Summer Teams Enterprise Programme
Are you an undergraduate student? Do you want to develop a range of Graduate Attributes and nurture your employability over the summer break?
The Summer Teams Enterprise Programme is an opportunity for undergraduate students to invest 7 weeks in participating in a fully-online skills development programme, where they will work on a real-life project designed and supported by University staff, gain virtual team-work experience in a group of diverse students, contribute to the University’s learning and teaching through working on impactful outputs, and get this experience listed on their HEAR transcript.
Our call for project submissions will close in April 2026. Please email step@st-andrews.ac.uk for more information.
2025 dates:
- 17:00 BST on Monday 14th April: Call for projects closed for sponsors
- Tuesday 15th April: Student applications opened
- 23:59 BST on Monday 5th May: Student applications closed
- Monday 26th May: Student Welcome and Programme Briefing
- Monday 26th May to Monday 14th July: Core 6-weeks of the programme
- 16th-22nd June: Reading Week
- Monday 15th to Monday 21st July: Final week to wrap-up and submit/present outputs to sponsors
- Monday 4th August: STEP closing ceremony and awards
STEP 2024 projects: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/DDY94MgL9BXLjQSy?ref=Link&loc=play
Past projects: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/emAWPsLaDwqx1Yb9
How does STEP work?
If selected, students are placed in a remote project team of six or seven undergraduate students, based on time-zone and project preferences.
Each team will be given a real-life project to work on, each sponsored by a staff member(s) at a University School/Department.
Students commit to viewing/attending a recording/workshop each week, themed around the University’s Graduate Attributes. They will also commit to completing a reflective log on Moodle each week, reflecting on how the team project is helping them develop that week’s highlighted Graduate Attribute.
Students will agree to a social contract to ensure that they are engaging with the group work and completing all required aspects of STEP. The Social Contract can be found at the following link - STEP Social Contract.
The programme comprises of 7 core weeks of project work and the weekly workshops. These take place from late May to mid-July, including a reading week, followed by a further week where teams will finish and submit the project output to your team’s sponsor. The output can take varied forms, such as a research report, video, creating an educational resource which will be used at the University, a piece of creative work or a website.
At the end of the programme, students can also complete a blog post where you will choose one Graduate Attribute to focus on and reflect on how STEP helped them develop this particular attribute.
If students complete all the skills workshops and reflective elements of the programme they will receive a certificate and electronic badge for their LinkedIn profile, along with guidance as to how they can articulate this experience in future job applications. Additionally, if they complete the blog post, STEP will be listed on their HEAR transcript. There are also individual and team prizes on offer.
Time Commitment
The typical minimum time commitment is 4-6 hours/week over the course of 7 weeks of the programme. This time commitment might be higher towards the end of the programme as the teams work towards completing the outputs.
How do I apply?
Once applications open, an application form will be made available on this page. Before proceeding to the application form, please ensure that you've carefully read the descriptions for all the projects which will be listed below, as you'll be asked to indicate your first and second preference. The deadline for applications is will be in early May 2026, with applications opening in April 2026.