College Companies
Our College Companies give students the chance to work on live projects.
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Offering a range of high calibre services to local and global business's, our College Companies are led by industry professionals, our teachers, working alongside a team of trainees, our students.
Our College Companies have worked with a number of local and global organisations on live briefs, allowing our students to get vital work experience and for you to benefit from a high standard, free service.
How it works
- Contact our Business Enterprise Developer regarding your task or project
- Our Business Enterprise Developer will help select the best company for your enquiry
- The students will design a brief for you to agree
- You will have regular meetings with our Business Enterprise Developer and the company to ensure the project is on track
- The final product or report will be presented to you
- You will have one final meeting to ensure that you are happy with everything you have received
- You will have helped our students to gain work experience and received a great service and product, free of charge!
If you are interested in any of the services provided by our College Companies get in touch using the details below.
Our College Companies
Check out our different areas to see how our students can help your organisation.
Live Creative
Our Creative Arts students work with companies to provide services which include branding, film-making, photography and design. They have worked on many briefs including producing promotional videos for a local fitness provider, Carers Choice and The Royal Hotel, as well as working with a film company on a TV commercial.
Orb
Focusing on digital design, Orb will handle briefs from external companies looking to work with our students on projects such as web design, mobile apps and game design. Students will be able to gain real work experience and evidence for their portfolios by working with local small and medium businesses to design and maintain websites, set up and manage databases and become trainee IT technicians.
Care Ready
While studying health, care and medical courses and career routes at USP College, students will have the opportunity to become part of Care Ready. This will give our students the opportunity to work closely with you and gain real world experience to enhance their chosen course. Like all of the College Companies, students will have dedicated study space which has been created to mimic working conditions as closely as possible.
Utopia R&D
Utopia focuses on Research and Development to give students a wide range of skills and business links with an emphasis on research and development in the local area. In their first year, students will take part in work experience based on their area of interest and develop a project based on their Research and Development pathway to form an Extended Project Qualification in their second year at college.
Insight
Our Business students work with companies to provide services such as market research, mystery shopping and event management. The company has completed many projects, including working with MORE TH>N Insurance (part of the RSA Group) on a national campaign to coincide with Road Safety Week, market research for Castle Point Borough Council and Essex Police.
