Kent Innovation i-Teams links the most innovative and creative students to industry, facilitating solutions to real world business challenges. i-Teams originated at MIT and was brought over to the UK by the University of Cambridge in 2006. Several other UK Universities have since adopted the model and implemented their own programmes. Following a very successful Kent programme in 2020, we are excited to present our second year of i-Teams in 2021, which is supported by EIRA.

i-Teams is an 8 week programme where three student teams, who are selected from across all academic disciplines, work on their business challenge with the support of i-Teams mentor, Tudor Price, Deputy CEO at the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce.

The programme commences 27th January 2021; sessions take place Wednesday evenings from 5:30 – 8pm culminating in a Grand Final on 17th March where each team will present their findings and conclusions to their business challenge sponsor, along with an audience of business and academic experts.  We will deliver the programme in a Covid-19 secure environment meeting all requirements current at the point of delivery.

Open to all current University of Kent students.

Deadline for applying is 23.59 on 29 November 2020

Successful applicants are expected to attend all sessions and to complete a 2 hour online training module ‘Enterprise Design Thinking’.  Each session and training module attracts 15 Employability Points.

Details of our 2020 I-Teams programme can be found on the Hub for Innovation and Enterprise.

For all the details, and application link see our i-Teams 2021 webpage.

If you have any questions please email: eirakent@kent.ac.uk

[Picture showing was taken in February 2020 prior to lockdown in March 2020].