Springboard
Since 2018, our Springboard programme has given young people from all backgrounds access to work experience, mentorship, and support from our diverse teams of experts. Working together in small groups, the students devise ingenious, technology-led solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
Springboard has now provided more than 350 young people in the UK and the US with an opportunity to experience consulting, develop essential skills, and find innovative ways to speed progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the 17 global targets to promote peace and prosperity while protecting our environment.
Ingenious solutions devised by student teams have ranged from virtual reality training and onboarding programmes to the use of artificial intelligence in planning and infrastructure design.
I was expecting a boring experience but I was completely wrong. The Springboard experience was amazing! Everyone I met (the staff, the clients and the other participants) was extremely welcoming and made the week as incredible as it was. It was truly work experience I’ll always remember and I loved it at PA.”
I didn't expect it to impact me so much, but the Springboard experience really improved my confidence and presenting skills. I was really nervous and was so close to pulling out before the programme started, but I’m so glad I didn’t.”
It really opened my eyes to the ways of problem-solving. I will be able to then use these skills in other parts of my life.”
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