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Studying at the University of Oxford?
There are a wealth of resources for students to enhance skills, develop an idea, meet entrepreneurs and gain experience. The opportunities are only limited by the time you have.
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Why You (As a Student) Need to Learn Entrepreneurial Skills
Graduates need to show prospective employers that they have a rounded skill set. So what skills are employers looking for?
Startup Tips Videos
Oxford student and alumni entrepreneurs give insightful advice about how they started startups, their journeys, and why being in Oxford has helped.
How a degree can help you run a startup
Three members of Bloom & Wild discuss how their degrees have helped in their entrepreneurial life.
University of Oxford Entrepreneurship Support
Organisations and student groups providing opportunities to explore entrepreneurship in the University.
Entrepreneurship @ Oxford
Looking for a way to navigate the Oxford entrepreneurship ecosystem? Our handy map shows you everything at a glance.
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The Oxford Foundry
A new entrepreneurial centre for the University of Oxford, supporting students to become more entrepreneurial people.
Oxfurnished
Oxfurnished is a platform to revolutionise and provide environmentally-friendly furniture options for short-term use.
Viaduct generation
Viaduct Generation is an independent SEO agency, supporting the (online) growth of Black, POC and allied brands.
Matt Woolford, Founder and CEO Trendineer
Matt Woolford is Founder and CEO Trendineer, a new online store that supports all types of businesses and promotes sales.
EIT Health Summer School
The EIT Health Summer Schools support innovation by empowering the healthcare leaders and innovators of tomorrow.
Oxford Case Studies: Pick Me Up Parcels
Emily Tench bagged a social enterprise award for Pick-Me-Up Parcels, a venture that does what it says on the parcel.
Why Students Need to Learn Entrepreneurial Skills
Thinking about becoming a student entrepreneur? Or just looking to expand your skill set? Here’s why as a student you need to learn ...
Understanding Intellectual Property (IP)
As a student, you need to understand what IP is, who owns it, and what can be done with it before proceeding with an idea.
Working in Startups: Understanding the Growth Cycle
Growing pains - What are the phases a start-up goes through as it grows?
Oxford Case Studies: Language Amigo
Language Amigo is a new way for students to improve their spoken Spanish by providing an income to LATAM youngsters, too.
Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards
Presented every year to Oxford University students who show exceptional commitment to positive social change.
Oxford Case Studies: Project SOUP
Enjoying a simple bowl of soup for an evening can be the first step to making a number of positive changes in your community.
Oxford Entrepreneurs Student Society
Oxford Entrepreneurs is the largest student society promoting entrepreneurship in the world.
OXFO Booster Grants
Apply for up to £2,000 grant funding for student society initiatives that introduce entrepreneurship in the University.
Maria Rotilu, MD of the Oxford Seed Fund
Maria Rotilu is the current MD of the Oxford Seed Fund, a student-led VC (Venture Capital) body that invests in Oxford-affiliated startups every year.
MPLS Enterprise Programme
Opportunities for Oxford University members to get information about Oxford Entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Enterprising Women programme
Encouraging, inspiring and supporting the participation of female STEM researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Scientific Entrepreneurship – MPLS Enterprise
Success in a start-up business is significantly enhanced with an understanding of key entrepreneurial characteristics and competencies. This weekly, term-long course provides potential science/engineering entrepreneurs with the knowledge to help succeed in an entrepreneurial opportunity.
Brookes Enterprise Support
Enterprise Support offers exceptional opportunities for students, staff and recent graduates.
Oxford Case Studies: SociAbility
Matt Pierri is the CEO and Co-founder of SociAbility, whose main aim is to map the accessibility of social spaces within Oxford’s 44 colleges and halls, as well as a broad sweep of social venues, including cafes, restaurants and bars in a dedicated app.
The First Questions to Ask Yourself when You have that Big Idea Part 1
Dr Stuart Wilkinson gives advice on business ideas and how to manage them.
