University of Bath School of Management

The benefits for participating entrepreneurs include:

• Engagement with highly motivated budding entrepreneurs
• Providing practical guidance in terms of launching new businesses and developing long-term relationships with young entrepreneurs
• Networking with the School of Management, the Innovation Centre, other entrepreneurs and other associated ventures within the University of Bath

The School of Management has a strong tradition of developing entrepreneurship. The Bath MBA has long been renowned for the ‘Entrepreneurship in Action Project’.

The course culminates with a business plan competition (supported by Abbey Santander) and provides students with the opportunity to encounter the real-life process of launching an entrepreneurial enterprise. Similarly on the BSc Business Adminstration course the ‘New Venture Creation’ module provides opportunity for young and aspiring entrepreneurs to write a business plan and gain valuable real-life experience of understanding a business as a whole.

What's involved?

• Be in residence at Bath for two days during their term as an BEiR
• Meet students and help develop their business ideas
• Attend networking events, deliver guest lectures and be a judge on the business plan competition
• Provide an online profile and contribute to a podcast/vidoecast/blogspot on the website