Team assignment

Step 1: Indicate your choice regarding the different team assignments

Towards the end of the first block, you will be asked to submit your project preferences in form of an application (CV and cover letter). The teams will be formed, if possible, on the basis of interest in the offered project. In general, the aim is to form teams in which the knowledge and skills required to fulfill the assignment are represented.

Step 2: Acquaintance with team, client and assignment

At the start of the project, you become acquainted with the client and the assignment, which is then further explored via interactions between the team and the client. During the project you have a few meetings with your client and your team is coached by a supervisor from the faculty. We expect an initiating, cooperative, and responsible attitude from the team, culminating in a professional oral and written presentation to the client.

Step 3: Create a plan and execute it under supervision

The team assignment starts after the client and the supervisor have approved the plan. The agreements are recorded in a project plan and carried out according to the methodology of project-based work.

Step 4: Completion with presentation, final advice, or product and reflection report

The project ends with an oral presentation of the advice or product to the client. In addition, there are two written products, namely a final product in a form that has been agreed in the project plan, and a personal reflection report. In the reflection report the student looks critically at the group process and his / her /their own role in it.

The final advice or product must meet the following criteria:

• It is in line with the client's request.
• It contains an analysis of the central question and the organisation in it's social context.
• The proposed solution is theoretically substantiated using the content of the study programs that are represented in the group.

And after that?

The end of the project can also be the start of a new individual project, for example a Bachelor's thesis.

Read more about the 2021 Impact Award-winning student team from the 2020 career minor on the website of the Science Shop.