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 one-to-one support, is open to all students and recent graduates., and you will receive a Certificate of Completion for attending at least 3 of the Workshops.

Workshops last one hour, taking place each Wednesday lunchtime in March. These will take place at LCB Depot, in Leicester City Centre.

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.

New date: DMU Freelancing and Entrepreneurship Awards

Change of date: DMU Freelancing & Entrepreneurship Awards

With regard to the planned DMU Freelancing & Entrepreneurship Awards, due to take place this Tuesday, 10 February; In respect of recent events, we have taken the decision to move the event back to Tuesday 10 March. The Awards will take place, as planned, in The Venue between 5 – 8pm.

We apologise for any inconvenience this change may cause, but very much hope you can still join us. If you can no longer attend, we would be grateful if you could please let us know via email to dmumade@dmu.ac.uk

If you hadn’t registered but would like to attend, you can secure free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1905334790649?aff=oddtdtcreator

A new date for TEDxDemontfortU will be announced in due course.

Any questions to dmumade@dmu.ac.uk

How to register as a Sole Trader/Register a business

If you are a UK student or an EU student with settlement status, have your own side-hustle, money making venture, freelancing projects or a startup business, we’ll tell you how to register with HMRC to get your Unique Tax Reference No. We’ll also explain the benefits, and how it can unlock funding opportunities for you in DMU.

Simply book a one-to-one appointment with us via https://mygateway-dmu.ac.uk

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 open (currently 24 hours). You can find this space on the first floor of the Kimberlin Library (Room 1.06). Find out more here.

TEDxDemontfortU

This event is postponed. A new date and ticket details will be announced in due course.

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!

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.