Poster 24:

Employer-Led Interdisciplinary Student Projects: What Actually Works?

Joy Perkins (Heriot-Watt University, UK) & Stuart Durkin (University of Aberdeen)

This poster outlines the partnership approaches underpinning the 30-credit module, ‘Employer-led Interdisciplinary Project’. This module is offered to penultimate year undergraduate students in the School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen. A central feature of the 12-week module is an experiential learning opportunity delivered through a virtual, interdisciplinary group project provided by a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), start-up business, or third-sector charity. For those seeking to develop or embed externally sourced, project-based learning, this poster shares our experiences. It highlights what worked, the challenges encountered, and the forms of support that proved critical when working with external partners.