Support
Support For New Businesses
SMILE (Selected Mentors and Interims for London Enterprises)
As
part of entrepreneurial promotion and activities and services to
highlight innovation, UCL Advances (University College London's centre
for entrepreneurship and business interaction) is coordinating a new
initiative (SMILE - Selected Mentors and Interims for London Enterprises)
to help London-based SMEs grow and develop by analysing business needs
and connecting them to business mentors.
HELO (Higher
Education London Outreach)
HELO will deliver a
programme of new activities designed to link London-based SME's with UCL
and London Business School staff and students to meet business needs
and overcome the problems that limit their growth.
ECIF (Economic
Challenge Investment Fund)
UCL has unveiled a
radical, £3.8million package of recession-busting activity designed to
support London businesses during the economic downturn and prepare UCL’s
own students for entry into an unprecedentedly difficult employment
market.
UCL
Bright Ideas Awards
The Bright Ideas
Awards aim to help bridge the gap that many new companies find
themselves in when they search for their first round of funding.
UCLAngels
UCL Angels is an Angel investor group looking to invest in UCL and non-UCL based opportunities.
Microsoft
Bizspark
BizSpark provides new businesses fast, easy
access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools and
production licenses of server products.
Commercialisation Support
UCL Business
Plc
UCL Business Plc provides commercialisation support for
spin outs and licensing.
UCL
Consultants
UCL Consultants connects UCL expertise and
applied research with organisations seeking to resolve specific,
targeted problems or gaincritical advantage in relation to their core
activities and marketneeds.
Knowledge Exchange Mechanisms
Knowledge Exchange Associates
The Knowledge Exchange Associate programme delivers knowledge-transfer collaborations between a small or medium-sized enterprise and UCL.
Knowledge Transfer Account
UCL has developed a programme of exchanging knowledge via its Knowledge Transfer Account - with a wide-range of partners in a variety of ways.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships provide businesses with access to talented graduates, university expertise and government funding.
Funded Research Collaborations
Businesses can partner with UCL and benefit from funding through a variety of schemes.
Work Experience
Student Internship Programme
Especially
designed to help students gain real-life workplace experience and
entrepreneurial skills, and back by popular demand, UCL Advances is
re-launching their business support initiative called ‘SIP’ (the UCL
Student Internship Programme).
UCL Awards for Enterprise
The UCL Awards for
Enterprise honour the efforts and accomplishments of UCL’s innovative
and entrepreneurial academics and students. The awards ceremony and
reception highlight UCL as a leading hub of innovation and commercial
activity, while bringing together academics with businesses and
investors.
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Competitions
China
UK Challenge
The China-UK Challenge aims to encourage new
business ventures between China and the United Kingdom and is intended
to simulate the real-world process of entrepreneurs soliciting start-up
funds from early-stage investors and venture capital firms. The
competition is divided into two challenge tracks: Innovative Business
track (for existing businesses) and Tomorrow’s Leaders track (for
students)
Partnership Programme
UCL
Advances Partnership Programme
UCL Advances Partnership
Programme is a formal scheme through which UCLAdvances engages with
leading companies and other organisations.
Business Support News
UCL Bright Ideas Awards 2012: More candidates in more categories, more money for more winners
This year’s UCL Bright Ideas Awards, announced on 22nd March, were bigger in scope and scale than ever before, with two new categories, four additional winners and an extra £34,000 to distribute among a record number of entrants (28). More...
UCL students’ friendly app grows in popularity
With more than a million smartphone applications available worldwide, and more than 19,000 new ones being added every week, it takes something really innovative to stand out from the crowd. More...
Business support events
