Helping Students Become Entrepreneurs
Britain is setting up a University Enterprise Network to nurture homegrown tech experts capable of creating the next Google or Facebook
BusinessWeek:
The government is establishing a series of University Enterprise Networks (UENs) in the hope of nurturing a crop of homegrown tech entrepreneurs capable of creating the next Google or Facebook.
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr) has announced the launch of three UENs—including one focusing on science, technology, engineering, maths (the so-called Stem subjects), and another one more broadly focused on innovation and the application of web-based technologies. A third aims to serve the nuclear sector.
Berr said the UENs will enable a total of around 100,000 students and graduates to get the chance to develop their skills as entrepreneurs and business leaders by providing training, advice and encouragement to help develop their business ideas.
Shriti Vadera, minister for economic competitiveness and small business, said boosting graduates’ business savvy is key to ensuring the UK’s long term competitiveness.
The networks are being sponsored by companies from the private sector—including BT, Cisco, HP and Microsoft—which the government says will help budding innovators gain first hand experience of “enterprising workplaces” as the companies will be involved in designing and delivering coursework and activities.
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