Celebrating enterprising staff, students and alumni
The Enterprise Programme (TEP) is a nine-week programme to provide participants with the skills, confidence and competencies to enhance their careers or start their own businesses. There was also an opportunity to win £3,000 funding to help towards a business idea.
Marc Lintern, Director of Student Employability and Employment, said: “It was a privilege to be a judge for these awards. It was pleasing to see how much value everybody gained from participating in The Enterprise Programme. There were some very interesting ideas put forward for these awards, including several which didn’t win on this occasion but which have real potential. I look forward to seeing how everyone progresses.”
The winners and highly commended were presented with a certificate and will each have 12 months of mentoring with one of the University’s Entrepreneurs in Residence, use of a free hot desk at an Innovation Connect Centre, with the winners also receiving £3,000 towards their idea. The judges agreed that the Highly Commended recipients were of such quality that they have each been awarded £1,500 towards their idea.
Enterprising Spirit:Winner - Andy BullockHighly commended - Elizabeth Kidd
Societal Impact:Winner - Victoria JowettHighly commended - Adam Denman
Ideas into Action:Winner - Melvin VopsonHighly commended - Sultan Mahmud
Our expertise supporting your business - at no cost!
Do you have a project that is non-critical but has the potential to support your organisation’s growth or success? Apply for our Business Consultancy Project (BCP) and use the expertise of our students to develop your business.
By putting their learning into practice, our students can help you with projects such as:
Using marketing theory to develop better social media strategies.
Conducting competitor analysis to highlight gaps and opportunities.
Creating sustainable ways to attract funding for a social enterprise.
Conducting staff interviews to optimise internal business processes.
Evaluating customer feedback to generate solutions.
Recommending new products and services.
The students receive course credit rather than financial compensation, and you don't need to provide desks at your workplace either as the student team will complete the bulk of their project work either on campus or out and about. Each student team is supported by an experienced academic colleague. The students also attend weekly seminars to support the growth of their business and consultancy skills.
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New podcast series offers advice, lessons and experience for women entrepreneurs
A new podcast series has launched to offer advice, life lessons and richly felt experience for women entrepreneurs.
The ‘Accelerating Women’s Enterprise - Stories from the front line’ podcast features a wide range of business owners, community leaders, charity directors, researchers, mentors, networkers - and entrepreneurs of every kind - all of whom have been involved in the Accelerating Women’s Enterprise (AWE) Project at the University of Portsmouth.
AWE is a multi-partner EU-funded project, which has provided training and mentoring for women on both sides of the English Channel to increase their knowledge and personal skills to start and grow a successful business.
It has supported women through training workshops, face to face advice, mentoring and online learning, all developed specifically for women. Since it started in 2019, it has trained 600 women entrepreneurs and helped over 120 women start businesses.
Each episode will go out weekly on Wednesday at 12 noon from 7 June. You can listen to them on a number of podcast providers including Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Audacity, Podcast Page, iHeartRadio, Gaana, Player FM and JioSaavn.