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Students win entrepreneurship competition
A team of students from the University of Nottingham has been crowned national champions of a youth social action and enterprise competition. The budding entrepreneurs,
whose projects in Nottingham and Uganda won judges’ votes, will go forward to represent the UK in the world finals in September. Over two days, the students
competed virtually against 26 other teams in the 2020 Enactus UK National Expo. Showcasing their social and
community projects, they were limited to a 12-minute pitch judged by business executives. The team was evaluated on how
successfully they demonstrated entrepreneurial leadership to drive business and innovation for sustainable positive impact to benefit people, planet and prosperity this academic year. In the final round, the judging
panel comprised of more than 60 senior business and social sector executives.
Each year, a team from the
University of Nottingham takes part under the name of Enactus Nottingham and is mentored and supported by the Nottingham University Business School. Guided by university and business advisers, students run real-life projects that create economic opportunity for others.
‘It’s an honour to see our Enactus Nottingham team recognised as UK National Champions for the second year in a row’
An annual series of regional and
national competitions provides a platform for teams to present the results of their projects for judging. This year’s representatives - Dan
Macken, Jordan Spurge, Farah Ravat, Ethan Richards, Yash Kumar and Annabel Mair - won the competition
Enactus Nottingham team members in Uganda
after presenting two of their eight inspirational social enterprises. Foodprint, a social supermarket
in Nottingham, tackles food poverty and food waste in the local community through supplying food that’s 60% cheaper than supermarkets and redistributing free food to local charities and school breakfast clubs. Nutrigreens, meanwhile, is an
international project in Uganda which uses the power of innovation to combat malnutrition in Ugandan school children. It is the second year in a row that
the University of Nottingham team has won the competition and marks Enactus Nottingham’s seventh victory in 17 years of taking part.
Professor David Park, Professor
in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Nottingham University Business School, said: “It’s an honour to see our Enactus Nottingham team recognised as UK National Champions for the second year in a row. “It is a privilege for me and my
colleagues in the Business School to mentor and support our students as they continue to make a positive, sustainable impact in our local community and around the world.” Enactus Nottingham will now go
on to represent Enactus UK in the 2020 Enactus World Cup, due to be held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in September.
DMU offers free support to businesses
De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is running free events and offering support to companies, freelancers and SMEs who would like advice and help during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. DMU is offering businesses free
access to experts in areas including entrepreneurship and start-ups, small businesses, wellbeing, manufacturing and management to support businesses at this crucial time.
‘We at DMU want to play our part in helping companies to get through this’
SMEs which are looking for
support to move services and products online can get help from DMU’s digital-savvy students. So far, 29 SMEs have registered
their interest in joining the programme which will see them matched with a student with the skills to help them, for free. Support offered includes one-to
-one sessions, online workshops, mentoring, business planning,
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graduate recruitment support, weekly Twitter Q&As and information on Government support available. Helen Donnellan, Director of
Enterprise and Business Services, said: “Businesses everywhere are facing unprecedented challenges. It’s essential that we all work together to help our businesses to face the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “We at DMU want to play our
part in helping companies to get through this – and to ensure that they emerge stronger, more resilient and more successful.” Amardeep Panaser, Career
Development Manager for the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM), said: “Whether people want help to set up remote meetings online, they want websites building or they are not sure about social media, we have students with the skills to help.”
De Montfort University
Any businesses wishing to access digital support from DMU should email
apanaser@dmu.ac.uk for more information.
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