Pictured above: Coventry South MP, Jim Cunningham with some
of the student and staff entrepreneurs at Coventry
University
Coventry University played host last week to The National
Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) and Lloyds Banking
Group as they conducted a tour of Britain in the largest ever
consultation of students and graduate entrepreneurs.
The aim of the UK-wide tour and local forums was to get a wider
understanding of students' views on enterprise, entrepreneurship
and the incubation services that universities offer.
The Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship (IAE) at Coventry
University was one of 10 leading university incubators that NACUE
and Lloyds Banking Group visited over a two week period; running a
series of interviews, focus groups and enterprise forums. This was
followed up with an on-line survey to gather more information.
Coventry's IAE is the home for all enterprise and
entrepreneurship activities at Coventry University and it offers
the region and its students, graduates and staff a broad range of
entrepreneurial support and services for every level and stage of
the business start up and growth.
Coventry invited a number of guests to take part in their forum,
one of them being the MP for Coventry South, Jim Cunningham.
Dr. Gideon Maas, Director of the Institute of Applied
Entrepreneurship at Coventry University said:
"The NACUE visit to Coventry University was a huge success. It
was good to see one of our local MPs at the University along with a
representative from the Federation of Small Businesses and the
Local Lloyds Business advisor. They all took part in the
discussions about how universities can play their part in helping
business start-ups.
"Over the past 3 years over 170 businesses have been created
with the help of the IAE and Coventry University is recognised as
one of the leading universities in the country for enterprise and
entrepreneurship."
For more information about Coventry University, please visit
their website here: www.coventry.ac.uk