Nexgen Careers — Future-Proofing Students Through Real Work

The Work Sprint model

Work Sprints, explained

A Work Sprint is a time-boxed consultancy project: a team of students, a real company with a live unresolved brief, and a mentored agile process that ends with the team pitching recommendations to the client's decision-makers. Not an internship. Not a simulation. A model we've been refining since 2011 — delivered two unique ways:

A student consulting team working through a live brief with their client — STUDENT TEAM // LIVE CLIENT SESSION

ONSITE // IN-COUNTRY

Consulting immersion in Europe's working cities

Student teams embed in Spain, Italy, Portugal or the UK and work face-to-face with local clients. Client workshops, company visits and cultural immersion compress months of professional growth into weeks.

check_circleReal client rooms, not classrooms — direct collaboration onsite
check_circleCross-cultural experience employers can't get enough of
check_circleDestinations: Barcelona, Rome, Lisbon & more

ONLINE // GLOBAL

International client work from any campus

Teams consult for companies in other markets without leaving campus — international work experience embedded straight into the timetable, accessible to every student, at any cohort size.

check_circleLive international clients, matched to your course focus
check_circleDigital collaboration skills of the distributed workplace
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AND TWO WAYS TO BLEND THEM

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Hybrid Sprints

Online discovery and delivery wrapped around an onsite core — the full arc of a distributed consulting project.

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Nano Sprints

Micro-projects from 16 hours, built around existing classes — the perfect study abroad add-on.

Inside a Work Sprint

One methodology, every format

Whether onsite, online, hybrid or a 16-hour Nano Sprint, every engagement follows the same mentored agile methodology — so quality is consistent at any scale.

PHASE 01 // DISCOVER

Meet the brief

Teams meet the client, interrogate the Live Case Brief and scope the real problem behind the stated one.

PHASE 02 // DEVELOP

Build the answer

Research, prototyping and iteration in agile cycles, with mentor check-ins and client touchpoints throughout.

PHASE 03 // DELIVER

Present to the client

Teams pitch recommendations directly to the client's decision-makers — work that gets used, not filed.

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How we future-proof students

Four things every graduate needs now

A qualification alone no longer guarantees professional security. Every Nexgen programme builds the same four capabilities — the difference between graduates who wait for opportunity and graduates who create it.

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01 // REAL EXPERIENCE

Real Work Sprints for real clients

Not simulations. Students consult on live, unresolved business challenges from vetted companies, working in agile cycles with mentorship — and finish with a Verified Portfolio of client-validated work.

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02 // CAREER DESIGN

EX3 proactive career framework

Students learn to examine their values and goals, explore industries and people, and build tangible career experiences — a repeatable habit loop for every career move they'll ever make.

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03 // SELF-BRAND

Professional self-brand

From LinkedIn presence to how they present client work, students build a credible professional identity backed by evidence — proof of capability that a CV line can't provide.

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04 // DIGITAL & AI

Digital & AI proficiency

Students use AI and digital collaboration tools inside real project work — learning to direct these technologies as professionals, not just consume them as users.

Who we partner with

Two partnership paths

We work differently with different institutions. Choose your path and we'll show you exactly how Work Sprints fit your programmes, your learners and your funding structure.

ERASMUS+ FUNDED

Accessing Erasmus+ funding for your work-based learning

For institutes in the UK and mainland Europe: put Erasmus+ funding to work with structured Work Sprint placements, delivered by an experienced in-country host.

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GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

Custom-built programs for your institution

For universities and colleges worldwide, we co-design onsite and online Work Sprints around your curriculum, calendar and cohort — from faculty-led programs abroad to fully online sprints from your own campus.

check_circleOnsite sprints in Spain, Italy, Portugal & the UK
check_circleOnline sprints with international clients, any cohort size
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About Nexgen

Built by practitioners, since 2011

From high schools in Switzerland to PhDs in Spain, Innovation Masters in the USA to Esports degrees in the UK — we've been co-creating work-based learning with academic partners for over a decade.

Andreu Gual Falco

CO-FOUNDER

"In this evolving job market, theoretical knowledge is just the starting point. We have a duty to move beyond the classroom and provide learners with meaningful, experiential work-based projects that secure their future careers."

Neil Finnie