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What is the Poole & Purbeck Platform?
• A fusion of parties who have a common interest in the Poole & Purbeck region.
• These Parties constitute the Poole & Purbeck Community… the core of the platform.
The Poole & Purbeck Community• Made up of: Professionals, Agencies,
Consultancies, Students, Researchers, Scientists, Schools and the General Public.
• Identifying the big questions relating to the region’s rich biodiversity and heritage of the past, present and future.
• Established through an online platform, the Poole & Purbeck Portal…
The Poole & Purbeck Portal
• A critical mass of interest in a fairly small geographical area.
• Providing a forum for businesses to link with the student community.
• A shop window for BU Students & Staff excellence.
• A professional interface between businesses & the public, regional stakeholders, students and staff.
The Poole & Purbeck Portal
• Advertise job/placement opportunities for BU students in the region.
• Allow students and graduates to create profiles to showcase their CVs and skills.
• Allow the general public to raise questions that the consortium will respond to.
• Provide updates on current research, activities, events, news and links to related initiatives.
What we are looking for…
• Members of this community who can provide in-kind support to our student community, such as…
• Preferential placements to BU students.• Independent Research Projects for final year
students.
Benefits for stakeholders
• A presence on the Portal itself.- from a corporate perspective it is valuable to be seen supporting regional
conservation and heritage.
• Potentially increasing Graduate retention in the area, therefore reducing the skills shortage that Dorset is
currently experiencing.