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UoB visits UEPA in Ukraine

Our British Council鈥檚 Creative Spark project 鈥淐reating Creative Entrepreneurs (CCE)鈥� has made significant impact during Professor Yanqing Duan and Dr Yongmei Bentley鈥檚 visit to Kharkov (Ukraine) on 15-19 May 2019.

The start-up project competition 鈥淵OU MUST TRY 2019鈥�

UEPA and UoB jointly held the final start-up project competition 鈥淵OU MUST TRY 2019鈥� on 16th May. Ten selected Ukraine students鈥� teams presented their project ideas to compete for the position of the overall winner. Professor Yanqing Duan and Dr Yongmei Bentley joined a group of expert panel members who are successful entrepreneurs in the creative industry. Professor Duan was also interviewed by the local media and was pleased to see her appearing in the local TV news!

The event was very successful with over 100 participants.

A workshop on 鈥淐reating and Supporting Entrepreneurs through Entrepreneurial ecosystems in HEIs鈥�

The project team organised a workshop with UEPA teachers on 鈥淐reating and Supporting Entrepreneurs through Entrepreneurial ecosystems in HEIs鈥� on 17th May. Professor Yanqing Duan and Dr Yongmei Bentley shared information and experience on how UK HEI鈥檚 are supporting enterprises through education, research and knowledge transfer. Information and examples provided by Prof Duan and Dr Bentley stimulated debates among participants and offered food for thoughts on how UEPA can learn from the UK HEI鈥檚 experience to engage in university-industry collaborations.

Promoting 鈥淐reative Spark Big Idea Challenge!鈥� Pitch Competition

To encourage more student teams to join the 鈥淐reative Spark Big Idea Challenge!鈥� Pitch Competition, project team organised a workshop on 鈥渉ow to prepare your pitch competition鈥� with UEPA students. Dr Yongmei Bentley explained the steps in preparing the video pitch and assessment criteria using examples.

Please visit the project social media page to see more photos, news and feedback about the competition event and knowledge transfer workshop:

For more information regarding the project, please visit:

• www.beds.ac.uk/research-ref/bmri/projects/current/cce