Salford: Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025

During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025, Salford Business School delivered an ambitious and inclusive enterprise programme that engaged 368 students across seven activities and connected them with more than 60 businesses. Sessions explored technology innovation, sustainability, purposeful business, leadership and investment readiness, giving students meaningful insight into contemporary entrepreneurial practice. The highlight of the week was our civic partnership with Salford City Council, where a co creative hackathon enabled students to address real local enterprise challenges and propose solutions to inequalities in participation across Salford. GEW 2025 reflects our commitment to accessible enterprise learning, civic collaboration and impactful student opportunities.

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Teesside: Leveraging Generative AI to Enhance Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindset through the EntreComp Framework and Dooyeweerd’s 15 Aspects of Everyday Life
Dr Gbemisola Ogbolu (PI) & Dr Sina Joneidy (Co-I) 

This EEUK-funded project embedded Generative AI into enterprise education using a dual-framework model combining EntreComp’s 15 competencies with Dooyeweerd’s 15 everyday aspects. Delivered across three modules to 132 students, the approach improved engagement, creativity, and reflective thinking. Insights from students, staff, and business leaders emphasised the need for ethical guidance and support. Outputs include a practical, open-access toolkit featuring AI prompts, reflection templates, and visual framework mappings. This toolkit offers educators a tested model to foster ethically grounded, future-ready mindsets in enterprise education.

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Gifts from UCL entrepreneurs for everyone on your list
UCL has a thriving entrepreneurial community of startups creating unique products and services. In this year’s UCL festive gift guide, find presents you’re unlikely to find in the shops and support a UCL-created business at the same time. All the businesses featured have received support from The Hatchery incubator programme at BaseKX, UCL’s dedicated entrepreneurship hub in King’s Cross.

Browse the UCL Festive Gift Guide

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ARU Supports Emerging International Entrepreneurs

Anglia Ruskin Enterprise Academy is launching the Global Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme (GEAP), running February–May 2026 and designed for international students and recent graduates ready to turn bold ideas into real UK ventures. GEAP offers hands-on workshops, inspiring mentoring, and personalised guidance to help participants sharpen their business concepts, validate markets, and build investment-ready plans. With only 25 places available, this is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic community of innovators, strengthen entrepreneurial skills, and take confident steps toward launching a business in the UK. Read more here.

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Arden Enterprise Incubator drives career-focused venture impact

Arden University’s Enterprise Incubator (AEI) has delivered its first full cycle, engaging more than 800 students and strengthening Arden’s career-driven approach to learning. Through a 7-week Enterprise Bootcamp, weekly founder talks and over 80 one-to-one coaching sessions, AEI is helping students turn ideas into viable ventures while building practical skills valued by employers. Early ventures successes include angel investment for food discovery app Healthblokk and pilot and market-testing for AI-powered ventures ChironLearn and SimCore. AEI will launch the Arden Venture Challenge in 2026, showcasing student innovation at Arden’s new Stratford campus in April.

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University of Exeter Startups Gift List

The University of Exeter Student Startups team have released their annual Student Startups Christmas gift list, featuring an inspiring selection of products created by student and graduate-led businesses. Find the perfect gift while supporting Exeter’s entrepreneurial talent. From games to skincare to food & drink, there’s something for everyone! Read more.