Showcasing Student Enterprise

Welcome to the University of UlsterColeraine CampusContributions from:Prof. Adrian MooreDr Michaela BlackHelen JacksonDr Peter BolanChris McLean

Presented by:Chris McLeanLecturer

University at Coleraine

Student Enterprise Jigsaw

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences

Student Enterprise Champion

Professor Adrian MooreDirector of Academic Enterprise

Some examples of Student Enterprise facilitated within the Faculty

• Annual Santander Student Business Idea Competition

• Dedicated modules in key subject areas• Student Placements in business and Industry • Intellectual Property Management (e.g.

patenting and licensing)

Annual Student Business Idea competition

• Open to all students in the Faculty two categories (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)

• Students submit an outline business plan for a new enterprise (business or social)

• Category winners receive £2502012 undergraduate winnersES – Micro Scale Anaerobic Digestion system

2012 Postgraduate winnersBioMed – Milk purity (protein) Biosensor product

Dedicated modules in key subject areas

• BIO 385: Innovation-led Entrepreneurship– provides students with the

opportunity to develop enterprise competences and transferable skills using lectures, case studies, tutorials and attendance at a relevant public engagement or professional body events. Includes a group new venture planning project.

• EGM 312: Enterprise Business and Employability– Helps students understand how and how

they can lead business exploitation of Science through entrepreneurial activity.

– Includes a range of environmental case studies and guest lectures (e.g. Progen UK, Causeway Enterprise Agency and the Science Shop) – also includes a group business idea project.

Student Placements in business and IndustryMost 4 year Programmes include 1 yr Sandwich Placements

Diploma in Professional Practice (DPP)

Ciara McKay at her DPP Placement at E.ON Engineering, Nottinghamshire

Intellectual Property Management (e.g. patenting and licensing)

• Students with innovative and enterprising ideas and concepts get support (via the Office of innovation) to develop, protect and promote their inventions

Example: Catherine McGavigan PhD student Invention Disclosure for the Active Tube - A Quantitative Method for Sampling Littoral Zooplankton in Lakes

Student Enterprise Jigsaw

Faculty of Computing and Engineering

Student Enterprise Champion

School of Computing & Information Engineering

Dr Michaela Black

The Judges

Students Demo to Schools

Student Demos on Mobile Devices 3rd Prize –

Diamond Games

Students Demo to Final Years

2nd Prize – App Fitness

1st Prize – Appy Campers

New for 2013!

• Mobile Android Showcase• Agile Project Management• Showcase Day Judges: External &Internal

Judges• Public Vote: Pupils, Staff, Widening Access/TIS

Microsoft Imagine Cup Success Started 2007

2010 Success – Autistic Teaching Tool for Schools - 3rd

• Team SODDA (Simulation Of Drink Driving Actions)– Kinect Drink Driving Simulation– 3rd Overall– Best Implementation of Kinect 2012– Top 100 for the World Imagine Cup for the Fun Labs

Online Kinect competition

• Team CYW (Change Your Way)– Android App to assist diet– 5th Overall

2012!!

2012 Widening Access Project: WiCADET

• 10 Schools – 20 teams• 3 Months Android App Development• Skills Development• 3 on-site visits• Finale: Dragons Den Showcase

3rd Prize

The Judges 2nd Prize

1st Prize

App currently available on: http://tinyurl.com/ecosmart12

Cookstown High Continued Success!• Met recycling officers from 8 district councils and presented our App

concept• Entered Junior Dragons' Den and reached the National finals• Winners of the Eircom Junior Spiders award, having met and received

commendation from Bill Liao, some of the team would now even like to mentor at a CoderDoJo events

• Environment Minister Alex Attwood found out first-hand on a trip to Stormont about their design which promotes and develops users' knowledge of recycling

• The team were selected as NI young innovators by the Belfast Science Park and got the chance to pitch their App concept to Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at the launch of the Museum of Here and Now, at the Titanic Building

Student Enterprise Jigsaw

Faculty of Arts

Student Enterprise Champion

Helen JacksonDirector of Academic Enterprise

state of the [art]s

“Creativity, originality and humanity are at the core of the Arts and Humanities”

Professor Pól Ó Dochartaigh

[art]s School of Creative Arts• Design, Drama, Music, Creative Technologies,

Dance

School of Media Film and Journalism• Media Studies, Film Studies, Interactive Media,

Journalism, Photo-Imaging

School of English and History• English, History, Irish History, American

Studies

School of Modern Languages• French, German, Spanish, Chinese

School of Irish Language and Literature• Irish Language and Literature

[art]s Science Shop Award winners

Students from Interactive Media Arts (Media, Film and Journalism)

Working with the Belfast Giants ice hockey team students developed a programme to help teach children about cultural diversity and nutrition.

Working with Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau, the winning student team produced a portfolio of photographs, merchandise and an interactive map offering a modern perspective of Belfast’s iconic landmarks, old and new.

[art]s Entrepreneur in Residence

School of Media, Film and Journalism

Stephen Shaw from Big Motive joined the School to mentor students in turning their enterprising dreams into reality. Big Motive is one of the most successful digital creative agencies in the UK, having created world-class user experiences for the web, mobile and connected TV, and delivered innovative R&D projects for Channel 4, BBC and Samsung.