Startup Tips: Lessons from our students
Oxford student and alumni entrepreneurs give insightful advice about their startups
Sarah Tress, Founder of Loop Cushion
Sarah Tress founded Loop Cushion which is developing low-cost inflatable wheelchair seat cushions from bicycle inner tubes for use in low-resource contexts.
Get Your Startup Started
In this course, you’ll learn how to pitch your business and secure the funding you’ll need to launch your new company.
Oxford Women In Business (OxWIB)
A thriving student society providing a platform for opportunities for enterprising young women at the University of Oxford.
Olivia Durand and Paula Larsson, Co-founders of Uncomfortable Oxford
Olivia Durand and Paula Larsson are co-founders of Uncomfortable Oxford, a social enterprise that runs 'uncomfortable' history tours, workshops and events.
Oxwash
Oxwash are aiming to be the first truly sustainable and hygienic on-demand laundry company in the world.
Grace Baghdadi, Co-Founder of Females for Finance (F^3)
Grace Baghdadi, Co-Founder of Females for Finance (F^3), aims to bridge the male-female wealth gap by providing a free online program to high-achieving high school girls.
LoopCushion
Loop Cushion is developing low-cost inflatable wheelchair seat cushions from bicycle inner tubes for use in low-resource contexts.
Why Students Need to Learn Entrepreneurial Skills
Thinking about becoming a student entrepreneur? Or just looking to expand your skill set? Here’s why as a student you need to learn ...
OUI Social Enterprise Support
Through social enterprise, OUI now offers a business model that is adaptable, dynamic and supports all University Divisions equally.
Sofiia Verkhoturova, founder of Unbox
Sofiia Verkhorturova is the founder of Unbox, a platform that offers students a unified career discovery experience from the day they step onto university campus to the day they graduate.
Ebunlomo Azeez, Founder of Oxfurnished
Ebun is the Founder of Oxfurnished, a platform to revolutionise and provide environmentally-friendly furniture options for short-term use.
Aspect launch new Accelerator!
Aspect’s new flagship four-month social sciences student and alumni accelerator hosted by LSE to support and scale socially-responsible student and alumni ventures is now open for applications.
Gabriella Hakim, CEO and co-founder of VacTrack
Gabriella is the CEO and co-founder of VacTrack; a digital patient-centric platform that provides seamless vaccine tracking and guidance.
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
We are a dedicated centre for social entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford.
Student Entrepreneur Programme (StEP)
Your chance to explore what it takes to be an entrepreneur, if you're a student.
SmashMedicine
SmashMedicine boosts student engagement and outcomes whilst promoting inclusion and social interaction.
Oxford Venture Capital Network – Student Society
A network to help both Oxford students and startups grow.
How a Degree Can Help You Run Your Startup
Three members of Bloom&Wild discuss how their degrees have helped in their entrepreneurial life
Rodrigo Montenegro, Co-founder and CEO of Gamma Wave Technologies Ltd
Rodrigo Montenegro is the CEO of Gamma Wave Technologies Ltd, a start-up that applies neuroscience insight in the field of sleep.
Samuel A Diaz Pulgar, Co-founder of Nutriendo El Futuro
Samuel Diaz Pulgar is Co-Founder of Nutriendo El Futuro' (NEF), an organization that, for the past two and a half years, has fed and provided education to children in Venezuela.
Marthe Naudts, CEO & Founder, Oxford Business Review
Marthe Naudts is the CEO and Founder of the Oxford Business Review, a website and magazine aiming to provide all students with the insights, skills and community needed to thrive in the world of business
OX1
Oxford's first start-up incubator programme designed by student entrepreneurs, for student entrepreneurs, which does not take equity or IP.
Huw Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of nanovert
Huw Evans is the CEO of nanovert, a platform boosting the value of business promotions with authentic exposure from local nano-influencers.
What does it mean to be Entrepreneurial?
It is not just about starting a business, or spinning out a company from research. It's a mindset, or a way of thinking.
Ecogif
Ecogif is a start up building an impact centric online shopping platform giving users the power of impact trading.
