Derby College as an Entrepreneur. We pride ourselves on being Innovative Fully embedded into our college strategic aims Develop staff to think creatively.

Derby College as an

Entrepreneur

• We pride ourselves on being Innovative• Fully embedded into our college strategic aims• Develop staff to think creatively• We do take risk but measured risk• Any entrepreneurial work we undertake has to

add value to our core purpose.

• Campus developments• Roundhouse events• In house businesses• Erasmus plus• International work• Collaborative projects• National Citizen service• Bid and grant opportunities

BSL Interpreting Agency

Apprenticeship Recruitment Service

Roundhouse Thinking

Why an Entrepreneurship Academy

3 routes for our students;

•To work•To Further study – Apprenticeships, Further education or higher education•To self employment

Our aims?

To inspire young people to become or future business ownersTo raise aspirations of young people within Derby and DerbyshireTo offer a different career choice To develop all our young people to have the skills to and knowledge to enable them to see self employment as an option for themTo develop all our young people to be skilled and professional with entrepreneurial aptitude and attitudesTo maximise partnership working to enhance the Entrepreneurship academy offerTo stretch and challenge our young people to be creative and entrepreneurial

The Current Offer

Young EnterpriseGlobal entrepreneurship weekCafé conversationsEntrepreneurship Academy face book pageEntrepreneurs LoungePioneer PlatformJoin lectures with partner organisationsLearning Businesses within curriculum areasSocial Entrepreneurs grants

Future developments

Lounge delivery on all college sitesAlumni case studiesDerby College enterprise societyESIF funded projects

Our Partnerships

Flint Bishop SolicitorsUniversity of DerbyNACUEUnltdConnect DerbyYoung EnterpriseNCSEnterprise growth board