Six international students from Newcastle University Business School were invited by 2020 Vision to participate in a project to encourage diversity, equal opportunities and training within the organization, as part of their final year degree course.The partnership between Newcastle University and 2020 Vision delivered excellent results to increase knowledge, communication, legislation and a review of the UK Human Resource process. These ‘life skills opportunities’ provided the students valuable experience towards their Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualification.
Newcastle University Project Manager, Sarah Carnegie has praised the success of the partnership and commitment from 2020 Vision stating ‘it’s a further demonstration of the level of support you have provided to the students’.
2020 Vision General Manager, Dawn McIntyre worked closely with the students throughout the project and encouraged the group to make the most of this opportunity regarding research, interviews and data processing. Dawn also worked closely with Newcastle University to ensure that a scheduled project was delivered to timescale and to agreed objectives.
Dawn praised each student stating “It was a breath of fresh air to welcome these students on board and it was a proud moment to watch them complete the group presentation. All students worked really well and delivered a fantastic presentation to the University”.
The project contents were put together by the General Manager and involved Recruitment, Interviews, Induction Day, Training & Appraisals.
Students, Zohra Agowun, Ashwini Navle, Deng Xinlei, Asset Yeshimbetov, Ting Gao and Yuan Zhou worked within these categories to look at the current 2020 Vision Human Resource system and submitted their recommendations or suggestions to improve on current management control.
Dr Fiona Whitehurst, Director of Engagement at Newcastle University commented ‘we would like to thank you for giving the students this opportunity to work within your organisation as part of their degree programme. Sarah Carnegie is delighted with the work you have done with the students and the experience of working on live projects is immensely valuable to them.’
2020 Vision Managing Director, Peter Houlis said “we are fully committed to living up to our Corporate Social Responsibilities’ CSR. This mutually beneficial relationship resulted in a win-win situation, we gained improvement in our HR policies and procedures, the students gained real life experience in dealing with real business issues”.
