years after graduating. (LEO, 2023–2026)
Get closer to the employers you want to work with
You’ll also have opportunities to meet employers, hear from industry professionals and build your network while you study.
Take part in mentoring, employer-led activities, professional networks, guest sessions and industry events – giving you the chance to learn from people working in the careers you’re interested in.
LSBU works with employers including Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley, Warner Bros. Discovery, Allen & Overy and BNP Paribas CIB.
Gain experience that’s right for you
We make sure the experience you gain matches your ambitions, your circumstances and the career YOU want to build.
As part of our guarantee, you can choose from a menu of opportunities, including:
Live briefs
Marketing students have worked on live industry briefs set by Lush, The Natural History Museum, Bogner, Next, Greenpeace, Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, and WPP.
With The Natural History Museum, past students developed integrated marketing communication plans and digital strategies to engage Gen Z audiences with the renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
Placements
Apply your learning in a professional environment with opportunities to apply for placements, internships and part-time work as part of your degree programme, with options for paid and unpaid opportunities.
You can also build your CV and professional confidence through voluntary or paid internship opportunities.
Previous students have completed work placements and secured graduate roles with:
- HSBC
- Morgan Stanley
- Disney
- Amazon
- Samsung
- PwC
- Metropolitan Police
Our graduates have secured roles including - Commercial Manager, Senior Digital Marketing Executive, Digital Marketer, Business Analyst, Venture Capital Analyst, Capital Markets Analysis and Management Consultant.
Consultancy projects
Gain further opportunity to work with real clients on live briefs through the Business Solutions Centre and develop your commercial skills, experience and CV. Business Students have worked with Southwark and Lambeth Council.
Entrepreneurship
Maybe your future career starts with a job. Or maybe it starts with an idea.
Explore entrepreneurship through start-up learning, projects, mentoring and support.
South Bank Works and South Bank Starters can help you develop your ideas, understand what it takes to build a business and connect with the people who can help you take your next step.
We work with you so you can work for yourself.
[Explore entrepreneurship at LSBU - https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/business/entrepreneurship/southbank-starters]
Community business challenges
Use your skills to work on challenges that make a difference to organisations and communities around you.
Expand your professional network
Build direct connections with employers through mentoring, employer events and industry networking.
Marketing students have learnt from guest lectures delivered by Managers and Directors at: Bulletproof, The Nest, AVK, VP Communications Ltd, Hootsuite and Lush.
A guarantee for one is a guarantee for all
Whether you’re balancing study with caring responsibilities, commuting to campus, joining us from overseas or looking to build an international career, you can find a way to gain meaningful experience that shapes your career.
