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Latest news from the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre.
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Venture Further Awards 2025: The Finalists For The UK's Leading University Start-up Competition
25 Apr 2025
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre proudly unveils this year's extraordinary Venture Further Awards finalists who are set to revolutionise their ...
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Ready, Set, Pitch! - April Edition Recap
3 Apr 2025
The latest edition of Ready, Set, Pitch!, held on 2nd April, was a resounding success!
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Researcher to Innovator (R2I) Programme - Apply by 8th April to secure a place
28 Mar 2025
Apply Now to join the R2I programme R2I is a bespoke entrepreneurship training programme for late stage PhD students, PDRAs and early-career ...
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Get Started Business Ideas Programme: Successful Inaugural Edition
25 Mar 2025
Today marks the end of the first edition of the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre’s Get Started business ideas programme, a new initiative designed to ...
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The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre Announces Winners of the 2025 Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award
12 Mar 2025
Manchester’s reputation as a global leader in graphene innovation was reinforced as The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) announced the winners ...
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Next round of MEC Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme launched: Join an Information Session
5 Mar 2025
The MEC Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact will run again from April 2025.
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Six researchers secure funding through the MEC Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme to boost the development of their commercial ideas.
20 Feb 2025
Twenty four early career researchers have completed Cohort 1 of the 2024-25 Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme.
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Manchester-based Tech startup Arcube secures $1.5m in seed funding
12 Feb 2025
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...
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Celebrating Entrepreneurship: A Successful Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 by the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre
28 Nov 2024
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) successfully hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2024 at The University of Manchester. From November ...
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Unleash Your Potential with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
15 Nov 2024
Join the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) for a week of exciting Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) events!
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MEC Honours 20 Years Since Graphene Discovery
24 Oct 2024
To mark the 20th anniversary of the discovery of Graphene, MEC revisits and celebrates the 2024 Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Awards.
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Stand out from the crowd: sharpen your skills with Key 5!
16 Oct 2024
Gain entrepreneurial skills for all settings with MEC's new interactive scenario-based microlearning, ‘Key 5’.
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Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme launched for 2024-25
1 Oct 2024
The hugely successful Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact is back for 2024-25.
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Winners announced for the Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 2024
4 Jul 2024
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is pleased to announce the winners of the Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 2024.
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Seven researchers secure funding through the flagship Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme to continue developing their commercial ideas
14 Jun 2024
Twenty two early career researchers have now successfully completed Cohort 2 of the 2023-24 the Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme.
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Celebrating student entrepreneurship success at the Venture Further Awards 2024
9 May 2024
MEC is delighted to announce the winners of the Venture Further Awards 2024, the UK’s leading university-led start-up competition.
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