The Business Start Up Journey pitching finals took place on Wednesday 29 March at the University’s Sibson Building. Twelve student businesses went head-to-head in a … Read more
Tag: Entrepreneurship
Meet Founder of Jehucal at Business Start Up Journey Launch on October 19
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
Expert View: Refugees and the Road to Successful Entrepreneurship
By the time, you read this text, probably 60 new people left their homes to seek asylum and safety. According to the UK refugee council … Read more
Kent Business School Proud Sponsors of FSB Young Entrepreneur Award
Kent Business School is supporting small businesses in the south east through sponsorship of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Celebration of Small Business Awards. … Read more
Expert Comment: ‘Why it is Time for us to Demystify the Entrepreneur’
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
Wednesday 20 October – The Business Start-Up Journey launches!
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
From first ever Pitch to Finished Product: How ASPIRE Helped our Businesses to Succeed
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
KBS entrepreneur Nadia Simpson to appear at Inspirational Speaker Event
Just one more day to go until the Inspirational Speaker event in collaboration with the Student Success Central team. The event begins on Tuesday 29 … Read more
Digital Twins and the Circular Economy: Our 1st Virtual Business Soundbites session
On Wednesday 16 June, three leading academics at Kent Business School will take the floor to explore how innovations in business science are driving increased … Read more
The Docking Station: Industry Hub of the Past to Innovation Space of the Future
Police Section House, a Grade II listed building has seen many exciting things in its 164-year history. Set on Chatham’s Historic Dockyard, it was built … Read more
Global Entrepreneurship Week Events
Do you want to develop your entrepreneurial skills? Hear from our inspiring students and industry experts? Take a look at the upcoming events happening during … Read more
Students Explore How Nature Can Inspire Solutions to World Problems
Understanding the potential for nature to inspire ideas was the topic of the first Business Start-Up Journey Ideas Hack boot camp. Using the Canterbury campus … Read more
8 Black Owned Student Start-Up Businesses to Watch
The Business Start-Up Journey (BSUJ) is an inspirational programme which brings student business start-up ideas to life and develops your entrepreneurial skills. These black-owned start-up … Read more
The Business Start-Up Journey 2020-21
The Business Start-Up Journey is an inspirational programme which brings student business start-up ideas to life and develops your entrepreneurial skills. This 15-week co-curricular programme … Read more
Creative Spark: New Enterprise Partnership Between Kent and Azerbaijan
Kent Business School (KBS) has been successfully selected by the British Council to work with ADA University and Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, … Read more
Meet the Selfies, 2019
A group of students have started their Self-Employed Placement year, taking their first steps in developing their own business supported by the ASPIRE team at … Read more
KBS Student’s Fashion Brand Set for London Fashion Week
Emmanuel Enemokwu, a third year Accounting and Management student at Kent Business School, launched JEHU-CAL whilst studying. This weekend JEHU-CAL has been invited to exhibit … Read more
Pitch It! Sustainability Challenge
Pitch It! challenges University of Kent students to improve the adoption of more sustainable behaviours in the Sibson building. Sibson, the home of Kent Business … Read more
Team Kent Win Bronze, at the International Youth Innovation and Enterprise Skills Competition.
Four entrepreneurial students win the bronze award in an international competition testing their business skills in an online simulation. Students from the University of Kent … Read more
Business Start-Up Journey 2019 Winner Announced
Three start-up businesses won funding from a University of Kent programme to support future entrepreneurs. Twelve new businesses, all founded by students at Kent Business … Read more