Program of the Saxion - ISEP Student Business Project

The Saxion - ISEP Student Business Project is an event for students of Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto in Porto, Portugal and Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede, The Netherlands. It involves students from both countries working together in teams to solve a real life business assignment and will be carried out by means of virtual mobility and video lectures as well as physical mobility, to finish and wrap up the project. On this website you can find some more information about the way this event works.

The idea behind this project is to provide a rich learning context to enable students to learn about doing an in-depth analysis of a real life problem for an industrial enterprise, related to global markets. Based on the assignment that is made available by one or more of the company partners, some of the questions that the participants may tackle are: What kind of competitors this company will have there? What would be a good strategy for entering the market? And what would be the risks? What kind of processes need to be optmized within this production environment? These and other important questions will be dealt with in the program. All the participants will get the company assignment and detailed instructions, and will have access to on-line platforms for sharing work and documents.

The project consists of an intensive week in which the students are either travelling to Porto or to Enschede, depending on the assignment at hand. A typical program of such a work week looks like:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning: Students introduction / ice-breaker game Lecture: History of the region Doing business in Portugal/Netherlands Afternoon: Company visit, talk about the assignment Group work on the assignment Evening: Welcome dinner	Morning and afternoon: Group work on the assignment Evening: Cultural evening	Morning: Consultation session with the company Group work on the assignment Afternoon: Company visit Evening: Sports activity	Morning: Consultation session with the company Afternoon: Practicing presentations Evening: Free time	Morning: Final group presentations for the company Certificate awarding ceremony Free time Departure.

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The organizing team