What is an Enterprise Residency?
Our Enterprise Residency placement connects to a specific assessed module within your course (ask your lecturer if this programme is offered to you).
As a second year International Business student, I was given the opportunity to complete an Enterprise Residency module. This entailed creating a business idea from scratch, looking at all aspects that are involved such as financing, design, promotion and marketing etc. I took this opportunity to design and develop a vegan app with the aim to encourage people to change their diets in order to help tackle the environmental crisis.
Through this experience I developed key skills that I consider to be essential for success in many aspects of life. Additionally, after completing this project and achieving a 1st, I felt that this was a business idea with huge potential. I therefore decided to apply for the Work for Yourself program and was successful in being accepted.
The independent nature of this module allowed my creativity to thrive as I was given the freedom to determine the nature of my assessed work, whilst also receiving guidance and encouragement from the Enterprise Team. I would highly recommend this module to all students as it is a great opportunity to explore the process of developing independent ideas and how to put business into practice.
Laura Moore, Student, L5
The programme is designed to give you the freedom to develop your own ideas, and developing enterprising skills and qualities. It is linked to the core SHU Graduate Attributes:
- Knowledge Application
- Motivation and Engagement
- Social Responsibility
- Creative and Critical Thinking
- Integrity and Professionalism
- Research and Enquiry
- Digital Literacy
- Commuication
The development of these key skills will help you set up a business venture (from freelancing to start-ups) or stand out from the crowd in a competitive graduate job market.
The Enterprise Residency programme may run for a single semester or throughout the academic year. You will be required to work independently and will have access to the Hallam i-Lab.
Your course may run teaching alongside the Enterprise Residency.
You will work individually or in a team (of up to 5) to develop an idea that can be concept only, or taken to market as a commercial/non-commercial venture.
The Enterprise Team gave really good support and communication throughout this process to our students, allowing them to benefit from a work placement experience and also to become more confident in answering a professional industry brief. Because of this a lot of our students are now considering freelance work as an option, to enable them to apply the skills learnt on their course and develop a career within their area of practice.
Anne Doncaster, DMP & Animation, L5
How the Enterprise Team supports you
The Enterprise Team provide support through:
- An introduction session
- Idea generation workshop
- 1-1 or group touchpoints
- Mandatory workshops
- Optional workshops
- Email support
