Business Clinic
The Business Clinic at Queen's Business School gives organisations access to a student consultant / consultancy team to work on a specific issue or challenge related to the business.
Businesses of all shapes and sizes are eligible to take part in the Business Clinic. Industry, government, charities, and not-for-profit organisations can approach us with a specific business issue that has been identified internally, but not yet worked through due to time or available resources.
Postgraduate students are matched with businesses looking for consultancy support with a specific issue. Each student is supervised by an experienced academic. The students receive structured guidance on how to approach the problem, putting what they have learned in their degrees into practice. They work on the business issue between January 2024 and May 2024.
Organisations should come to the Business Clinic with a clearly defined project for the student consultants to work on. Each student will require a company mentor who will help them to understand the business and fully explain the issue to be worked on, and help them with access to necessary business data.
The student consultants will produce engaging, action-oriented reports complete with evidence-based, tangible recommendations in the form of a report. The presentation, report and recommendations forms part of the students' graded coursework, providing strong motivation to deliver excellent results.
We welcome consultancy projects on topics such as:
- Strategic changes - expansion to new markets, the future of work
- People - talent management, global workforce management
- Marketing and communications - social media strategy, marketing strategy
- Operations - workforce, supply chains
- An aspect of a new product/ service offering
- External factors impacting your organisation
- And others.
Students have worked with organisations such as: Danske Bank, KPMG, Innovation Factory, Bryson Charity Group, AllState NI, Denroy, and TeamFeePay.
Belfast tech start-up GetSociable is a one-stop-shop app for businesses in the hospitality, leisure, tourism and creative industries. Before launching in March 2023, they needed to get both businesses and consumers on board. They recognised the need for a creative and robust social media strategy to help spread the word, but didn't have the in-house resources to manage this.
Learn how they utilised the Business Clinic for free support.
Applications are now closed for 2023. If you applied for the most recent intake, our Director of Business Engagement, Julie McCandless, will soon be in touch to discuss the suitability of your application and next steps.
Applications are not currently open.