Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Programme
This programme includes a range of engaging events intended to explore different aspects of enterprise and innovation. So if you think you have a great business idea, why not come along and find out how to turn it into a reality? To find out more and to book a place on any of the events running during Semester 1, click on the course title below, which will take you to the relevant page on the on-line course booking system. (Note that some courses are not yet live for booking, so nothing will be visible.)
For information about the whole range of planned events, including Semester 2, see the programme outline below. Further events may be added during the year, so be sure to check back periodically.
The Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Programme (EEP) was established during academic year 2011-12. The University of St Andrews received substantial funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to deliver a programme of educational events focusing on enterprise, innovation and entrepreneurship for the researcher community. This programme of events, developed by the Knowledge Transfer Centre and The Careers Centre and coordinated by CAPOD, has now been integrated into the GRADskills Programme.
Semester 1 events
How to network – an introduction (Open for booking now)
Friday 12 October 2012, 10:00 – 13:00
A single conversation can change your life…. Harness the power of networking to make the right connections for your future.
Ideas Generation (Open for booking now)
Monday 22 October 2012, 15:00 - 17:00
Would you like to be your own boss? Or would you like to do something to improve the world? In this session you’ll get a chance to think about where good business ideas come from and you’ll learn some techniques to help you come up with ideas of your own.
Pathways to Venture Creation (Will go live 12 October 2012)
Friday 9 November 2012, 15:00 - 17:00
Every great venture, whether it’s Google, Innocent Drinks or Oxfam, started with an idea which its founder then worked hard to turn into reality. In this session, we’ll be considering what makes one idea good and another bad. Then we’ll be using an Idea Map to think through ways of turning an idea into a venture.
Business Basics (Will go live 22 October 2012)
Tuesday 20 November 2012, 15:00 - 17:00
Every venture - whether it’s a large, international corporation or a local community project - needs to be able to work out what it’s going to do and how it’s going to do it. But just how do they formulate strategy and take decisions? In this workshop, you’ll get a chance to use tools taught in business schools to explore how three very different organisations operate. This session is particularly relevant to those with limited business experience.
Academic Freedom and IP Rights (Will go live 22 October 2012)
Friday 23 November 2012, 15:00 - 17:00
As your career develops you will need to appreciate both your own and other’s freedom to access background rights for your work, and have some understanding and appreciation of intellectual property and the rights associated with its ownership.
Semester 2 events
How to network – an introduction (Will go live 4 January 2013)
Friday 8 February 2013, 10:00 – 13:00
A single conversation can change your life…. Harness the power of networking to make the right connections for your future.
Academic Freedom and IP Rights (Will go live 7 January 2013)
Friday 8 February 2013, 14:00 - 16:00
As your career develops you will need to appreciate both your own and other’s freedom to access background rights for your work, and have some understanding and appreciation of intellectual property and the rights associated with its ownership.
Become a Confident Networker
Date to be confirmed
When you hear the word networking, people often associate it with marketing, selling and promotion. Whilst that is partially true everyone builds new and strengthens existing relationships by networking. It’s all about communication and these days with the growth of social media, the mobile phone and e-mail, the art of face to face networking can sometimes be overlooked. There can never be a substitute for making good connections by attending both internal and external events. This session, run by Kintish, will show you how to work a room and when you spot a potential opportunity to move the relationship forward.
How to Follow Up Opportunities
Date to be confirmed
How often, having been at an event, have you sensed an opportunity that you have not actually followed up? Prospects don't buy 'on the spot', it takes time to create trust and build a relationship. If you don't call after spotting that chance to work together, why did you go? Was it simply for the free food and drink?
This session will convince you, with an entertaining and powerful presentation, that, forever more, you will just want to follow up those initial leads.
I'm an Entrepreneur...
Date to be confirmed
This residential course is an opportunity to try to turn an interesting idea, which may arise from your research, into a venture; and if you don’t have an idea yet it is just the place to be inspired by like-minded people. There will be sessions on developing and delivering your ‘pitch’, customers and competitors, developing your idea, expert entrepreneur coaching, making money and planning your enterprise. Participants on this event will also take part in two half-day follow-up sessions.
