Project Management Employability Clinic

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
   

Aims

• Create a Project Management Clients & Partners Database (Internal and External to course) which will further establish strong collaborations and create real-world client’s apprenticeship and internship opportunities for graduates through industry engagement.
   
• Build job-ready project management workplace skills that graduates need to progress to employment and career pathways. 
   
• Encourage student participation to improve business communication and boost graduates' confidence. The project aims to engage students in real-time to gain Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points and Professional Development Units (PDU) for progress tracking and their career portfolio before graduation. 
   
• A real-time project analytics dashboard will be built and showcased internally, aiming to help other stakeholders at Ravensbourne adopt similar professional practices through Knowledge Exchange (KE).

Outcomes                                                                    

• With reference to United Nations (UN) sustainable development goal 4 of ensuring equity, inclusivity, and a respectful project learning environment, and to achieve and integrate Goal 4’s Target 4.3 and Target 4.4 (United Nations, 2023) of affordable education and increasing job skills readiness for employability and entrepreneurship within my module, Dr Vaibhavi's is focused on achieving improved results and graduate success through shared learning. 
   
• Dr Vaibhavi also looks forward to becoming a signatory of the SDG Accord as academic staff to develop within the project management sector. She will be including students as ambassadors of these target goals with a focus on sustainable education.
   
• To help overcome workforce skills gaps or shortages in the employment market in London and minimise the profound impact of the lack of suitably job-ready and skilled candidates in the job market faced by many firms. 
   
• To help businesses and clients meet on-board training needs and help to fulfil project management skill requirements. 
   
• This project will help students gain employability and job-ready skills needed for the project management sector as they aim to become effective project managers.
   
• For a job market that is increasingly valuing diverse skillsets, the need of continuous upskilling will be fulfilled by our course and department to meet course specifications and Ravensbourne’s strategy. 
   
• We will look to achieve improved career mobility as certifications will aid students to advance in careers in construction, engineering, the creative sector, and IT and become adaptable and future ready.

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.

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.