Student Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship education is becoming more prominent, with many students seeking to learn more about business.
nanovert
nanovert is a platform boosting the value of business promotions with authentic exposure from local nano-influencers.
Prerna Wadikar, Founder of Jeeva Global
Prerna Wadikar is Founder of Jeeva Global, accelerating livelihoods through portable affordable energy using lithium-ion battery technology.
Startup Visa Endorsement (was GEV)
A UK endorsement scheme for those wish to stay in the UK to develop their business ideas.
Social Enterprise Awards
Since 2013, over 40 different ventures have been supported, from a community cafe to a soap recycling enterprise.
WeAreTheCity
WeAreTheCity includes gender-related news, a networks directory, calendar of events and conferences, returnships, business schools, inspirational women profiles, HeForShe interviews, giving back and jobs.
Oxford Foundry COVID-19 Action Plan
The Oxford Foundry has launched an OXFO COVID-19 Action Plan to rapidly scale ventures who are fighting COVID-19, and build and implement entrepreneurial solutions to future challenges.
Trendineer
Trendineer is a new, scalable, affordable online marketplace, redefining the way you shop online.
Gamma Wave Technologies Ltd
Gamma Wave Technologies Ltd is a start-up that applies neuroscience insight in the field of sleep.
Startup Tips: Finding funding
Oxford student and alumni entrepreneurs give insightful advice about their startups
Females for Finance (F^3)
Females for Finance are looking to increase female representation across executive banking positions through education, mentorship and networking.
The Careers Service Internship Programme
The University of Oxford Internship Programme provides access to hundreds of summer internships opportunities for students.
Ideas 2 Impact
This innovation and enterprise skills initiative is convened at Saïd Business School, in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Centre and the University of Oxford sciences division.
Oxford Startups
Oxford Startups is a meetup for startups and people interested in the startup scene in Oxford.
Sheen Gurrib, Co-founder of ReShape Co
Sheen Gurrib is the Co-founder of ReShape Co, one of the world’s largest non-profit consulting groups catering to SMEs.
All-Innovate Idea Competition
Encouraging all students at Oxford to develop an entrepreneurial skill-set.
University of Oxford Entrepreneurship Support
Organisations and student groups providing opportunities to explore entrepreneurship in the University.
Oxford Entrepreneur’s Network
Oxford educated entrepreneurs, investors and mentors. The Oxford Alumni network for those interested in entrepreneurship.
Koody
Koody is an online marketplace for financial advice making it cheaper and more accessible, building the future of wealth management.
Sara Fernandez, CEO of Oxford Hub
Sara Fernandez is CEO of Oxford Hub, a local charity that brings people and organisations together to make Oxford a better place.
Oxford Case Studies – Uncomfortable Oxford
Are you sitting comfortably? Then it’s time to get up and take a bumpy walk through Oxford’s past.
Jeeva Global
Jeeva Global is a social enterprise accelerating livelihoods through portable affordable energy using lithium-ion battery technology.
The Careers Service Student Consultancy
The programmes equips University of Oxford students with consulting skills to help local businesses, charities and community organisations.
Social Impact Education
A variety of co-curricular courses aimed at providing high potential, socially-minded graduate students across the University of Oxford.
Beckman
Beckman Automobiles is a new electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, bringing sustainability, desirability, and value to the EV market in a way previously unseen.
Free Entrepreneurship Online Courses and Activities
Looking for something to do from the comfort of your own home? Check out these free online entrepreneurship courses, videos and resources!
Meet Prime Advocates: Business for Good
Prime Advocates is a London-based not-for-profit corporate law firm and social finance consultancy. Its Social Finance Hot Desk connects pioneering social enterprise initiatives with free specialist legal advice.
Libby Wood, Associate Director for Programmes, Entrepreneurship Centre, Saïd Business School
Libby Wood is the Associate Director for Programmes, Entrepreneurship Centre, Saïd Business School which Supports Oxford Saïd students and alumni along their entrepreneurial journeys.
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