The Creative Enterprise Centre has partnered with Foundervine to launch and deliver the Westminster Entrepreneurship Pioneers Programme.
A digital programme to upskill future business leaders to develop their enterprise skills, grow networks, build confidence and ability to explore business creation opportunities that solve real-world problems during and after their studies.
There are twenty-five spaces on the programme open only to currently enrolled undergraduate or postgraduate students.
The benefits of the programme are:
A series of expert-led skills workshops on the creation and validation of new business ventures
1-2-1 expert mentoring and coaching
Investor Office Hours – one to one feedback meetings with real investors
A £250 bursary
Gain insight into marketing, finance, pitching, communication, branding and, so much more
Learn how to build frameworks to work more effectively and efficiently
A demo and awards day where participants will pitch and present their built ventures to a specially invited industry and investor audience
Download and read the application guidelines.
The programme kicks-off with a taster session open to all students - a masterclass on Idea Generation. The masterclass will explore idea generation techniques that enable creative thinking and innovation. At the end of this masterclass you will:
Understand how to critically evaluate a problem
Learn creative methods for generating ideas
Rapidly develop new ideas and solutions
Use idea generation as a continuous process
Practice elevator pitching and get feedback