We started our engagement in November at the Law School at Durham University, where we delivered a workshop on why law students make excellent business analysts. The students highlighted how much they enjoyed the interactive presentation. They got to experience how to navigate the world of business analysis, while coming up with a solution that involved the Online Safety Act.  

Following that first session, we visited Longbenton High School in North Tyneside with three business analysts from Opencast, who told students at a school assembly about their career path and what being a business analyst involved. We had great feedback from the school about the session – and we’re already talking to the school about arranging a follow-up workshop later in 2024.

We also both attended Churchill Community College in Newcastle for another school assembly where we talked about how we each stumbled upon the business analyst career path and about our work at Opencast. The students and the teachers really appreciated the insights we shared with them and we’re looking forward to bringing our workshop on business analysis to the college again in 2024. 

We also took our workshop online on why law students make excellent business analysts, with Newcastle Law School students offered a co-creation session.

Our sessions have already reached over 100 students If you know about a school where you think students would benefit from hearing from us, please get in touch.  We’d love to work with you and spread the word about business analysis being one of the best career choices you can make. (Yes, we are a bit biased!)

Published: 5 January 2024