The 2025 What’s the Big Idea competition celebrates its finalists and winners! We held our Awards Ceremony for our annual What’s The Big Idea? competition on Tuesday 2 December, which celebrated the creativity, ambition, and entrepreneurial spirit across Queen’s! The competition, sponsored by Ormeau Business Park and Kainos, gives students the chance […]
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Your time at uni is more than lectures, study sessions in the McClay and deadlines, it’s an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally. We are here to support you during your time at Queen’s, and give you the tools to set you up for life at University and beyond. […]
On Thursday 3rd April, 13 finalists entered the QUB Dragons’ Den for a chance at winning a share of the £25,000 prize pot. The moment was a culmination of months of hard work by our finalists who have spent many hours refining their pitches in preparation of meeting meet the Dragons. […]
Our InnovateHer Programme, facilitated by SU Enterprise, wrapped up on February 26th, with 25 women students from Queen’s University graduating from this year’s cohort. InnovateHer is designed to empower women through business teaching them the essential skills needed to start and sustain a new venture. After 14 years, the programme […]
The 2024 What’s the Big Idea competition celebrates its finalists and winners! This year, a £7,000 prize pot was distributed among 10 exceptional student businesses, with categories recognising innovation, social enterprise, climate impact, and more. Winners of the 2024 competition included: The competition, supported by Ormeau Business Park, Kainos Software, […]
On Wednesday 17th April, 12 finalists entered the QUB Dragons’ Den for a chance at winning a share of a £20,000 prize pot. The moment was a culmination of months of hard work by the 12 finalists who have spent many hours refining their pitches ready to meet the Dragons. […]
The Queen’s Students’ Union’s Enterprise team has supported 25 female students through the InnovateHer programme; an initiative to encourage female entrepreneurship and teach vital business skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Queen’s. Throughout the programme, the students have received mentorship in the areas of Idea Generation, Finance, Marketing, Pitching […]
On Wednesday 23rd March, Enterprise SU held the Final of QUB Dragon’s Den in Ormeau Baths. The competition, sponsored by MCS Group, QUBIS, Santander Universities, Tughans Solicitors, and the Engineers in Business Fund, came to an electrifying close this year with 12 competitors braving the den to pitch their business […]
On Wednesday 1st of December, QUB Enterprise SU held the Awards Ceremony of their annual ‘What’s the Big Idea?’ competition. With £2800 worth of funding to be won across 11 categories including ‘Best Green Business Idea’ and ‘Best Idea for a Social Enterprise’, the competition drew in over 50 applications […]
Three winners share £15k prize fund at St Patricks Day final. March 2021 This year’s Enterprise SU Dragon’s Den final saw twelve groups and individuals pitch before a panel of business leaders, competing for funding to help develop innovative business ideas. The virtual final took place live on St Patricks […]
Our annual ‘What’s the Big Idea?’ competition was held virtually for the first time ever this year, live streamed from the Accidental Theatre on Wednesday 2nd of December 2020. After what was a tough year for all our students the morale in this competition was so high, with top class […]
The Enterprise SU Team would like to say a huge ‘congrats!’ to all of our students who have successfully made it to the end of term, and for some of you, the end of your days at uni! For those of you who will be re-joining us in September, now […]