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Our Mission

The purpose of our work in Further Education is to create cross-curriculum entrepreneurial communities for any college student to be part of, acting as a hub for entrepreneurial opportunities, and fostering an entrepreneurial mind-set amongst learners.

We work with all our partner colleges to engage more students in entrepreneurship through establishing vibrant student societies and groups, with the skills and ambition to leave college as creative, innovative and work-ready young adults.

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Our Network

By joining NACUE, Colleges are able to be part of a community of enterprising students, staff, tutors, and senior managers. We facilitate knowledge transfer, share best practices, and deliver collaborative projects between both FE Colleges and Universities. [divider id='fework' title='NACUE in Further Education']

NACUE in Further Education

NACUE has supported student-led enterprise in Higher Education since 2008, with ‘Enterprise Societies’ model widely regarded, and adopted, as a best-practice method for encouraging the development of both an enterprise culture and entrepreneurial young people at universities across the UK.

Since then, with support and guidance from the Association of Colleges (AoC) and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) piloted an adapted version of its ‘Enterprise Society’ model in 10 Further Education institutions.

NACUE has successfully supported the creation of enterprise societies over 100 colleges as well as the physical enterprise societies, now operating or being established, NACUE has created an online enterprise platform vHub, to provide access to NACUE to those Colleges who we are not working with.

In 2014, encouraging enterprise and entrepreneurship remain essential features of supporting economic recovery and growth. Further Education Colleges are increasingly taking up the challenge of enterprise and regarding this as a critical part to preparing learners for an increasingly entrepreneurial economy.

We are now excited to welcome the 2014/15 cohort of colleges to be part of the growing NACUE network to empower and develop the entrepreneurial capacity of students, improve their employability skills and assist in launching business ventures. [divider id='apply' title='Apply for 2014/15']

Apply for 2014/15

Applications are now open to join our College Programme for the 2014/15 academic year. To find out more about the programme, and how your college can be apply please download our Programme Overview Pack here.

If you would like to apply please read and fill out the form below. 

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  1. Our Impact
  2. Our Mission
  3. Our model

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'.

32,000

Students

19,926

Event attendees

20,505

Followers

42,000

Reach

16,512

Businesses

43,439

Jobs

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.

The difference we make

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