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Join an enterprising student society!
The Exeter Entrepreneurs and ENACTUS are the fastest growing student societies on campus. In the last two years, Exeter Entrepreneurs have helped to set up over 15 student businesses and ENACTUS have started up more than 10 commercial and social projects.
Here is a brief description of the societies' key activities, find out more details on the Students' Guild website.
Exeter Entrepreneurs Society
Exeter Entrepreneurs' two key events run each year are the Rag Traders and the Exeter Apprentice.
- The Rag Traders competition involves giving you an item of very little value to trade it with an item of the highest possible value you can achieve over a period of two weeks.
- The Exeter Apprentice competition requires you to make the most possible profit over a period of one month and with a starting capital of £100.
Throughout the year, Exeter Entrepreneurs also have various speakers giving talks on aspects of entrepreneurship. Past speakers have included: Glenn Manchester, creator of Thunderhead, Katie Hopkins from the Apprentice, Deborah Meadon from Dragon's Den and Sir Bob Geldof!
For 2012/13, the Exeter Entrepreneurs President is Edward Noel. To get in touch with Edward, email him at exeterentrepreneurs@exeterguild.com.
You can also find the Exeter Entrepreneurs on Facebook and on Twitter.
ENACTUS Society
A society for students interested in developing skills and gaining real business experience at the same time as empowering people in need, and changing lives in the community. The ENACTUS society runs both social and commercial projects.
At the Exeter campuses, it runs the following projects:
- Expowerment - delivering workshops on budgeting, tenancy and a range of CV and interview skills to the homeless.
- InTouch - bringing Skype and Email into residential homes and community centres in order to unite the elderly with their loved ones on a more frequent basis.
- Reach Out-Reach In - a commercial project focusing on rejuvenating the Exeter high street through a student-led marketing and finance consultancy team.
- Links- helping rehabilitate and empower ex-offenders in the local Exeter area, by running CV classes and interview workshops in the prison.
- Act-ivate - running drama workshops for children with social needs in order to empower them and make them feel more socially comfortable.
- Exeter Careers Springboard Project - coaching school leavers aged 16-20 who are not currently in employment, education or training (NEETS) to equip them with the necessary skills to achieve their short and long term goals.
- Blossom - helping people in need by providing them with skills developed by buying flowers in one market and selling them in another.
At the Cornwall campus, it runs the following projects:
- Refugee Youth Project (RYP) - providing support for young refugees in London, Lebanon and Nepal, to create an effective, sustainable marketing and communications strategy.
- BioDiesel Project- converting local waste oil into biodiesel that will be used to run university minibuses, providing an environmentally sustainable long term solution.
- BF Adventure Project - increasing the charity's volunteering base with the help of disadvantaged youths who are out of education or work.
- Victoria County History Project - working with this charity to help them improve their marketing and communications strategy and better promote the Cornish heritage.
To get in touch with the ENACTUS team, please contact the society presidents at the Exeter campuses: Emilie Nielsen or Neha Agarwalla, or the president at the Cornwall campus: Alice Bayfield.
You can also visit the society's Facebook page or their YouTube channel.
The SIFE team are currently looking for IT literate students to join the society and help out with the projects!
