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Calling all West Midlands creatives! TV Production Bootcamp by Create Central – Deadline 8th August, 2021
Kick-start your career NOW! Are you looking for an exciting career in production? Then the TV PRODUCTION BOOTCAMP is for you! West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), Create Central and Solihull College & University Centre have come together to develop a fantastic opportunity for those who want a career in the TV and digital media industry. And what’s…
Warwick involved in new Megalab now open in Leamington Spa to bolster fight against Covid-19
Opportunities for collaboration, including research and professional training. Providing placements and training opportunities for students. The University has been delighted to be asked to assist with this national initiative to help combat the pandemic and to be involved with the opening of the UK’s first megalab (now named the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory in Royal Leamington…
New Innovation Strategy sets out plans to cement the UK’s position as a world-leader in science, research and innovation.
New plans to boost private sector investment to put the UK at the front of the global innovation race have been set in a new Innovation Strategy launched by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. Long-term plan to boost private sector investment across the UK and create the right conditions for all businesses to turn world-leading science…
Pivoting and Scaling Up Your Start-up Business: Opportunity Innovation Challenge Event – 5th August, 2021
Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) host an online session for both students, staff and external business. This free webinar will give you tips on how to start, scale or pivot your business – hosted via Microsoft Teams. Date: Thursday 5th August 2021, 1:30pm – 3pm The WMG Accelerator helps your early-stage venture find the best product-market…
£100,000 funding to launch Health and Wellbeing Innovation Network to cultivate the next healthcare innovators
West Midlands Health and Wellbeing Innovation Network has been established by the University of Warwick in partnership with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Bruntwood SciTech. £100,000 funding has been received from the West Midlands Combined Authority Innovation Programme, to support businesses entering or growing in healthcare, technology and wellbeing sectors. Any innovator,…
Environmental Sustainability | Earth Overshoot Day: 29th July 2021 – There is no planet B
What is Earth Overshoot Day? Thursday 29th July has been marked as Earth Overshoot Day. This day is not a commonly known day to many across the planet – simple put, we are consuming and destroying too much for our planet to remain habitable. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological…
Are you running a creative start-up or small business and looking for help to reach your goals?
Then Creative Futures is the place for YOU! As part of the University of Warwick‘s creative & digital incubator, you gain 6 months of tailored business support, coaching and desk space at 1millstreet, a dynamic and lively co-working space in Leamington Spa. If you’re ready to fast-track your business, find out more and apply before 31st…
Funding competition and help to start your own business – Young Innovators Awards 2021/22 – Deadline 28th July.
Young people can apply for an award to make their business idea a reality, which includes a grant for £5,000, a living allowance, and tailored business support. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £460,000 in young innovators with this competition. The aim of this competition is to find a…
Warwick Innovation District joins 11 Universities to launch Impact Investment Fund – for social or environmental ventures.
Impact 12 to support social ventures created within 12 of the UK’s leading universities Twelve leading universities have joined forces to create an impact investment fund, Impact 12 (www.impact12.com), to support mission-led university ventures. The ten-year, multi-million-pound fund will support social ventures created within the twelve participating universities across the UK. The fund will support…
MSDUK 2021 (Minority Supplier Development UK) Innovation Challenge – 12th July deadline
Are you an ethnic minority business or a founder with a new idea that can make our world a better place? Get your ideas in front of global brands and investors. Apply for the MSDUK Innovation Challenge to bring your ideas to the front, get noticed by industry and the business world and win exciting…
Deep Tech Innovation Centre Cohort 2 open for applications – Need business support?
Support for start-up businesses and entrepreneurs. Get access to leading University of Warwick resources and networks of mentors and inventors. The Deep Tech Innovation Centre, part of the Warwick Innovation District, is focused on inspiring, educating and incubating the next generation of innovation founders. We support aspirational entrepreneurs looking to build innovative businesses with a…
Her Innovation Collective Online: Women who create, inspire, and lead – Summer Term 2021
Warwick Enterprise proudly presents: Her Innovation Collective Online, a community that connects students with professional women who create, inspire, and lead. This term, the theme for the HIC Online programme is: Women Innovate. Hear from entrepreneurs and industry professionals who are representing women in innovation across sectors and workplaces. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to…