The Engineering Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) is a competition that the University runs in partnership with Loughborough University. During the competition researchers present a business plan for an imaginary start-up company to a group of savvy investors and industry experts. It offers a first team prize of £2,000 and various other cash prizes, which you are free to spend as you wish. A team from Nottingham won the competition last year and you can see their winning presentation at mms:\\wirksworthii.nottingham.ac.uk\webcast\gradschool\Eng YES 2010\Snurf_final_Pres.wmv
During the course you will learn the techniques of how to go about planning a new engineering research based business venture, meet some interesting people who have done it for real and have a lot of fun at the same time! The competition is free to enter, runs over three days and includes three nights full board at a nearby hotel. The 2011 East Midlands competition will run from the evening of Sunday 15th May through to the afternoon of Wednesday 18th May 2011 and the final will be held on 8th June 2011. A short briefing session will be held on the 11th April between 10am – 1pm.
Participation is free for you although Nottingham will pay a fee per researcher. We are hoping to take at least 2 teams, each ideally consisting of four to five researchers. There is no age limit, but Engineering YES is aimed at postgraduate research students and early career researchers within five years of obtaining their doctorate. Teams can include up to two post-doc members.
You may apply as an individual as we will allocate additional researchers to form teams.
Interested? Full competition details and how you can enter at www.engineeringyes.org
For more details, please contact parmjit.dhugga@nottingham.ac.uk, Researcher Development Manager on 0115 846 8585
Recruitment is now underway for the Enviro-Entrepreneur School which aims to encourage and nurture entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a business in the Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services Sector.
This 3 day “boot camp” will kick start your entrepreneurial career in this fast growing marketplace by taking you through an intense three-day programme delivered by seasoned entrepreneurs, business consultants and investors.
Over half of the 40 places at the school are fully funded by our sponsors and will be allocated to the best applicants.
Sponsors include: Nottingham Science City, Pera, No 1. Nottingham Science Park, QED, BioCity Nottingham
For more details www.enviroentrepreneur.co.uk
Do you remember the
Did your family work in a famous British bicycle factory?
Do you know why
For more than 200 years
Would you like to rediscover it? We want you to experience the hands on active history of
Wall to Wall Television – the makers of Who Do You Think You Are and Channel 4 are looking for University Of Nottingham students to take part in discovering Nottingham’s industrial heritage in a fun, entertaining and often very surprising way.
‘Made in Britain’ (working title) will take you back to Nottingham’s glory days – allowing you to experience what it would have been like to work in our great bicycle factories.
Perhaps you are thinking about setting up your own business?
Maybe you have a keen interest in the history of where you live?
Do you love the idea of creating the world’s best bicycles by hand?
Or maybe you want to explore the way your own relatives worked?
The programme will be filmed over 2 weeks in November 2010 and we would like to hear from you!
For more details on this exciting opportunity, please contact Morgana Pugh as soon as possible on:
The following are free half day courses provided for postgraduate researchers who wish to do some teaching whilst studying at Nottingham. For further details or to register for a session, please follow the link:
How do students learn? Wednesday 22nd September 9.30-12.30
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csc/course/HDSL
A practical look at core teaching skills Monday 27th September 13.00-16.00
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csc/course/PLCTS
Lecturing for learning Wednesday 29th September 9.30-12.30
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csc/course/GFSL
In addition, Professional Development have some web pages that detail various sources of help and support for those who are new to teaching, these can be found at: http://pd.nottingham.ac.uk/Learning-Teaching/New-to-Teaching
Dr Helen Cowley
Postgraduate Training Coordinator, Professional Development, Lenton Lodge
University of Nottingham
