EEUK

Summary

Teesside University has an exemplary record of supporting graduate start-up businesses. In particular its Digital Fellowship scheme has supported the successful launch of over 200 new graduate businesses in the last three years.

This has been part of the University's wider involvement in the regional 'Digital City' economic regeneration project. The 'Fellowship' scheme has developed into a carefully constructed process of creative support, business mentoring and skills development that has underpinned its undoubted success.

The University has ambitious goals for its business engagement activities and sees student and graduate entrepreneurship at the heart of this.

This one day event included 3 interactive workshops which encouraged the sharing of practical knowledge and techniques.

Left, Liz Ree who attended from the University of Sheffield.

A short video recorded at the event can be viewed here.

Please note: presentations are available for download below.

Delegates who attended this event had the opportunity to:

• Learn more about Teesside University's Digital Fellowship scheme and its unique support structure.

• Hear about the challenges of both mentoring on the programme and participating on it.

• Share and take away ideas, experience and techniques for developing more effective sustainable graduate enterprise programmes.

• Explore ways in which the Digital Fellowship model might be adapted to delegates' own institutional goals.

• Share their own thoughts and experiences through contributions to discussions and workshops. 

Speakers included:

Andy Price, Teesside University

Sara Pates, University of Sheffield

Martin Davies, Bloom Studio - former DigitalCity fellow

Stephen Barnes, University Campus Suffolk

Richard Hanage, Richard Hanage Associates

Jonathan Scott, Teesside University and board member, EEUK

Presentations:  

• R Hanage - EEUK Mentoring - am session.pdf
• R Hanage - EEUK Mentoring - pm session.pdf
• S Barnes - Three key moments in the design and launch nn.pdf