When drafting your project, remember you’re addressing two audiences: students and the Level UP team.
1. Students
Your project should help students build workforce-ready skills. Consider their perspective: interests, availability, and the ability to complete the project in 60 hours over 2 to 12 weeks depending on the cohort breakdown (maximum 30 hours per week).
Your posting must describe a fully-developed project, not a job description. Include clear deliverables, such as source code, presentations, or marketing materials, and specify what students will upload upon project completion. If under an NDA, clarify how deliverables will be handled.
2. Level UP Team
We evaluate projects for clarity, alignment with educational goals, and completeness. Use our project template to ensure you include:
Goal, scope, expectations, and deliverables
Required skills, resources, and mentorship plans
When reviewing completed projects as part of the payment process, the Level UP team will evaluate against the project scope outlined in your original posting. Ensure the description is accurate and detailed to avoid delays.
Employers can match one project to one cohort per funding period (April 2025 - March 2026). Each project is limited to 2 students.
For more details, visit our Level UP Help Centre.
Project checklist:
Is the goal clear?
Is the scope manageable in 60 hours?
Are deliverables and expectations detailed?
Have you outlined mentorship and resources?
Are you clear on the required level of experience required?
Does the project align with educational and industry goals?
Will the project scope guide evaluation during the payment process?
Tips to attract learners to your project
Consider the following best practices to increase the visibility and attractiveness of your project:
Use relevant categories and skills: When setting up your project, be sure to tag all applicable categories and skills. Learners often search or filter projects using these fields, and omitting them can significantly reduce your project's visibility.
Craft a detailed project description: The more specific and informative your project description, the more likely it is to engage learners. Highlight what the project entails, what impact it will have, and what learners will gain from participating.
Align with learner interests: Project recommendations shown to learners are based on the categories of interest they’ve selected in their profiles. Make sure your project’s categories reflect what a learner interested in your field would likely choose.
Clarify the value proposition: Make it easy for learners to understand why your project is a strong opportunity for them—whether it's exposure to real-world problems, experience with a certain tool or technology, or collaboration with a reputable organization.
By combining a strong project checklist with these visibility strategies, you'll greatly improve your chances of attracting the right learners and achieving a successful project outcome.