Entrepreneurship Champions

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is proud to present our refreshed Entrepreneurship Champions programme — a dynamic team of student leaders passionate about entrepreneurship and driving our campus ecosystem forward.

Our Champions are organised into specialised streams, each aligned with key MEC programmes, allowing students to focus their skills and efforts where they are most passionate and impactful.

Streams

Our current streams include:

• Community Building — fostering a vibrant entrepreneurial community across campus

• Content Creation — crafting engaging media and communications to amplify MEC’s presence

• Get Freelancing — supporting the MEC freelancing initiative

• Venture Builder — engaging with early-stage startup support

• R2I (Research to Innovation) — connecting academic research with innovation pathways

• Impact Ventures — supporting MEC’s initiative for purpose-led startups and social impact enterprises

Each stream has dedicated tasks designed to provide hands-on experience and meaningful contributions aligned with the stream’s focus.

Table showing key responsibilities of each of the 6 EC streams, the time commitment expected of the EC and how the bi-weekly EC meetings with the Stream lead will be conducted.

EC Stream	Community Building	Content Creation	Get Freelancing	Venture Builder	R2I	Impact Ventures
Key Responsibiities	Support fairs, stalls, Welcome Week, and drop-ins. Be the face of MEC on campus.	Create engaging content for MEC events, programmes, and competitions.	Promote our freelancing programme and help deliver events/resources	Support early-stage startups with hands-on event and programme delivery.	Connect research to real-world impact by supporting innovation activities.	Champion purpose-led startups and drive social impact initiatives.
Expected Time Commitment (Hours)	30	30	30	45	30	30
EC Meeting with Stream Lead (Every 2 weeks)	Hybrid	Hybrid	In-person	Hybrid	Hybrid	In-person

The Step up and Lead Stellify accreditation for Entrepreneurship Champions is now available to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. If you're aiming to complete the EC programme for the accreditation, we recommend as soon as possible to ensure you can complete the necessary weekly hours.

Time Commitment & Recognition

Entrepreneurship Champions are expected to commit an estimated 30 hours over the academic year, including at least 15 hours of direct contact time engaging with MEC activities and events for all streams except for the Venture Builder Stream where you are expected to commit an estimated 45 hours over the academic year, including at least 25 hours of direct contact time.

Champions exceeding beyond expectation in their role as an EC will receive a LinkedIn recommendation from their stream lead.

Why become an Entrepreneurship Champion?