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Enterprise and Practice Hub

Enterprise and Practice

As the business landscape changes, more companies are looking for agile and creative staff with enterprise skills. The number of start-ups and self-employed people also continues to rise. The Business School develops innovative ways to expand knowledge and create opportunities.

Our Enterprise Development Hub supports enterprise at every level. Students can also choose from a range of work placements that develop their employability skills.

To expand our enterprise activity, we are launching Future Impacts. This series of initiatives draws on our teaching, research, enterprise expertise, and professional connections.

  • We have partnered with FutureLearn, Europe’s largest provider of Massive Open Online »ÆÍø±¬ÁÏ (MOOCs), to offer free online courses on social enterprise. Through this growing digital platform, participants can deepen their understanding of social enterprise and join a developing community of social entrepreneurs.
  • Through our Distinguished Lecture Series, Professor Tim Evans curates lectures by industry experts on the future of key sectors. Previous events include "Cultural Literacy and Learning in Universities" by Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas, and "Raising Humanity’s Gaze" by Dan Lewis, Senior Infrastructure Advisor to the Institute of Directors. The latter explored the emerging commercial space-flight sector and its economic and cultural effects.

»ÆÍø±¬ÁÏBusinessCrowdfund creates new opportunities for students and staff. This innovative platform raises funds for enterprise initiatives and entrepreneurial activity.

Project creators receive skills workshops and guidance from enterprise experts. Funders can support business ideas, social enterprises, product development, events, research projects, and other initiatives.