There are many opportunities for Indian students to hone entrepreneurial skills, says GARETH TRAINER
Enterprising students will play a vital role in helping societies and economies from all over the world recover from the global pandemic.
Students and graduates should not only be extremely well equipped to seek and successfully obtain graduate level work but should be able to create opportunities for it themselves and for others.
By supporting the students and graduates to be innovative, creative, and enterprising whatever their discipline or employment aspiration, we are enabling them to have an impact and make things happen in a huge variety of economically important ways.
The Newcastle University offers many opportunities to international students during their studies and for three years after they graduate, whether they want to remain in the UK, return home or emigrate elsewhere.
From tailored gateway programmes and bespoke events to one-to-one career advice, further study guidance or start-up support, there is help for all chosen graduate-level career paths, whether they are pursuing employment or self-employment.
For the latter, the Career Services initiative — Start Up — has been supporting students and recent graduates to start businesses or work as independent professionals for over 20 years through coaching, mentorship, workshops, equity-free grant funding, co-working space, a business pre-accelerator initiative, and visa endorsement.
As a Home Office Endorsing Body — Start Up — can award up to 25 endorsements per year to the university graduates who meet the eligibility criteria for the start-up visa route and want to stay in the UK.
The writer is Assistant Director (Enterprise and Entrepreneurship), Newcastle University Careers Service