Overview

The aim of this project is to establish the Project Management Employability Clinic at Ravensbourne. Its focus is on developing graduates' project profession job-ready skills, enhancing graduate employability and achieving continuous professional upskilling amongst students.

The Project Management Employability Clinic is an organised work-based learning, project-based learning, problem-based learning integrated events for MSc Project Management students.

Project details

The PM Employability Clinic at Ravensbourne is driven by a vision to promote project management mobility by connecting students with industry-based clients in the creative sector. 

The initiative aims to deliver hands-on learning, professional development, and employment opportunities for project management graduates while contributing to the UK’s creative economy and providing a sustainable project portfolio that addresses real-time client problems.

The clinic aims to:

  • Equip students with contemporary project management competencies
  • Improve graduate success rates, employability, and mobility
  • Support businesses and employers by bridging the skills and talent gap
  • Enhance job-readiness and course graduate outcomes

Further details

Duration:

  • Started: 1st March 2024 
  • Completed: 31st August 2024

This project is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which focuses on ensuring inclusive, quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. Specifically, it addresses:

  • Target 4.3: 
    Substantially increasing access to skills for youth and adults
     
  • Target 4.4: 
    Enhancing vocational and technical skills for employment and entrepreneurship

The clinic also seeks to address the project management skills shortage across industries, equipping students with the tools they need to thrive in the future of work.

Press and events

Project management events

  • Project Management Skills Boot Camp
  • Project Management Masterclass and Power Talks
    • Delivered by industry experts and academics, these sessions focus on global megatrends such as project sustainability and data analytics.
  • Lego Scrum Workshop
    • A hands-on workshop designed to teach Agile Project Management through the Scrum framework, helping participants develop practical skills in team collaboration, communication, and adaptive planning.
  • Project Management Career Pathways and Certification
    • Establishment of a PMI Project Management Ready test centre in collaboration with Certiport. Students can earn industry-recognised credentials, opening pathways to roles such as Assistant Project Manager and Assistant IT Project Manager.

  • Prendo Project Management Simulation Workshop

    • This immersive workshop uses Prendo simulation software to place participants in project teams where they tackle real-world client-focused challenges. The simulation helps students:
    • Plan and control complex projects
    • Lead responsibly and sustainably
    • Enhance decision-making, problem-solving, and critical thinking in dynamic environments
    • Workshops are conducted under the guidance of Ravensbourne educators and a qualified facilitator.

    Note: Prendo simulations have been developed in collaboration with leading business schools and industry experts, and are used globally to deliver thousands of simulation workshops.

Delivery team members