Entrepreneurial Skills Development Courses
Royce can provide support to PhD students and early-career researchers who need to advance their knowledge and skills as part of their commercialisation journeys. The providers listed below provide a range of training that will:
- Develop your entrepreneurial skills
- Enable you to apply this knowledge to your own project and research
- Gain experience working in a team on a consultation challenge
- Build relationships with experienced entrepreneurs and mentors
- Connect you to innovation-minded early-career researchers
Depending on the type of skills training available and your own circumstances there are various levels of support that Royce can provide. To find out more about these programmes and how to access the funding provided by Royce, contact the organisations directly through the links provided below.
Wilbe - Bootcamp for Science Founders
Wilbe - Bootcamp for Science Founders
BSF is a crash course in fast and practical decision making for scientist founders, providing hands-on sessions delivered by seasoned founders & investors, and supported by a community platform with regular in-person social gatherings. BSF is tailor-made for scientists to understand what it takes to get their discoveries off the ground, going through the ins and outs of building a company and becoming a founder, taught solely by science founders, seasoned investors and spinout experts, on subject matters from biotech to clean energy, and everything in between.
impulse
The impulse Programme
The impulse programme serves as a catalyst for entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. The programme enables the development of high-potential technology innovation into a commercial proposition, for individuals and companies. It is an established action learning programme of global significance with a sharp focus on prioritising and developing “high-potential” business cases. The core of impulse’s approach is a network of passionate mentors and experienced entrepreneurs who act as role models and provide valuable guidance from this highly respected, unique Cambridge innovation cluster.
EnterpriseTECH & EnterpriseTECH STAR
EnterpriseTECH & EnterpriseTECH STAR
The EnterpriseTECH experience encompasses the foundation level EnterpriseTECH and the follow-on EnterpriseTECH STAR programmes. Together, they offer a dynamic blend of education and practical experience tailored for the entrepreneurially-minded STEM researcher or professional. On these 10-week programmes, you’ll learn core aspects of entrepreneurship, innovation-driven problem-solving, strategic market navigation and value creation, while exploring your entrepreneurial potential in a team that has a project provided, or by advancing an early-stage business idea of your own.
EnterpriseTECH and STAR are ideal for people new to business school learning, who have other weekday commitments to attend to. You may be looking for an easy-to-access educational offering or primer without committing to a full Masters degree or MBA in business or entrepreneurship studies.
Conception X
Conception X
Conception X helps PhD students launch deeptech startups based on their research, connect with industry experts and become eligible for innovation grants, awards and venture capital funding. Since being established in University College London’s Faculty of Engineering in 2018, it has supported 450 teams, from 60 universities, that have gone on to raise £87m of equity.
Its established links with over 40 of the UK’s leading universities has allowed Conception X to recruit PhD students from across the deeptech portfolio, and advanced materials research has featured during each cohort in cutting-edge startups.
Introduction to Commercialisation Workshops
Royce hosts short workshop at our Partner sites to offer a chance for PhD students to gain knowledge on the overall process of commercialisation of new materials. Bringing together expertise from a variety of areas the content provides an overview of spin out companies, the basics of intellectual property, how to seek investment and venture capital. The content also helps participants find additional support either through their university’s technology transfer offices, Royce or other organisations.
We are keen to keep in touch with students who attend these workshops over time as they begin their entrepreneurial journey. Our hope is that we can build a community of material innovators linked into Royce who are well placed to use our facilities as they progress along the commercialisation pathway.
To express your interest in attending these workshops keep on eye on the events listings below or email: training@royce.ac.uk
