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Imperial College London entrepreneurs are pledging philanthropic support for future generations of innovators when their businesses take off. Imperial is the first UK university to launch a Founders’ Pledge programme, which will see alumni entrepreneurs who have benefited from the College’s support promise to give back through philanthropy when they are in a position to do so.
LABOUR VISIT - Key Labour MPs Jonathan Reynolds and Chi Onwurah visited Imperial this week to see research on medical innovation and student entrepreneurship.
The “fab lab” was born at MIT in the early 2000s, with the idea that having access to basic computer-controlled fabrication devices, such as a digital printer, a laser cutter and a milling machine, would allow you to make (almost) anything. Wildly popular with MIT students, the concept quickly spread, with many cities adding a fab lab or “maker space” to their innovation ecosystems. The Fab Lab Network now claims more than 1,750 fab labs around the world, in more than 100 countries.
The hunt for the most promising student businesses continues as part of Imperial’s Venture Catalyst Challenge (VCC). 25 teams have been shortlisted to take part in this year’s Venture Catalyst Challenge (VCC), Imperial’s flagship entrepreneurial competition for students and alumni which sees them develop an innovative idea for commercialisation. Imperial leads the way
15 December 2020 Imperial students have collaborated with students from Tsinghua University in Beijing to devise solutions for the smart cities of the future. Imperial’s Enterprise Lab partnered with Tsinghua University’s x-lab in Beijing to hold the Innovating Smart Cities Hackathon 2020, a unique opportunity to collaborate across borders. The aim of the week-long hackathon was to devise innovative solutions to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Alongside the hackathon competition, attendees also had the opportunity to hear a ser...