Researcher Support News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/researcher-support-news-viewer/rss Nick Dawe 2010-09-13T08:25:22Z New guide for translating university knowledge into social enterprise launches http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/new-guide-for-translating-university-knowledge-into-social-enterprise-launches A guide which seeks to assist staff in UK higher education institutions in transforming their research and ideas into successful social ventures is being launched today by a consortium of UCL, social enterprise company UnLtd, UCLB and STORM® Skills Training CIC.  Melissa Lamptey 2013-03-21T14:56:26Z UCL toasts the best and brightest of its student/business collaborations http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/helo-awards-2011 It started as an idea picked up at a conference in the US. Two years later, around 400 students and academics from UCL and London Business School are or have been involved in a variety of projects for more than 100 SMEs across 30 different industries under the auspices of UCL Advances’ HELO (Higher Education London Outreach) programme. To date over 150 businesses have signed up to the HELO programme. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2011-03-15T11:29:14Z UCL staff and students score a hat-trick of awards for their social enterprise ideas  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/hese-awards No fewer than four UCL representatives – faculty members Sally MacDonald (UCL Collections) and Dominica D’Arcangelo (Inst of Archaeology) and students Marina Chang (Development Planning unit) and Barbara Soetan (Political Science) – have picked up accolades for their work from UnLtd , a charity that focuses on helping social entrepreneurs to develop their projects and achieve a better social impact. Krista Macmillan 2011-04-05T09:44:49Z British University Blazes a Trail in Start-Ups http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/start-ups By D.D. GUTTENPLAN LONDON — Everyone knows the story of the undergraduate computer nerd who, as a prank, built a Web site allowing students to comment on one another’s looks, only to find that the response generated so much traffic that the university’s servers were swamped. But this version has a different ending. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Dragons' Den http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/dragonsden Dragons' Den gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their proposals to a panel of the UK’s most successful business people. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z UCL: Inspiring Enterprise. Turning Ideas Into Successes http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/inspiring Speakers: Steve Caddick (VP Enterprise), Tim Barnes (UCL Advances), Anne Lane (UCL Business), John Bates (LBS), Brad Backus (Audio3), Quentin Pankhurst (Endomagnetics). Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Founders of Tripbod.com speaks at UCL's Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/tripbod2 Getting a UCL alumnus – or even better, as there are so few female entrepreneurs – a UCL alumna – back to talk always feels special. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z An Audience with Mark Prisk – Minister for Business and Enterprise http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/prisk On the 21st September Mark Prisk came to UCL to speak to an audience gathered together by Capital Enterprise (the membership body for deliverers of enterprise support in London). He gave an enlightening and forthright speech, and then participated whole heartedly in a Q&A session on the future of Enterprise support and the priorities of his Department of Business. Nick Dawe Krista Macmillan 2009-11-04T11:06:55Z