Join us in Europe for just £153!
Are you a UK home student? You could join us on our next DMU Global trip, to Tallinn and Helsinki. This special trip will take place in the week of 8 June, 2026. The cost is only £153 to you, because you’ll receive a £150 DMU Global bursary and a £150 DMU Made grant towards the costs (transport and accommodation). This special trip is only open to UK home students, and you must be able to provide a Unique Tax Reference number obtained after July 2025 to be eligible.
The UTR means you have registered at gov.uk to be self-employed or have registered a business.
The £153 cost includes your flights and accommodation, making it an exceptional price!
Applications open 9am on Monday 12 January, here.
Register for our FREE 4-week ‘Freelancing in the Creative Industries’ programme'!
Interested in freelancing in Creative Industries, either alongside your studies or as a future career? This free 4-week programme, including Workshops, co-working sessions and a Conference, is open to all students and recent graduates., and you will receive a Certificate of Completion for attending at least 3 of the Workshops.
We have 20 spaces on the programme and each participant will receive a £200 DMU Made Startup Grant. Terms and conditions apply.
Book your FREE space here. https://my-gateway.dmu.ac.uk/leap/event.html?id=1756&service=Careers%20Service
Join our January Crafternoon Club!
All students and recent graduates are invited to come along to our monthly Crafternoon Club in the DMU Made Studio (Kimberlin Library 1.06)! DMU makers and crafters of all abilities and experience levels can come together, one afternoon per month. The Crafternoon Club allows students and recent graduates to set aside monthly time to work on creative projects in a social environment, meeting like minded creatives and sharing ideas.
The DMU Made studio has ample worktop space for working on practical projects, as well as cutting mats and a guillotine. Please bring any other equipment and materials along that you would like to use for Crafternoon Club.
Book here to join us on Tuesday 27th January, 12pm - 2pm.
Make Space
Do you have a creative side-project? Looking for a space to work, sew, design, create? All current students and recent graduates are welcome to work from the DMU Made Studio, which is open whenever the library is (currently 7am - 2am). You can find this space on the first floor of the Kimberlin Library (Room 1.06). Find out more here.
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Want to get tickets to our conference on March 10th 2026? The best chance to get one of the 100 tickets is to attend our Freelancing and Entrepreneurship Awards, which is where the tickets will be released.
Freelancing & Entrepreneurship Awards, supported by The Sir Thomas White Loan Company
Free tickets are now available for our event, taking place on Tuesday 10 February, 2026!
Students, Graduates & Staff tickets: https://my-gateway.dmu.ac.uk/leap/event.html?id=1666&service=Careers%20Service
Public tickets: DMU Freelancing and Entrepreneurship Awards Tickets, Tue 10 Feb 2026 at 17:00 | Eventbrite
Win £1000! Tell us about your business
If you’re already self-employed or have registered a business, please tell us about it here, and we’ll get in touch with details of how we can help you. Later this year, everyone who responds and has provided a UTR/registered business number obtained after July 2025, has the opportunity to win £1,000!
You can also nominate yourself or somebody deserving in this year’s DMU Freelancing and Entrepreneurship Awards.
Pitch2Win Monthly
Your business idea could win you £100 and if it’s really good, you could be entered into our final later in the year for the chance to win £1000 or more! Weekly pitching rounds will are now taking place. All you have to do to enter is go to my-gateway.dmu.ac.uk and book a pitching slot!
DMUmade PopUps
We've teamed up with DSU to host a new, daily opUp Shop located in the SUsupplies Shop on the Ground Floor of the Campus Centre. Students who make their own products can apply for a free stall by emailing Andrew Reynolds. PopUp Shops are open on Mondays between 10am and 4pm.
Email opportunities@dsu.ac.uk to express an interest in having a stall.
ONGOING SUPPORT
A reminder that any student or graduate can receive one to one support, whether they have an existing business or would just like to know how to go about starting one.
One-to-ones are offered face to face and on line and can be booked via MyGateway or dmumade.com.
Further drop-in support and workspace will soon be available via the new Careers Hub in Hugh Aston.
