Enterprise is music to our ears
Two talented musicians with a head for business were among those recognised at the University’s fifth annual Enterprise Challenge Awards.
Each year, students and graduates are invited to submit a business plan to the University’s Careers Service, and are given independent expert feedback from a panel of judges.
The aim is to encourage and develop entrepreneurs and work to retain that talent in the North East.
Since it began, the competition has generated many new local businesses and created highly employable graduates.
Postgraduate music students Roger James and Robbie Humphries won the Outstanding Student Contribution to Enterprise Award for Trees Are Good Creations, a management company for their band Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle (pictured).
They were also runners-up in the Culture, Arts and Media category and secured a total of Ł1,250 in prize money. Their band will be touring the UK this summer, after recently releasing a CD.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Christopher Edwards said: 'Now, more than ever, our enterprising graduates are of great interest to potential employers and our graduate entrepreneurs are achieving more and more with businesses of their own.'
Dr Carys Watts, from the School of Biomedical Sciences, received the Outstanding Staff Contribution to Enterprise Award for helping introduce students to biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, as well as providing them with the necessary business knowledge and skills.
The awards event at Newcastle’s Civic Centre hosted 300 students and graduates, as well as employers and business partners from across the region. It attracted 79 entries this year - the highest number since it began in 2003.
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published on: 22nd May 2007