Once again, we will be getting involved in the action to inspire more students and graduates to become their own boss!
Join the #GEW2022 community to celebrate entrepreneurship and learn how to start, pitch and secure funding to test, start, grow and create your ideas.
Find out more about global events via the official Global Entrepreneurship Week website.
Register your interest for latest USW Enterprise news and events!
Have a business idea but don't know how to develop it? Need support for your existing business/freelance venture? We're here to help!
Are you a freelancer or business/start-up founder? Let us know so we can support you as part of the USW family!
📅 10/11/22 - 08/12/22
The Start Up Visa offers successful international students 2 years to start and grow a business in the UK. Applications open now.
📅 16/11/22 - 01/3/23
The Developing Entrepreneurial Women Programme is a fully-funded series of masterclasses and events delivered by the University of South Wales in partnership with NatWest Cymru.
📅 14/11/22 - 18/11/22
Catch us all throughout Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 as we tour all three campuses with freebies!
📅 17/11/22
Join us as we meet 15 inspirational people, business founders and heroes. We will help you to learn how you can increase your ability to be more entrepreneurial, and what this will mean for you.
📅 14/11/22 - 18/11/22
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or sign up to our newsletter to stand a chance to win an incredible hamper by our graduate entrepreneurs! Winners announced 18/11/22.
📅 18/11/22
Join our LIVE tweets as we give you the inside scoop of USW students as they pitch their way for up to £1,000 in our very own "Dragon's Den" for their business / freelancing ventures!
📅 14/11/22
A full day series of Masterclasses to provide you with the essentials to Freelance or launch your own business! Interactive sessions delivered by experts.
Find out why they wanted to start their own enterprise, what experience they have gained through their entrepreneurial journey and how USW was able to support and help kickstart and grow their enterprises.
USW Alumni are showcasing inspiring graduate entrepreneur stories for #GEW2022, featuring Toby Cameron (owner of On Par Productions), Jodie Evans (a freelance climbing photographer) and more!
Check out their stories here.
The Wales Student Market gives students and graduates from across all Colleges and Universities in Wales the opportunity to showcase their products/services whilst tapping into an existing market of staff and student customers.
Check out our USW graduate products and services here!
Want to freelance or start your own business?
USW Enterprise, part of USW Careers, supports students and graduates who are interested in developing their enterprise skills, freelancing, starting their own business or social enterprise and want to discuss, develop, test and launch their ideas.
No matter where you are in your start-up journey, we can help every step of the way from a scribbled down idea to the launch of your business!
We offer one-to-one support and mentoring throughout the year, as well as a range of interactive events and workshops to give you the knowledge, confidence and networks to start working for yourself.
Startup Stiwdio is USW’s dedicated co-working and incubation space designed to help develop and grow new business ideas and is located at our Cardiff and Newport campuses, with a new Stiwdio in Treforest coming soon.
Students and graduates can benefit from a free virtual or physical membership, with support including:
Click on this link to apply, and join a community of over 30 USW graduate freelancers and businesses.
Do you want to market your freelance skills to Wales and the rest of the world?
Get ready for the USW Graduate Freelancer Agency set for launch in 2022! Managed by the Startup Stiwdio, this is a freelancer agency of more than 120 USW graduate freelancers across a range of creative disciplines. All previous graduates and alumni are invited to apply.
Register here or contact [email protected] for more info.
USW Exchange is the front door for business engagement at the University of South Wales, connecting industry to academia.
By joining the free Exchange Membership, you can become a part of a network that enables you to create connections, access business briefings and unlock talent, expertise & leading facilities available at the University of South Wales.
We can help you find your career direction, you can get your CV checked, book a mock interview, explore your freelancing options, secure a placement, build your experience, develop your network, be employable and get inspired.
Our website is the best place to start with lots of resources and signposting to all of our services. Including resources to help you stand out from the crowd when writing a CV, Cover Letter, Application Form & preparing for an Interview.
Our career and skills development system. It is jam-packed with resources, tools and learning materials to help you understand yourself better and the options open to you, develop your skills, and present yourself well to employers – including great resources to help you create a fantastic LinkedIn profile.
Our jobs board and events system where you can see all of the latest opportunities posted by employers as well as events that will be running, including online events! We recommend signing up for the weekly alerts to make sure that you don’t miss out on anything (or daily if you are really keen!).
Are you a recent USW graduate from 2019, 2020 or 2021 and need support looking for a graduate-level job? Sign up to Springboard +Plus and find out more about taking that first step towards a better tomorrow!
