Mayor Thanks Students for Hard Work
Latest press releasesFor the second year, Coventry City Council has offered postgraduate students from Warwick Business School the opportunity to carry out projects to investigate and propose solutions to a range of current issues and problems.
The projects take place over the summer months, and require the students to apply their knowledge of their studies at WBS to help solve issues or problems experienced by complex organisations such as Coventry City Council. This year's projects include manpower models for the catering and cleaning division, school meals analysis, models to improve the deployment of parking attendants, and desktop software rationalisation.
On Monday 4 September, 18 WBS students will present their research and conclusions to the various managers at Coventry City Council. Keen to extend their thanks to them, the City Council has laid on a celebratory lunch, attended by Coventry's Lord Mayor, Shabir Ahmed. He said, "I am very pleased to be meeting with these students from Warwick Business School. I believe it's very important for the future growth of Coventry that we welcome, encourage and support all students choosing to study here, and I look forward to personally congratulating them on their achievement."
Les Oakshott is the WBS Project Manager responsible for finding and organising projects for the students. "To quote a rather well-worn expression, the projects present a 'win win' situation," said Les. "Students benefit because they gain valuable experience of working on a real project and companies benefit because they get a consultancy project completed at relatively little cost and have access to the resources of WBS. We also benefit because a successful project enhances our reputation."
Tariq Ditta, whose City Services Directorate supplied many of the projects, said "It is clear that these students have technical specialist skills that can be used to great effect in a complex organisation like the City Council. Some managers have commented that it is great to have extra support to examine all the issues that are long outstanding! They also confess that sometimes they don't understand all of the models, particularly the mathematical models that are being used!"
Les added,"I am always pleased to see how big a contribution students make and how grateful companies are with the projects. Now we have the new MSc in Information Systems and Management as well as the MSc in Management Science & Operational Research, we are able to offer even more scope for projects."
The projects take place over the summer months, and require the students to apply their knowledge of their studies at WBS to help solve issues or problems experienced by complex organisations such as Coventry City Council. This year's projects include manpower models for the catering and cleaning division, school meals analysis, models to improve the deployment of parking attendants, and desktop software rationalisation.
On Monday 4 September, 18 WBS students will present their research and conclusions to the various managers at Coventry City Council. Keen to extend their thanks to them, the City Council has laid on a celebratory lunch, attended by Coventry's Lord Mayor, Shabir Ahmed. He said, "I am very pleased to be meeting with these students from Warwick Business School. I believe it's very important for the future growth of Coventry that we welcome, encourage and support all students choosing to study here, and I look forward to personally congratulating them on their achievement."
Les Oakshott is the WBS Project Manager responsible for finding and organising projects for the students. "To quote a rather well-worn expression, the projects present a 'win win' situation," said Les. "Students benefit because they gain valuable experience of working on a real project and companies benefit because they get a consultancy project completed at relatively little cost and have access to the resources of WBS. We also benefit because a successful project enhances our reputation."
Tariq Ditta, whose City Services Directorate supplied many of the projects, said "It is clear that these students have technical specialist skills that can be used to great effect in a complex organisation like the City Council. Some managers have commented that it is great to have extra support to examine all the issues that are long outstanding! They also confess that sometimes they don't understand all of the models, particularly the mathematical models that are being used!"
Les added,"I am always pleased to see how big a contribution students make and how grateful companies are with the projects. Now we have the new MSc in Information Systems and Management as well as the MSc in Management Science & Operational Research, we are able to offer even more scope for projects."
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