We are pleased to announce that we are once again running our Swans Den competition in partnership with the University of Lincoln’s Students’ Union & Unloc. Swan’s Den gives students an opportunity to pitch a business idea for the chance to be awarded a grant of up to £5,000. This process will allow you to …
Launchpad by Thrive Run by Rebecca Oxborough from Thrive, the Launchpad sessions are a series of workshops run four times across the year. Each session is the same, allowing for different cohorts of students and graduates to benefit from them. Thrive ‘Launchpad’ is an interactive workshop focussing specifically on participants business or business idea learning …
The Graduate Start-up Accelerator Programme aims to support recent University of Lincoln pre-start Graduate entrepreneurs to start-up in business, assisting them to develop their creative, entrepreneurial ideas into a growing business through a programme of support and opportunity to pitch for grant funding. The programme is delivered fully online and in partnership with Stuart Hartley, …
Santander is offering early-stage startups across the UK the opportunity to win up to £25,000 equity-free funding and business support through the Santander X UK Awards 2023. This year’s programme has two categories: university (for new businesses looking to launch) and startup (for growing businesses ready to scale). Traditionally a competition for university entrepreneurs, this …
The University of Lincoln delivered an interactive workshop session at the UKCGE Annual Conference held at The University of Edinburgh on Tuesday 4th July. The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) is the representative body for postgraduate education and research, providing collective leadership and support to the postgraduate sector. The Annual Conference serves as the …
Friday 2nd June saw The University of Lincoln Student’s Union partner with Student Enterprise to run a knowledge exchange and networking event entitled, Connect, Create, Succeed. The event was focussed around bridging the gap between seasoned professionals and students, and exchanging insights into how you can go about navigating the working world, with the discussion …
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Introduce yourself and your business: My name is Daniel Coskeran and I run The Mysterious Jeweller which is a men’s fashion jewellery business. How did you come up with your business idea? For many years I wanted to start wearing jewellery, but I was a student so I didn’t want to spend close to £100 …
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Research conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) has found that the University of Lincoln is among the top five universities in the UK for student start-ups. The study, titled ‘Intellectual property: Spin-off activities by HE provider, type of activity, metric and academic year’, analysed data from the 2021/22 academic year and earlier, with …
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On Monday 17th April, the final stage of Swan’s Den 2023 took place. Eight student entrepreneurs made it through the final, held at the University of Lincoln’s Sparkhouse building, and they were judged by a panel based on a short pitch and a business plan. Our panel included Dr Jo Mason, founder of Propulsion Coaching, …
Student Enterprise were delighted to deliver a series of talks on starting a business in Lincolnshire to Lincoln College students during their School of Professional Industries Week. Presented by Reece Leggett, Student Enterprise Coordinator, his talks focussed around inspiring and motivating students to consider starting their own business, or explore self-employment as a future career …
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