Executive Programmes
Consultancy & Projects
UWS Business School has the expertise to undertake consultancy projects across a wide spectrum of human resource and general management issues. These range from training needs analysis to restructuring, and from psychometrics to bespoke training.
Our service, like our courses, can be tailored to meet organisations' individual needs - perhaps partnering with clients to identify priority areas for staff development and designing customised training solutions or, more simply, scheduling courses to address a skills gap the client has already identified.
Graduate Placement and Training
Working closely with clients and partners such as Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire, the UWS Business School has run several graduate placement and training programmes. Typically, highly skilled graduates are placed in an organisation and clear objectives for the placement period are defined and agreed. The graduate benefits from both work experience and a structured development programme while the employer benefits from having a highly skilled graduate undertake a special project.
Graduates into Smaller Companies
The Graduates into Smaller Companies programme was a joint European Regional Development Fund and Enterprise Ayrshire programme designed to develop smaller companies in Ayrshire. It bridged the skills gap that can hinder business development in small and medium sized businesses by matching such organisations with suitable graduates seeking to develop their work experience.
Graduates worked to a well-defined project plan with clear and realistic project goals and milestones. Following a training needs analysis, a personal training plan which aimed to develop their personal skills and to prepare them for effective performance in the business environment was developed for each graduate.
By joining the programme companies acquired a cost-effective additional resource to assist in the development of the business. Projects undertaken by these skilled graduates were typically focused on finding and developing new opportunities.
Seminars
The UWS Business School runs regular seminars, many in partnership with other organisations, that are delivered by top quality speakers. These include Edward de Bono, the world-renowned creative thinker, as well as Giovanni Benedetti and Chris van der Kuyl, both innovative entrepreneurs.