Tag: ASPIRE

Former Kent Business School student,  Nadia Simpson (also known as Ewura-Esi) has been nominated for a sustainability award by networking consultancy, The Gen Z Club. Nadia … Read more

The University-wide Business Start-Up Journey competition allows students to launch a start-up with the help and support of ASPIRE. Emay Enemokwu (pictured above), founder of … Read more

Mwinza Mpoha is an International Business Student. He is from Zambia and took his course with a ‘Selfie Year’ (Self Employed Year in Industry) that … Read more

Emmanuel Enemokwu, known as Emay, studied Accounting and Management at Kent Business School and graduated in 2019. Emay launched his fashion label Jehucal, during the … Read more

The Business Start Up Journey launched at our Canterbury Campus on Wednesday 19 October and included special guests Emmanuel Enemokwu, founder of Jehucal and Business … Read more

The Launch of the 2023 Business Start Up Journey will be Wednesday 19 October at Sibson building, LT3, Canterbury from 14:00-16:00. Kent Business School alum … Read more

Wezie Chirwa has just finished an MBA at Kent Business School. She was recently awarded a Santander Grant of £2,400 towards her food production business, … Read more

Politics and International Relations graduate Tobi Kolawole-Olutade who took part in the 2019-20 Business Start-Up Journey, has announced a new collaboration with Lagos-based photographer Chukwuka … Read more

“The Best Thing about a Selfie Year is How Much you Learn, Fast” Samuel Cornelius-Merrell (pictured above) is studying BSc Marketing and is currently taking … Read more

Ryan Jackson and his streetwear brand OG Kicks has won the Kent Business School sponsored Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Southeast arm … Read more

Two Kent students have received £1,000 prize money at Kent Business School’s Business Start-Up Journey Finals for their automated plant-watering product, Plantix. The co-curricular Business Start-Up … Read more

To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week Business Start-Up Journey went “out out” heading off campus with students to explore the potential to start new businesses in … Read more

To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, Dr Gloria Appiah, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Kent Business School discusses the real and perceived barriers to entrepreneurship success. “The … Read more

Global Entrepreneurship Week (8 to 14 November) celebrates entrepreneurship in all corners of the globe. In line with the latest theme of empowering innovators who … Read more

Business Start-Up Journey, took place on Wednesday 20 October at Sibson building. Students and graduates from across the University gathered to learn more about the … Read more

Be inspired at the launch of this year’s Business Start-Up Journey where we will welcome Shannie Mears, co-founder and Head of Talent at Elephant Room, … Read more

Here, KBS ASPIRE students of past and present sum up what the initiative did for them and how it could help you, too….  ASPIRE launched … Read more

Marketing student Giovanni Morgan, 21 from South London first launched a clothing line aged 16 at Sixth Form College which developed into a denim brand … Read more

21-year-old Lauren Portnall from Rochester started a BSc in Business and Management in 2018. In her third year, she embarked on a Selfie Year to … Read more

Soon-to-be final year students Roshini Kaur and Uwais Mahmood launched their milkshake delivery business, Docious, during their Selfie Year, with the help of ASPIRE.  Here, … Read more