Starting a Business / Social Enterprise or Freelancing

Do you like the idea of creating your own business or social enterprise? Working for yourself is a viable option for students and recent graduates.

• You may have a business idea that you wish to develop alongside your studies.
• You may be nearing the end of your degree and see yourself as an entrepreneur.
• In some industries operating as a self-employed freelancer is the most likely way to gain entry.
• As a student you could be enterprising now by starting a new club or society.
• You might be interested in bringing together a group of likeminded individuals to create real change within society, by setting up a social enterprise.

Whatever your current thinking or level of readiness the Careers Service is here to offer you help and advice on all aspects of turning your good idea into a great enterprise through its EnterpriseAber service, which offers:

• Free start-up workshops and presentations held on campus.
• Free one-to-one start-up mentoring from a professional business consultant.
• InvEnterPrize - Aber University's annual £10,000 student ideas competition.
• Business Start-Up Week - a whole week in June of workshops and presentations for budding entrepreneurs.