April 2023 Newsletter

Nelson’s inspire students & graduates at latest Connect event

Laura Kearsley from Nelson’s Solicitors inspired an audience of entrepreneurial students and graduates at our latest Connect event, in partnership with The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity.

Held at Hotel Brooklyn, students and graduates learned networking tips from Laura, before putting them into practice with some busy networking which followed a number of guest talks.

Mark Charlton, Robyn Kenney and Danilele Wright from DMU all shared their expertise.

New starter

Rehana Lila will be joining the Enterprise and Entrepreneurship team on Monday 3 April.  Rehana is DMU alumni, having graduated with a Master's Degree in Creative writing in 2017.   Rehana has previously worked here as a Student Ambassador and as a Marketing Communication’s Officer.  She has also worked in Dubai as a Content writer and English Teacher and as an Energy Specialist.

Whilst Rehana 'replaces' Vikesh, we'll be taking her role back to the original job description, so her primary focus will be on comms, making connections with faculties, curating content for lectures, reporting and coordinating our events.

Enterprise & Entrepreneurship to launch new Fashion pre-accelerator

Students and graduates interested in launching a fashion-focused side-hustle or business will soon be able to take part in a new pre-accelerator programme which will help them turn their ideas into businesses.

Students will receive 1-2-1 support, mentoring, workshops, off-site visits and networking. Pre-accelerator programmes enable participants to learn skills such as costing and pricing, building and running online stores, branding, graphic design and more. Please recommend any student who may be interested to submit an expression of interest form, here.

Enterprise & Entrepreneurship team with DSU for new popups

Description: We've teamed up with DSU to host a new, weekly PopUp 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.

Booking: Students can email opportunities@dsu.ac.uk to express an interest in having a stall.

Congratulations to Enactus DMU

Congratulations to the Enactus DMU society, who have been named as national finalists in the Reducing Inequalities Impact4Action competition.

Free workshop: How to build your own website

Our weekly lunchtime knowledge sessions continue on Thursday 23 March with a free workshop for students and graduates, teaching them how to build a website.

The workshop takes place in the new home of Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, the Careers Hub which is located on the ground floor of Hugh Aston near to the Coffee Hut (rooms 0.82/83).

Students and graduates can sign up via MyGateway.

Connect at…Hotel Brooklyn to return in April

Our long-running networking event series ‘Connect’ returns for another event on 18 April, 5.30pm -7pm.

The event will again be held at Hotel Brooklyn and will feature guest speakers from within the Careers Team and the local business community. The Connect series brings together students, graduates, staff and members of the Leicester business community.

All staff are welcome, and you can register for your free place here.

New Entrepreneurial Mixer launches this April

Enterprise & Entrepreneurship are collaborating with DMU’s alumni team on a brand new social mixer for third years and recent graduates who are interested in, or undertaking self-employment.

The new events will see us mix with alumni at The Exchange before moving on to Leicester’s biggest social and networking event, Last Friday.

Interested students and graduates can apply for a free place, which includes food, drink and entry, here.

At the bottom of this website you can play our latest podcast, which features colleagues from DMU’s brilliant alumni team. Please do take a listen!