I'm planning a session on this at the next symposium. In the meantime you might find this information from the university's Business Development Office useful:
There are a number of schemes and programmes around student entrepreneurship and enterprise:
1. The graduate Enterprise Associate Scheme (open to any LSBU graduate) – 1 year bursary, office space, support and mentoring (5 per year at the moment)
2. The Entrepreneur in Action Scheme – runs for 2 semesters with 2 x £250 for development and office with hot desks, tutorials and mentoring.
3. Passport to the World of Entrepreneurship – series of 8 talks through the 2 semesters from mainly external speakers. Attendance to 6 achieves a certificate.
Graduates on the Entrepreneur in Action Scheme assign the IP to the Business Development Office, which then protects and manages it for them, license it back into their companies.
The Intellectual Property Office http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ has good descriptions for the forms of IP.
Own-it http://www.own-it.org/ advises on IP for the creative sector and runs free (or heavily subsidised) workshops and talks.
The British Library Enterprise and IP section runs talks and events (mostly free) for start-ups and business
There’s also a knowledge transfer network for creative industries https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/creativektn
There are a number of business plan / pitching competitions. The Business Development Office runs one called ‘Make it Happen’, and also offers one-to-one meetings with students wishing to start their own businesses.
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