Pitching Competition WinnersStacey Wright and Zoe Gage (Interactive Media Arts) for an image recognition app that allows you to snap fashion items that someone is wearing, identify where the item of clothing is from, and purchase it directly. Currently supported by MeWe360 incubation agency.

http://whatisthebigidea.me

[art]s Dare to be Digital FinalistsElijah Blyth and Michael Sheridan (School of Computing and Intelligent Systems) and

Mark Quinn and Niall Carlin (School of Creative Arts)

Went head to head with eleven other teams from the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland, China and India to compete for the BAFTA ‘Ones to Watch’ Games Award finals.

The team spent their summer based in Trinity College Dublin developing their video game ‘The Creeping Dark’ on Emergent Technologies Gamebryo, a world class games development engine, before moving to Edinburgh in August for the Dare to be Digital final.

[art]s Allingham Arts Festival

School of Creative Arts

Year 3 students from the BDes (Hons) in Design for Creative Practice and the BSc (Hons) in Creative Computing exhibited moving image design responses to William Allingham`s poetry, offering innovative design stories that portrayed their interpretation of Allingham`s written word, using their chosen discipline (illustration/ graphic design/ 3D animation and moving image).

As a result of the exhibition four students and two members of staff have been commissioned to produce a one-off piece for the proposed permanent Allingham Exhibition, to be housed at the Abbey Centre.

[art]s ICE (Innovation and Creative Enterprise) module School of Creative Arts

ICE (Innovation and Creative Enterprise) module for final year BDes Hons Design and Communication and BA Hons Creative Technologies students, supported by Digital Derry, InvestNI and Derry City Council, will award course credits to student entrepreneurs.

Students electing to take the module will be provided with both legal and financial support from the University's Office of Innovation. They will also take part in a range of workshops and seminars delivered by local entrepreneurs and organised by Digital Derry, who have partnered with the University to develop the programme.

Each student will get the chance to pitch their ideas for inclusion in a privately-backed business development programme being developed by Digital Derry.

Student Enterprise Jigsaw

Ulster Business School

Student Enterprise Champion

School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementDr Peter Bolan

eLeisure &Tourism

BSc (Hons) International Travel & Tourism

ManagementLeisure & Event Management

Dr Peter Bolan

Creating the digital path to tourism success

Dr Peter BolanUniversity of Ulster

through innovation and enterprise in eTourism

eTourism – Student Enterprise

Travel & Tourism Management students pitch

their ideas and concepts for a new tourism or

event based business to a panel of industry experts.

eTourism – Student EnterpriseThe new business concept must have a digital focus and students design a website and social media presence which they demonstrate in addition to pitching their concept to the judging panel.

eTourism – Student Enterprise

This fosters and develops creativity and innovation with regard to applying digital knowledge and skills to the tourism and leisure industry.

All with input, advice and expert feedback from industry representatives. 2012 Judges included:

Jill Robb: Managing Director of Ambition Digital

Stephanie Berkeley: Marketing Manager W5

Penny Thornberry: Director of PThornberry

Solutions

eTourism – Student Enterprise

Students are competing for the Ambition Digital Award sponsored by Jill Robb (MD Ambition Digital)

2012 Winners – YOLO Teen Events

Student Enterprise Champion

School of Business and EnterpriseDr Norry McBride

Director of Academic Enterprise

The Champion of Student Enterprise

Fred Scharf

And his lesser known ‘side-kick’

Chris McLean

2008

Winners 2008

Finalists 2009

• Baby Milk Maker designed like a coffee machine

Winners 2010

Dipstick

• A cocktail stirrer designed to detect the presence of ‘date-rape’ drugs.

Runners-up 2010

Ecotent

• A fully biodegradable tent aimed at festival goers

Accenture ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’

Clare McCollum• Overall winner selected

on an All-Ireland basis

Runners-up 2011

Cordou• An iphone App

designed to help autistic teenagers to reclaim their independence.

Finalists 2012

Winners UBS Santander Enterprise CompetitionDynamic Greens• A hydraulically operated

putting green to allow keen golfers to hone their technique.

2013???

Santander Enterprise Competition• Winners UBS Final• Winners UU Final• Finalists UK

CompetitionRMK Security

2013????

The Ireland FundsBusiness Plan Competition• Three teams selected

for the Semi-Final• Two teams selected for

the Final

Why success?• BMG587

Entrepreneurship Module

• Final Year• Semester 1

• BMG513 New Venture Creation Module

• Final Year • Semester 2

Internal Pieces – Thank You!

Faculty/School Level• Enterprising Students• Enterprise Champions• Directors of Academic

Enterprise• Supportive Head of

School

University Level• Office of Innovation• Science Shop• Careers Service• Placement Tutors• Students Union

External Pieces – Thank You!

Local Level• Future Search• Coleraine Borough Council• Causeway Enterprise Agency• Causeway Chamber of Commerce• Venture Causeway Champions• Business Mentors• Northern Regional College

Regional Level:• Invest NI• Santander• Young Enterprise• Prince’s Trust• NI Chamber of Commerce• Business Sponsors• FE Sector

Showcase of Student EnterpriseThere is much to celebrate! However –the next challenge!

We need your help to get to this!

The Challenge

Enterprising Students versus Student Enterprises

The Challenge Workshop

• Which parts of the jigsaw are missing?• Do you know where we can find them?