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The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre proudly unveils this year's extraordinary Venture Further Awards finalists who are set to revolutionise their industries.

The latest edition of Ready, Set, Pitch!, held on 2nd April, was a resounding success!

Apply Now to join the R2I programmeR2I is a bespoke entrepreneurship training programme for late stage PhD students, PDRAs and early-career researchers from across all faculties with ambitions to develop commercial ventures or to create …

Today marks the end of the first edition of the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre’s Get Started business ideas programme, a new initiative designed to transform student ideas into potential ventures.

Manchester’s reputation as a global leader in graphene innovation was reinforced as The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) announced the winners of the 2025 Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award. The prestigious competition, which …

The MEC ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓer to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact will run again from April 2025.

Twenty four early career researchers have completed Cohort 1 of the 2024-25 ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓer to Innovator (R2I) programme.

Arcube, a Manchester-based startup aiming to transform the airline industry, has successfully raised a $1.5 million seed round co-led by Fuel Ventures & Oxford Capital Partners.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) successfully hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2024 at The University of Manchester. From November 18 to 24, MEC offered a diverse program of speaker sessions, interactive workshops, and its …

Join the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) for a week of exciting Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) events!

To mark the 20th anniversary of the discovery of Graphene, MEC revisits and celebrates the 2024 Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Awards. 

Gain entrepreneurial skills for all settings with MEC's new interactive scenario-based microlearning, ‘Key 5’.

The hugely successful ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓer to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact is back for 2024-25.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is pleased to announce the winners of the Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 2024.

Twenty two early career researchers have now successfully completed Cohort 2 of the 2023-24 the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓer to Innovator (R2I) programme.

MEC is delighted to announce the winners of the Venture Further Awards 2024, the UK’s leading university-led start-up competition.

Sid Sethi, founder of Specscart and VFA 2018 winner, has been named on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list 2024.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre is excited to announce the finalists for this year's Venture Further Awards.

Following the success of R2I, we are pleased to announce the programme will be running again from April 2024.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) partnered with The University of Manchester Careers team to celebrate Self-employment Week from February 19th to 22nd, 2024.

Twenty early career researchers recently completed the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓer to Innovator (R2I) programme, an exciting entrepreneurship training programme for researchers with ambitions to develop commercial ventures and create impact from their academic …

In preparation for the Venture Further Awards this year, the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre delivered its first Startup Bootcamps.

Join MEC, in collaboration with UoM Careers, for Self-employment Week.

Applications are now open for the PitchIt! competition. Elevate your society's impact with up to £1250 in funding!

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) are pleased to announce that the Venture Further Awards Competition is now open!

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is pleased to announce the success of the Bright Ideas Competition.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is thrilled to announce the resounding success of the most recent Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is hosting a series of events in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week - 13th -17th November. 

Following a series of Introductory Sessions the R2I programme is now open for applications.

The hugely successful ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓer to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact is back for 2023-24.