Free UWE IT/Business Consultancy – Applications Invited – The Community Action and Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) Scheme

UWE Bristol’s School of Computing and Creative Technologies is offering community, voluntary, and social enterprise organisations the opportunity to receive free consultancy on:

• Information management

• Business planning & strategy

• Training

• IT solutions

• Systems analysis

• Websites & social media support

• Other ICT-related matters

  
  

The consultancy will be delivered by final-year undergraduate student project team(s). Over the past years, our 150+ successful projects have provided clients with practical advice, strategies, and deliverables. This year will be able to support around ~15-20 projects. Projects will begin in October and run until March/April the following year. To learn more about the consultancy and see examples of past student work, visit our website.: https://go.uwe.ac.uk/cake

Applications are now open and the deadline for this year's applications is Monday 31 August 2026

To apply, please complete the online application form available on this direct link https://infohub.uwe.ac.uk/Form.aspx?id=42615576 which can also be accessed from the main scheme page https://go.uwe.ac.uk/cake (*If you had previously benefited from this scheme then you are most "welcome" to apply again).

About the Student Teams: The teams consist of final-year BSc (Hons) IT Management for Business and BSc (Hons) Software Engineering for Business students. They participate in the Community Action and Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) scheme, aiming to:

• Make a positive impact in community settings

• Enhance their skills through real-world projects

• Apply their knowledge to meaningful, relevant challenges

• The project also forms part of their graded module assessment.