Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC

01/05/2020

UCC’s College of Business and Law wishes to recruit a UCC student for a 12-month period to fill the position of Student Enterprise Intern (SEI) with immediate effect.

It is a requirement that candidates will have to be pursuing a postgraduate qualification in UCC during the 2020/21 Academic Year. Candidates are invited from all disciplines and areas of study.

The SEI will play an integral role in the development and roll-out of Student Inc., UCC’s full-time Student Accelerator Programme, which will be delivered during summer 2020.

The SEI will assist in promoting Student Inc. within the university environment and beyond. This may include activities such as organising seminars, speaker events, developing marketing collateral, speaking to students, digital marketing and network development.

The SEI will report to the College of Business and Law’s Student Recruitment and Liaison Officer.

The SEI will also work very closely with the Student Inc. Programme Manager, who will be based in CIT.

Benefits include the following:
• Amazing 1-year, paid entrepreneurship internship in UCC
• Great opportunity to develop your creativity, project management, communication and marketing skills
• Contribution of €4,000 towards your postgraduate tuition fees
• Flexible work schedule of c. 15 hours per week

Interested candidates can apply for this post by clicking on https://submit.link/xnF2P
The deadline for submitting applications is 5:00pm on Friday, May 15, 2020.

Any queries regarding this post should be directed to [email protected]

This post is funded by the HEA under their Innovation and Transformation Call.

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28/04/2020

If you're looking for a distraction from your studies at the present time you may wish to consider completing an important Techstars survey on the ‘State of Student Entrepreneurship’.

Techstars partner with all of the Blackstone LaunchPads in the network across the U.S. and Ireland.

The survey can be accessed by clicking on the image below.
The survey should only take five minutes to complete.

As we are keen to have as many responses as possible from UCC students your support in completing the survey over the coming days would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance for providing your valuable feedback.

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27/04/2020

As exam season has just started we would like to take this opportunity to wish all UCC students every success in their Semester 2 examinations. Although these exams will be different to the norm we hope that you perform to the best of your ability and reap the rewards of your efforts.
A big shout out to our staff colleagues in UCC who have done trojan work over the past couple of months to ensure that exams could proceed as scheduled.
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14/04/2020

A reminder to all currently registered UCC students that you still have 2 days to apply for a place on UCC Student Inc. 2020, UCC's only full-time student accelerator programme. Student Inc. will run form June 2nd-August 28th, 2020.
To submit an online application please click on https://submit.link/zrVgk by 5:00pm on Thursday, April 16th.
If you have any queries regarding Student Inc. please call Peter Finnegan of Blackstone LaunchPad on 087 9037101.
Student Inc. is also delivered by our partners in Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee.
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09/04/2020

Do you have an idea to solve a social problem? Applications are open for Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Ideas Academy which offers training, support & access to a community of experts to help you turn your idea into action. Apply at www.socialentrepreneurs.ie Deadline is Tuesday 14th April! Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Enactus Ireland University College Cork Cork University Business School

03/04/2020

26/03/2020

A reminder that there is a virtual webinar on the Schwazman Scholars Program for UCC students at 1:00pm today.
To register click on the following link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1941028755031405580

25/03/2020

A reminder that we are jointly hosting a briefing webinar on the Schwarzman Scholars Program at 1:00pm tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th, with UCC Career Services.

Schwarzman Scholars is a program for the next generation of young leaders, anchored in a fully-funded 11-month Master’s Degree in Global Affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. The experience encompasses unparalleled opportunities in and outside the classroom, including extensive leadership training, a network of senior mentors, optional internships, career development, and travel seminars around China. Schwarzman Scholars prepares young leaders for a world where China plays a vital role. Scholars will learn from world-class faculty and guest speakers about the emergence of China as an economic and political force through a rigorous and dynamic core curriculum. More information is available on our website.

Eligibility: Schwarzman Scholars is seeking high-caliber applicants who will represent the world’s next generation of leaders. The program is open to students and young professionals between the ages of 18 and 28 years old, regardless of nationality, who are proficient in English and have obtained an undergraduate degree. For the next cohort, this unparalleled opportunity will begin in Beijing in August 2021 at Schwarzman College.

Application
The application for the 2021-2022 academic year is now open to Chinese candidates (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macao passport holders). The deadline to apply is May 2020. Apply here. The U.S./Global application will launch here in April 2020 and the deadline to apply is September 2020.

Please register for the Schwarzman Scholars Webinar | Virtual Information Session for University College Cork at 1:00pm GMT on Thursday, March 26, 2020, by clicking on
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1941028755031405580

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Schwarzman Scholars is a program for the next generation of young leaders, anchored in a fully-funded 11-month Master’s Degree in Global Affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. The experience encompasses unparalleled opportunities in and outside the classroom, including extensive leadership tr...

24/03/2020

Due to the measures that have been implemented to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC's offices in the Creative Zone of the Boole Library are currently closed.
However, we wish to advise all UCC students, staff, alumni and external stakeholders that we are still working on a full-time basis to offer support wherever we can during these challenging times.
We continue to host calls and meetings, albeit in a virtual context by utilising various technology platforms.
If you would like to speak to a member of our team please email [email protected] with some suggested meeting time options and we will revert back to you without delay.
Alternatively please send an email to the aforementioned address with any queries that you may have.
Please do take care and stay safe over the coming weeks!
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13/03/2020

Last Wednesday evening saw the culmination of AccelerateHER, Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC's first-ever gender-specific programme. AccelerateHER was a positive action self-development programme that was designed for female students in UCC that were either in the final year of their undergraduate programme or in a postgraduate programme. Held over seven weeks the programme consisted of multiple workshops, individual coaching sessions and peer learning group meetings.
On Wednesday evening each of the participants delivered a very personal pitch about themselves, which was incredibly emotional but so positive and uplifting. The kindness that they have shown to one another and the camaraderie that has developed between them in a relatively short space of time is remarkable.
It has been a pleasure for Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC to support these women during their student journey and we wish them the best that life has to offer going forward. The tagline for AccelerateHER is "Find the courage to be yourself". We couldn't have asked for more from these inspiring females.
Congratulations to them all!
A very big thank you to the donor that supported the delivery of this programme - your support has had a profoundly positive impact on the 29 young women that participated in the programme.
Thanks also to Professor John O'Hallora, UCC Deputy-President and Registrar for presenting the Certificates of Completion and for his inspiring words.
A final word of thanks to our colleagues in UCC's UCC Graduate Attributes Programme and the UCC Development and Alumni Relations Office for their support in relation to AccelerateHER.
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02/03/2020

Enterprise Ireland's Student Entrepreneur Awards is the ideal platform to showcase your innovative ideas and take your concept to the next level! Deadline for entries is March 13th at 5pm.

Find out more: www.studententrepreneurawards.com