IMA International has just hosted the 3rd and 4th group of Student Consultants from the University of Sussex since last summer. This programme helps us to engage young professionals in meaningful research activities that are both useful for them to gain insight into our industry as well as for us to harness ideas and innovative research approach of creative, young students. The programme is very well organised by the University of Sussex and we are proud to be one of their partners in this programme.

IMA International has just hosted the 3rd and 4th group of Student Consultants from the University of Sussex since last summer. This programme helps us to engage young professionals in meaningful research activities that are both useful for them to gain insight into our industry as well as for us to harness ideas and innovative research approach of creative, young students. The programme is very well organised by the University of Sussex and we are proud to be one of their partners in this programme.

I'm very grateful for this fantastic opportunity to interact with students.

As always lovely to work with the university to help with our research. Thanks very much. Claire

The group was brilliant to work with - their different experiences, together with the variety of courses they are currently undertaking, provided a mixed foundation to address the issue given.

Thank you Jasmin, our charity's first involvement with your Student Consultancy Programme and your involvement, communication, flexibility and professionalism was excellent.

It's been an absolute pleasure to work with the students from Uni of Sussex. They delivered a really interesting presentation of their findings on my project regarding social media mental health influencers, followed up by detailed and valuable research. This has been a pivotal catalyst for the way I want to focus my attention and services in my business as well as creating a foundation for more extensive research. I'm very grateful to them all for their hard work and generous attention to my existing content, providing much needed feedback from a demographic that I want to engage with.

The programme was extremely well organised from beginning to end, with thorough guidance from the University as well as due diligence from the student group leader and stellar focus from each member of the group. The research and development was priceless for our SME, bringing together thoughts, strategies and action plans that covered various pillars across the needs of the business for growth and scaling up. The tech tools were efficient and the timelines were equally effective. Final presentation was uber professional and as someone who has viewed a lot of presentations, theirs ranked 5-star.

The UoS team was very helpful at every stage of the programme and made it very easy to participate. In particular, their guidance in developing a project brief that was suitable for the students and met our needs was very helpful. This set the foundation from which everything else flowed. I look forward to working together again. The students were also very well prepared for the programme which is also a credit to the UoS team.

Thanks to the students for creating a thorough review of parenting support in the workplace with recommendations. It has been great working alongside the university and enhancing our knowledge on the topic

This was the third project we've run together, but I'm afraid that the results were disappointing this time. Of the 5 students, one dropped out before the project began, two never came to any of the weekly meetings, and the other two had to carry the weight. The team leader did a great job in terms of his persistence, curiosity, an eagerness to learn, professionalism, and keeping a positive spirit despite the challenges. The 2 students who did engage were lovely to work with, and it was a good learning opportunity for them, but I'm afraid that the end result of what was produced didn't fulfil our project goals.

The IMA team was very impressed by the quality and professionalism of the student consultancy team. The recommendations presented to us will advise further research and help us to strategically develop new relationships in the South East Asia region. We believe that team members have been developing both team working skills as well as individual time management while also working on their University assignments. This is a great achievement to produce a quality work under time pressure while at University! Well done team!

Another great scheme provided by Careerlab at University of Sussex. It was very well organised and the schedule worked fine. I would say it felt slightly rushed from my end, I wonder if the students would have liked more time, it would also have been my preference to meet the students in person at our office, but I realise this would take up more time. Thanks for including us in the programme.

Excellent experience and a fantastic project result. Very pleased that the outcome will influence our business in the future

The consultancy programme was very well organised with clear guidelines for employers at the outset and helpful communications throughout. The students were very professional in their approach and provided useful findings and recommendations.

We worked with a group of students from the University of Sussex to explore the topic of female entrepreneurs in the media. The presentation the students gave was exceptional and has a lot of potential to help guide our media business. The students had delved into the data on the topic, uncovering both interesting statistics as well as a range of relevant case studies. their presentation skills were impressive including a well prepared powerpoint and a strong and flowing narrative.

We found the programme really useful to us as a business. The students were communicative, reliable and organised and we all really appreciated the thought and effort that they put into the project.