Core projects
“As part of our commitment to corporate social responsibility, Cisco also offers teaching support, work experience opportunities, awards sponsorship and taster events, where students can meet Cisco apprentices,” says Cisco’s executive sponsor Guy Howell.
Cisco’s HR team also provides a STEM adviser, and the company runs core projects offering practical working experience:
Classroom of the Future: this early collaboration consisted of 250 students split into teams including marketing, finance, business case, technology and security, in a competitive project to design their ideal classroom of the future.
Internet of Things (IoT): a six-month project where 40 teams of computing students created IoT solutions, concluding in April 2017 with an IT expo showcasing their achievements.