UCE Summer Startup Programme
Activity
The UCE Summer Startup programme is a 10-week programme to help students progress their business venture. Students participate in workshops, network and build relationships, pitch their venture at events and develop their idea or venture into a feasible and scalable business or social enterprise.
Additional Information
Activities could include:
- Engaging in educational entrepreneurship sessions
- Receiving advice from UCE staff and external business mentors
- Participating in pitch battles
- Undertaking market validation
Hours involved in the activity
12 hours minimum. For every 12 hours of active learning you can claim recognition for one skill and one attribute. NB: opportunities only exist to develop the skills and attributes specified for this activity in the grey areas of the table below. For this activity you can claim a maximum of three learning and development outcomes.
Contact
James Carr
Email: james.carr@canterbury.ac.nz
Work readiness skill/Graduate attribute
By actively engaging in this activity, you can claim against the pre-determined intersection points detailed below. You should reflect on your experience and select the WRS/GA intersection point(s) that best represents your learning outcome.
- B1 - Communication - You communicate effectively and appropriately for your audience and easily listen to others.
- B2 - Initiative and enterprise - You generate and implement new ideas for better results for our communities.
- B3 - Leadership – You keep the team motivated towards the final goal and model leadership in the community.
- B4 - Learning - You see areas for self-development and know when to learn something new.
- C1 - Communication – You can share and write information clearly.
- C2 - Initiative and Enterprise – You plan and generate solutions to cope with changes.
- C3 - Leadership – You successfully organise and manage a team.
- C4 - Learning – You apply what you have learned to different areas.
- C5 - Planning and organising – You manage the way a project will be put into action.
- C6 - Problem solving – You resolve an issue with a customer, client or team member.
- C7 - Self-Management – You identify skills that could make you more successful.
- C8 - Teamwork – You work with your team to resolve any issues that occur.
- C9 - Technology – You select the best applications to use for specific tasks.
- D2 - Initiative and Enterprise – You plan ways to enhance common practices and draw ideas from other cultures.
- D4 - Learning – You understand new ideas and develop new techniques to achieve a goal.
- D6 - Problem solving – You test what works in a situation and develop strategies to resolve issues.
- D9 - Technology – You identify which information is the most relevant to the project.
| Co-curricular Record (CCR) |
UC Graduate Attributes (GAs) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicultural Competence & Confidence | Community Engagement | Employability Innovation & Enterprise | Global Awareness | ||
| Work Readiness Skills (WRS) | Communication | A1 | B1 | C1 | D1 |
| Initiative and enterprise | A2 | B2 | C2 | D2 | |
| Leadership | A3 | B3 | C3 | D3 | |
| Learning | A4 | B4 | C4 | D4 | |
| Planning and organising | A5 | B5 | C5 | D5 | |
| Problem solving | A6 | B6 | C6 | D6 | |
| Self-management | A7 | B7 | C7 | D7 | |
| Teamwork | A8 | B8 | C8 | D8 | |
| Technology | A9 | B9 | C9 | D9 | |
CCR criteria
- UC affiliated
- Not an academic prerequisite
- Not for academic credit
Are you interested in participating in this activity?