WID Podcast: Start your entrepreneurial journey Being enterprising and entrepreneurial is not just about starting or running a business, but about developing the skills and competencies to develop confident, resilient, and creative students and graduates. As part of the Warwick Innovation District, Warwick Enterprise and Creative Futures provide a catalogue of educational experiences to develop…
WID Podcast Series: Dr Nicola Brough, Measure Well Ltd In this month's WID Podcast we're talking to entrepreneur Dr Nicola Brough about her new business Measure Well Ltd - the challenges she faced and the support she gained from Warwick. Nicola is a wellbeing expert and developer of the Warwick Holistic Health Questionnaire - helping…
The West Midlands Health and Wellbeing Innovation Network create collaborations between innovators and the healthcare industry to solve problems at speed. Our latest programme partnered with UHUK (formerly Urgent Health UK) to form the UHUK Innovation Programme. It saw us bring together stakeholders from across the industry to truly disrupt the status quo through our…
Join Creative Futures where creative and digital innovation meets opportunity! Is your business ready to soar? Do you dream of a dedicated space to operate and a supportive community that empowers your growth? If the answer is yes, then look no further! Creative Futures, our thriving creative & digital business incubator, is calling for the…
ICURe Explore applications are now open! A 16 week full-time programme with up to £35,000 funding available. For Researchers: If you are a researcher with an idea, this programme is designed to help you through the process of defining your proposition and testing it with your prospective target markets. For Industry: ICURe Explore is an…
Warwick-Ford "GearUp" Industry Challenge Warwick Manufacturing Group's (WMG) 2 stage industry challenge event co-sponsored by Ford focused on the topic of "last mile delivery" attracting 130 students from across WMG's PG, UG and PGR programmes along with entries from other Warwick departments. GearUp 2023's final pitch day successfully concluded with students solving real-world problems. The…
Birmingham Tech Week is the UK’s largest regional tech festival and conference with over 7,500 people attending. Events will be taking place across the entire West Midlands covering a variety of important and innovative topics. The University of Warwick is proudly sponsoring this exciting event, helping to shape the future of tech in the region. https://youtu.be/hS3UEny484M…
Business Networking vol.4: Foundations of Social Enterprise Start a Social Enterprise today - Expert advice followed by networking with like-minded humans who share your vision for a better world. We talked to Peter Patoshko, Social Entrepreneur in residence, University of Warwick about this month's event. Watch the interview below: https://youtu.be/4aHH8uN5UWk Peter Ptashko interview Read the…
That's nearly 50% more than all the spin-outs from other Midlands universities. The Deep Tech Innovation Centre equips entrepreneurs and start-ups with the tools needed to solve global challenges through our Deep Tech Incubator, at the University of Warwick. The Deep Tech Innovation Centre is part of Warwick Innovations, the technology transfer office (TTO) at…
We talked to businesses helping to drive innovation within the healthcare sector. The UHUK Innovation Programme, partnered with the West Midlands Health & Wellbeing Innovation Network at the University of Warwick, is a fantastic opportunity for innovators who have solutions to urgent health challenges to validate their products and services, larger businesses to explore how…
Understand and reduce your carbon footprint. This month our monthly networking event will have a sustainability focus with expert advice from Ewen Anderson of Px3 and David Chapman, Climate Reality Leader. Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:00 – 18:30 BST Free tickets here: https://warwickinnovationdistrict.com/event-calendar/ We recently talked to Ewen and David about their informative event…
Part of the newly formed Warwick Innovation District, The West Midlands Health and Wellbeing Innovation Network identifies challenges in the NHS, finds innovators to solve those challenges and facilitates a product development process to test and implement solutions. We have recently been successful in gaining funding for several exciting new projects which means we are…
The Deep Tech Innovation Centre was established to create more investable companies, attract more talent and make the Midlands a vibrant centre of innovation. Our mission at the University of Warwick is to inspire, educate and incubate. The Deep Tech Incubator supports aspiring deep tech founders, who want to create a sustainable business built on…
Exciting news from the world of creativity and digital innovation! Creative Futures is delighted to announce the arrival of its sixth cohort at 1 Mill Street. This group of talented and passionate entrepreneurs is poised to make waves with their groundbreaking ventures. Creative Futures, with its comprehensive six-month incubator program, gives these ambitious entrepreneurs a…
The University of Warwick has announced a new partnership with Tech West Mids (Tech WM), a not-for-profit organisation that aims to help tech businesses and entrepreneurs in the region go global. Warwick, as the founding academic patron of Tech WM, formerly Birmingham Tech, hosted the launch of a new ‘West Midlands Tech Review Report’ on…
