Why we loved the Student Enterprise Conference 2016

Over 500 students, educators and entrepreneurs from across the UK and beyond gathered at University College London (UCL) this weekend for the Student Enterprise Conference 2016. The event, delivered by NACUE in partnership with My-Way, was bursting with inspirational talks, informative workshops and cool exhibitors, with speakers including Issac Howie Brewerton (Founder of games company Pixel Blimp), Andrew Webber (Emerging Developer Audience Lead at Microsoft) and Una Doyle (founder of CreativeFlow.tv).  

Students packed out the halls and breakout rooms to interact with a wide range of inspiring entrepreneurs, from the established Peter Briffett, COO of mobile events app YPlan to Harvey Morton, an 18 year old IT entrepreneur. Students were also treated to a rousing cry from Tim Barnes, an entrepreneur and enterprise educator, who dared students to solve the world's biggest problems. (You can see the full programme here.) As well as inspiring speeches from those who’ve been there and done it, delegates also had the chance to learn new practical skills and knowledge. They learnt how to up their online presence with Google Garage, to network like a boss with Dwain Reid and took part in a two hour workshop with PWC, transforming ideas into viable businesses. They were also able to explore the opportunities available to them in Europe, with talks on EU funding, Erasmus for entrepreneurs and taking a business global, courtesy of My-Way and Capital Enterprise. 

The speakers came from different generations, with completely different experiences and backgrounds, and yet they all had one thing in common – a ‘can-do’ attitude – which is exactly what NACUE is all about. We energise young people by supporting them to think differently, to take responsibility for their own futures, and ultimately to succeed. The SEC 2016 was so much more than just a conference. Young people are constantly told that they are not leaving education with the right skills they need to get jobs and the SEC addresses this by up-skilling and empowering the next generation. The weekend is all about supporting the professional development of our attendees, from encouraging the building of soft skills – confidence, networking, and drive, to the hard skills they need to be more entrepreneurial – developing ideas, pitching to experts, and understanding failure as a way forward. We work hard to support student’s academic studies so that they can have increased opportunities - whether that be starting their own businesses, joining an SME, or being more entrepreneurial within a larger organisation. We are so pleased to have our partners MY-Way, Capital Enterprise, Microsoft, UCL and the University of Westminster supporting us this year. A lot of our activity wouldn’t be possible without buy-in from industry and importantly, with businesses who believe in our mission and our young business leaders of the future. We are already looking forward to SEC 2017 - follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook for all SEC related news. You can also learn more about our upcoming events here. Thanks to all of you for coming. Keep the passion… we can’t wait to hear all of your success stories.

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We've achieved a great deal in a short number of years, though there's much more too do in supporting our mission of 'Powering the Enterprise Generation'.

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Powering the Enterprising Generation

Our mission is to support the development of education and student engagement throughout college and universities by championing student enterprise societies and peer-to-peer learning. NACUE started from an extraordinary movement in student entrepreneurship, providing young individuals with a platform to be experimental, creative and inspiring in their approach to enterprise and entrepreneurship, encouraging a bottom-up approach to inspiring the next generation.


Today, we see over 200 enterprise societies, powered by peer-to-peer groups, who are championing the success of young people throughout their interactive programmes by forging collaborative relationships with their institutions to provide greater experience and development opportunities for their peers. Establishing regional links with locals SME’s who are keen to open their doors to emerging talented, proactive and enthusiastic graduates perpetuates this.


Our work is dedicated to supporting the development and encouragement of entrepreneurship amongst young individuals and forms the sole purpose of NACUE. To learn more about NACUE and the services we produce, click here.

As a not-for-profit, we raise charitable donations that allow us to widen the opportunities available to young people in relation to enterprise and entrepreneurship, strengthening student engagement, the quality of education and connecting and representing student enterprise societies and student entrepreneurs worldwide.

NACUE is a charitable organisation that supports 32,000 students and young people every year. As funding becomes harder to obtain, we rely on the generous support of donors to ensure our programs can continue to change the lives and aspirations of the younger generation.


A donation of any size goes a long way to furthering our work and really is greatly appreciated. Every gift matters in aiding our mission of ‘Powering the Enterprising Generation' but we mainly rely upon the generosity of our members and alumni to do this. By making a single or regular donation you can make a big difference. To learn more about how you can donate, please follow the links below.



 

Large national network

NACUE are delighted to have supported a huge number of student-led societies over the years. You can see the number of established student-led societies on an interactive map below

 

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Who we work with

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are at the very core of NACUE, everything we do is to better the startup and self employment ecosystem. We believe that entrepreneurs will shape the future, and we bolster this through our events, our network and our advocacy.

Students

NACUE works with students in Colleges and Universities right across the UK, helping support them in their entrepreneurial goals and connect them with like minded peers.

Educators

NACUE works collaboratively with educators and academics in supporting the development of entrepreneurial mindsets in young people.

Our events

Our events offer the young people we work with the opportunity to connect with our wider network, the experts and seasoned entrepreneurs in our community and the chance to be inspired to take the leap of faith into entrepreneurship. These events are attended by students and graduates from universities and colleges up and down the UK, as well as students from across Europe. Student Societies take centre stage at our events, alongside innovators, game changers and trail blazers of the UK startup ecosystem.

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