SOAS Student Enterprise Success Stories
SOAS students often amaze themselves with their entrepreneurial spirit. A number of people set up their own ventures or projects, here are some examples of students we have supported.
UCL’s U-Create Design, Make, Sell Competition
Smera Nadeem, a first year BA History student and Majed Khashogji, who is studying for an MSc in Finance and Financial Law, won the “Overall Team” and “Best Products” categories at the 2013 U-Create Design Make Sell competition, run jointly by UCL Advances and NACUE. Further details
London Entrepreneurs' Challenge
SOAS student Madison Salters has won the £2,000 Provost’s Prize in UCL’s prestigious London Entrepreneurs’ Challenge.
The MSc International Management student joined forces with Amrita Bhattacherjee from UCL to develop a lightweight, innovative photo printer that clips on to the back of a mobile phone and prints wirelessly using new technologies. This enables users to customise and upload photos for real-time viewing. Further details
myChishiki
myChishiki is an innovative new project that aims to provide language hubs both in the UK and overseas through the provision of language exchange, language projects and conversation groups, in both a formal and social setting. myChishiki (pdf; 267kb)
Guerrilla London
Guerrilla London is a youth fashion start-up with a social mission. The business aims to train and employ young people to do great things in business and the creative industries. The business puts young people at the centre of a start-up business. In an environment where young people are struggling to access employment and faced with increasing limited options for paid work, Guerrilla London will run a profit sharing model that will financially reward young people, allowing them to work as equals in a business. Guerrilla London 2012 (pdf; 110kb)
Yaki
SOAS student secures job from attending start-up milkround event.
In May SOAS held its first start-up milkround event which was sponsored by NACUE and enternships. Students contacted local businesses and entrepreneurs to invite them to attend to meet with students interested in this area and who were looking to secure internships. Showing real entrepreneurial spirit, Cheryl Pui Shan Hung, BA Southeast Asia Studies and Geography approached the owner of Yaki at the event, demonstrating how she could help him and is now employed as a full time marketing executive for the Japanese bakery as a result. Yaki Press Release (pdf)
Addstudy.org
Addstudy.org won funding from Unltd/HEFCE to launch a student led initiative that aims to encourage students in higher and/or further education with ADHD to attain better academic achievement through providing information and running participatory workshops. The first year of operation (2011 – 2012) has seen the development of a website and a social network. The organisation also managed to roll out seven workshops held in a London University.
SOAS Recipe Book
The SOAS recipe book was launched in 2010 and involved a group of students collecting recipes from staff and students that represented the diverse mix of cultures on campus. Recipes are used in the refectory and books are on sale in the Students' Union. There are plans to launch a 2nd edition.
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