{"id":1157,"date":"2018-10-23T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:38:45","slug":"innovation-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have a business, you may have a business idea, you may want to learn how to generate ideas \u2013 Hub is a dedicated base for start-up support and incubation at the University of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>To talk to our professional business advisor, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/startup\/business-advice.html\">sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In November we are inviting our external business mentors to come in for a day to run business surgeries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to propel your business in the digital space?<br \/>\nTalk to our Digital Marketing mentor!<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 1<sup>st<\/sup>, Thur. Please, <a href=\"mailto:unikenthub@kent.ac.uk?subject=Digital%20marketing%20surgery%20session\">book.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not sure how to evaluate your start-up expenses?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Come to a session with an accountant!<br \/>\n<\/strong>November 13<sup>th<\/sup>, Tue. Please, <a href=\"mailto:unikenthub@kent.ac.uk?subject=Accounting%20surgery%20session\">book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love the idea of making a change?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Feel like giving back to the community?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Like the idea of running a business?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Social Enterprise Conference<br \/>\n<\/strong>November 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2018, Thursday, 12 noon \u2013 4pm, Free admission<br \/>\nA great opportunity to meet like-minded people, network and learn:<br \/>\n&#8211; the difference between charity and CIC<br \/>\n&#8211; available funding<br \/>\n&#8211; local and national success stories<br \/>\n&#8211; pitfalls of running a social enterprise<br \/>\nPlease, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/social-enterprise-conference-tickets-51543323468\">register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year on top of our usual business support activities we are rolling out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/digitalreboot.html\">#DigitalReboot programme<\/a> with digital start-up support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/digitalreboot\/competitions-and-events.html\">#DigitalReboot APP CHALLENGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Got an idea for an app?<br \/>\nWe can help you digitalise your future!<br \/>\nThe Challenge this year is focusing on 17 UN Sustainability Goals.<br \/>\nTeams of 2-4 students are welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/digitalreboot\/competitions-and-events.html\">apply online<\/a><br \/>\nDeadline for applications \u2013 November 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>To increase your chances of successful application we would advise you to book a free confidential 1-2-1 session with a <a href=\"mailto:unikenthub@kent.ac.uk?subject=Digital%20Business%20advice%20session\">digital business advisor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Within #DigitalReboot we have just launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/digitalreboot\/competitions-and-events.html\">Student meet-ups at Mungo\u2019s<\/a> where students with ideas meet students will skills to create something amazing! Come along to meet entrepreneurial students, find a business partner and socialise.<\/p>\n<p>So many opportunities and so little time!<\/p>\n<p>An option of studying online and acquiring skills on starting your own business is also on MOODLE with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/skills-award.html\">Enterprise Skills Award (ESA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The great news is that by attending all mentioned events (including online module) and taking part in all competitions you will also receive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/\">Employability Points<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be your own boss, learn about starting a business and meet like-minded people!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further information, please, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\/contact.html\">contact the Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>T: 01227\u00a0824641<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:E%3Aunienthub@kent.ac.uk\">E: unikenthub@kent.ac.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub\">www.kent.ac.uk\/innovation-hub<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/&amp;t=Innovation Hub' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Innovation Hub%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/&amp;title=Innovation Hub' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/&amp;title=Innovation Hub' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have a business, you may have a business idea, you may want to learn how to generate ideas \u2013 Hub is a dedicated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/10\/23\/innovation-hub\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54698,"featured_media":952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[77,25229,143073,112399],"tags":[25229,141095],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}