For all you crowdfunders out there, we are excited to announce the following crowdfunding events which will take place in Semester 2; Wednesday 11 February, 2-3 pm, Studio: Crowdfunding drop in session Monday 16 February, 6-8 pm, Oak Suite: Creating your own crowdfunding campaign Wednesday 25 February, 2-3 pm, Studio, Crowdfunding drop in session Monday […]
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Enactus Week ( #EnactusWeek) will take place at the University of Surrey between 2-8 February, 2015. It is an opportunity for the Enactus community to come together to raise awareness of Enactus in companies, universities, communities and online. The diary of Enactus events taking place from 2-8 February, 2015 is shown below: Enactus will be […]
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Student Enterprise in conjunction with the Careers Service are running the following Enterprise Skills Workshops during Semester 2. 18 February; Marketing and selling your product/service 25 February: The art of public speaking – conquer the fear! 11 March: Legal information for start-ups 18 March: Intellectual property focus – what do you own? All these workshops […]
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This challenge is for teams of teams of 5 students at any level from any or mixed faculties but they MUST all be different nationalities and from at least THREE different continents e.g. Europe, Asia, Africa, America. The idea behind the challenge is to find and collaborate with new international contacts and set up your mini global network for life.
The Challenge will involve:
• Thinking up an idea for a social enterprise to help a charity (to be defined at the launch)
• Describing the concept or making a demo
• Explaining how it would work financially
• Making a pitch for the prize (why should your team get it?)
• Filming it all inside 3 minutes and putting it on YouTube
The best team will win £1000 and a further £1000 will be donated to the charity involved.
Wednesday 11 February: 5:30-7 pm, LTA: Drop in session with Entrepreneur-in-Residence to ask any questions about the Challenge or general enterprise-related matter.
Thursday 19 February: 6-73:30 pm, LTJ: Santander Social Enterprise Challenge launch
Wednesday 4 March: 6-7:30 pm, LTA: Santander Social Enterprise Challenge finals
To sign up email: enterpriseevents@surrey.ac.uk
Surrey Entrepreneurs have organised a presentation for Thursday 15 January at 11 am in Lecture Theatre F. Andrew Ryan, the commercial director from QinetiQ will be giving a talk. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please sign up by going to the Surrey Entrepreneurs’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/entrepreneursofsurrey
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Could you make a short film or animation (1 minute) focusing on the subject of effective listening? The SimVenture team has launched a film competition open to amateur film-makers aged 18 and over. The purpose of any submitted film is to communicate how people listen well and the value of being an effective listener. The content […]
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