This exercise acts as preparation for students who are to collaborate with a company in a project or assignment. In the exercise the students must begin the process of identifying companies it might be relevant for them to collaborate with. The exercise helps the students to get an overview of companies and organisations it might be meaningful for them to collaborate with on their projects, academically as well as personally.
The exercise must provide students with ideas for potential companies or organisations they may contact in relation to a collaboration project. The aim of this exercise is for them to get specific ideas for potential companies or organisations that might be relevant project, business, or thesis partners or that they might contact about a student job or a future job. The exercise strengthens the link between the students’ academic work at the university and the job market.
As a teacher you must introduce the students to various identification options, for instance LinkedIn and different job banks, which they may use to find relevant companies for their collaboration project.