Enterprise Students’ Visit Careers Event in London
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:37:00 BST
This March six Enterprise Development BA(Hons) students travelled down to London to meet fellow young entrepreneurs at the ‘Startup Career Launchpad’ event hosted by The National Association of College & University Entrepreneurs’ (NACUE).
Established in 2009 NACUE directly supports the creation of enterprise societies in education institutions throughout the UK; and organises regular events where students can learn, network and be inspired through talks from experts. The Business School sent down six delegates to the ‘Startup Career Launchpad’ event which aimed to help exciting startups make it in their careers.
The event included informative talks and networking opportunities where delegates discovered what is needed to land a startup job. Key speakers included Andrew Humphries (Co-Founder, The Bakery) and Katie McPhee (Eventbrite UK) who delivered interactive talks about their own startup journeys..
The six students used their free time to see the sights of the ‘big smoke’, including getting the tube to Camden Locks, Leicester Square and Covent Garden.
This trip was arranged by The Business School for a handful of students who are studying the innovative Enterprise Development BA(Hons) course. This distinctive and original course has been designed to help young entrepreneurs start and run their own business whilst studying for a degree and is supported by one of the UK’s foremost entrepreneurs, Theo Paphitis.
Enterprise student Sam Forrest has this to say about the trip, “Overall the trip was really good - the event itself and meeting NACUE staff were really useful, and in our free time we had a lot of fun seeing the sights and really bonded as a group of delegates.” Fellow student Cora Harrisonadded; “I managed to learn about some great start-ups in the tech community and network with the CEOs of these businesses. I have a few business cards as well as some new LinkedIn connections and I have also got to know some of the enterprise guys a lot more which was fantastic.”
