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Roger James Hamilton, Founder and CEO of Genius Group, a world-leading entrepreneur Edtech and education group, discusses how introducing a globalized curriculum will help better prepare students for work and entrepreneurship and bring education into the 21st century.  Investing in technology companies has always been a challenging task for investors. The industry is constantly evolving, w...
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The winners of QUB Dragons' Den 2023 are announced, with three innovative student businesses sharing the £20k prize pot. On Wednesday 19th April, SU Enterprise held the Final of QUB Dragons’ Den on campus at Queen’s University. The competition sponsored by MCS Group, QUBIS, Santander Universities, Tughans Solicitors, and the Engineers in Business Fund, came to an electrifyin...
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Small Business Britain & Lloyds Bank launch new report on disability and Entrepreneurship, revealing barriers disabled & neurodiverse people face when starting businesses and outlining recommendations to correct this inequality. Major systemic changes are needed to make UK entrepreneurship more equitable, accessible, and inclusive for disabled founders*, according to a new report from ...
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New study by business financial platform Tide reveals that over 50% of women find access to finance the biggest barrier to starting their own business. More than one in two (53%) women across the UK find it challenging to start their own business, with limited access to finance the most significant barrier, a survey by Tide, the leading digital business financial platform, has warned. Recent f...
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  Startacus and Revolve Comics launch TECH CHAMPIONS Belfast, an exciting tech-themed careers comic to highlight diverse range of tech careers and opportunities for young people in the Belfast area. An innovative comic-focused initiative for young people and schools in the Belfast area which showcases careers in the IT industry has been launched to drive awareness on the employment opp...
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Startacus co-founder to be based at NWRC one day a week to help drive innovation among students and the college community. Excited to share the news that the North West Regional College (NWRC) has appointed its first entrepreneur in residence, supporting students on their first steps into business and that entrepreneur in residence is none other than our very own Alastair Cameron, co-founder of...
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Berlin-based Tomorrow University is on a mission to empower and educate the change makers of tomorrow and help create a more sustainable future. As we all know, one of the biggest impacts of the pandemic has been the inevitable rise in remote working and learning. As you’d expect therefore, there are more and more startups being created to service our “remote” needs - whether ...
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The recipients of the 2022 Ulster Bank Enterprise Fund are announced, each aiming to promote and encourage entrepreneurship amongst underrepresented groups. Ulster Bank has partnered with three organisations to champion diverse entrepreneurship across Northern Ireland. ArtsEkta, One in Five, and Enterprise Northern Ireland, have each been awarded funding through Ulster Bank’s Enterprise ...
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The Enterprise SU Team at Queen's University Belfast continue to lead the way in fostering entrepreneurship and inspiring innovation... Since the academic year will soon be drawing to a close, it’s a pretty good time to shine a light on a couple of the fab programmes and initiatives that the Queen’s Students’ Union’s Enterprise SU team have been delivering, all aimed at...
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Planning to start your own business? Here are 3 basic things you'll need to have before doing just that... When you are launching your own business, you are going to be working overtime to make sure that you have all your bases covered. Additionally, you are going to be surrounded by people telling you how they would do things differently if they were in your position. You need to remember that...
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