Future Freelancers in Bergen - Apply Now!
Our ‘Future Freelancers in Bergen’ trip is open for applications from current DMU students until October 20th!
Learn how to be your own boss, while making new friends and contacts. This exciting winter adventure will strengthen vital freelancing self-employment skills including:
- Social Media and Personal Branding
- Networking
- Teamwork
Apply for the trip here: https://dmuglobal.com/Opportunities/future-freelancers-in-bergen-discovering-sustainability-entrepreneurship-and-creative-skills/
You will also receive £200 towards trip costs from DMU.
Interested? Come to our information drop-in session on Wednesday 15th October at 10am in the Careers Hub (Hugh Aston/Hawthorn Square)
Free theatre trip: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
DMU Made* is pleased to offer 15 free places at a technical rehearsal performance of 'Who'S Afraid of Virginia Woolf'. Interested in freelancing in the creative sector? Come along and see what goes into a production like this to bring it to the stage.
Limited free tickets available
If you would like a free ticket, please register for this event at https://my-gateway.dmu.ac.uk/leap/event.html?id=1588&service=Careers%20Service
If this activity clashes with your lectures/teaching you will not be able to participate without permission from your lecturer.
Bitesize Lunchtime Workshops
Our FREE ‘Bitesize’ sessions will allow students to sharpen skills for Freelancing and Self-Employment, in our brand new Kimberlin Library space (DMU Made Studio, Room 1.06). This series of 30-minute sessions will upskill attendees on a range of vital topics including Blogging (Wednesday October 8th) and Website-creation (Wednesday 15th October).
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.
Free Future Freelancers programme
Whether you’re keen to make money alongside your studies or have aspirations to be your own boss in the future, you can sign up to this year’s Future Freelancers programme which runs on Wednesdays from the end of October. Click the link below for full details of the programme and to register your place…
10 Years of Connect: Join us at our anniversary event
DMU Made celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Connect’, the long-running guest speaker and networking event, designed to bring together students, graduates, staff and members of the public who have an interest in freelancing, startups and entrepreneurship.
This special event will reflect on a decade of events, and they’ll be some guest speakers sharing their own entrepreneurial journeys, too.
The event takes place Tuesday 28 October, 5 - 7.30pm on campus.
Register for your free place, here.
TEDxDemontfortU
Fancy yourself as a TED-talker? Or maybe you just want to be inspired by some live TED talks? As DMU Made relaunches TEDx in Leicester, this year your chance to catch some live on campus…
Any DMU student, graduate or member of staff interested in delivering a talk can apply via dmumade.com/tedxdemontfortu
Freelancing & Entrepreneurship Awards
Do you know somebody who is deserving of a DMU Freelancing & Entrepreneurship Award? You can nominate yourself or somebody else, now via https://www.dmumade.com/awards
Are you already running a business/side-hustle or working freelance?
Please tell us about it here, and we’ll get in touch with details of how we can help you.
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.
