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The Careers Service & Entrepreneurship Support at Newcastle University

Gareth Trainer

Assistant Director, Careers Service

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Newcastle University

• Our vision is of Newcastle as a civic university with a global reputation for academic excellence.

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Newcastle University

• We aim:‣ to be a world-class research-intensive university‣ to deliver teaching and facilitate learning of the

highest quality‣ to play a leading role in the economic, social and

cultural development of the North East of England

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Newcastle University

• In 2009-10 the University had 19,667 students across three academic Faculties

51%

29%

20%

Medical SciencesScience, Agriculture & EngineeringHumanities, Arts & Social Sciences

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The Careers Service

• Aims to develop enterprising students and graduates who can self manage, interact and apply their knowledge and skills in a global context

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The Careers Service

• Skills Development• Work-related Learning• Work Experience• Part-time Work• Occupations &

Employers

• Graduate Vacancies• Postgraduate study• Entrepreneurial

Development• New Venture Creation

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The Careers Service

• Employability supported by the Newcastle Graduate Skills Framework delivered through the curriculum and extra-curricular activities supported by the University and Students Union.

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Entrepreneurial Development Unit - EDU

• To ensure the Newcastle University provides a support environment for student and graduate enterprise and entrepreneurship that is second to none.

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EDU Strategic Aims

‣ Promote enterprise and entrepreneurship

‣ Support academics and the curriculum

‣ Enable enterprising people and entrepreneurial ventures

‣ Inform and shape the policy and support environment

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EDU Strategic Outcomes

✓Increased self efficacy, personal enterprise, commercial acumen, and entrepreneurial capacity.

✓Increased knowledge transfer and sustainable new venture creation.

✓Increased graduate retention and utilisation in the North East of England.

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Progression into Entrepreneurship

Awareness Raising

Training

Support

Enterprise Challenge

Faculty Animation

Central Animation

Rise Up Campaign

Credit Bearing Modules

Co-curricular Training

Research Student Training

NU Enterprise

Programme

The Elevator

Start-up Network

Grant Funding

Business Incubation

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‣ Rise Up Interns

‣ Development Officers

‣ Business Advisers

‣ Entrepreneurs in Residence

‣ Professional Advisers

‣ Mentors

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Progression into Entrepreneurship

Awareness Raising

Training

Support

• Over 4% of students engaged with awareness raising activity.

• Business plan competition participation increased by 21%.

• 997 individuals received 6 hours or more of entrepreneurship training an increase of 13%.

• More than 51% of training interventions in the curriculum.

• 327 one-to-one start-up support interventions, an increase of 24%.

• 36 new jobs created, an increase of 25%.• Average annual creation of between 25 and 30

new ventures.

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Thank You!

• To find out more and/or ask any questions:

‣ Visit: www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/riseup‣ Follow: www.twitter.com/nuriseup‣ Follow: www.twitter.com/ghtrainer‣ Email: g.h.trainer@ncl.ac.uk

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