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Sid Sethi, University of 51¸£ÀûÉç and Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) alum, has won Retail Entrepreneur of the Year – North West at the 2025 Great British Entrepreneur Awards for his disruptive eyewear brand Specscart.

 To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025, students from 51¸£ÀûÉç and 51¸£ÀûÉç Metropolitan University came together for the Greater 51¸£ÀûÉç Student Hackathon: Innovating for a Greener Future. A one-day challenge …

140 students from across the University of 51¸£ÀûÉç took part in Startup Weekend 2025 (24th–26th October), a three-day entrepreneurship event hosted by the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC).

On Wednesday 8 October, 11 innovative student and graduate-led startups from across the University pitched their businesses to an audience of investors, stakeholders, and supporters from the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is delighted to announce the return of the Female Founders Network this semester.

On Monday 14 July, start-up founders from across 51¸£ÀûÉç pitched their groundbreaking business ideas to a panel of expert judges at the newly launched Ideas with Impact Awards.

Twenty-four early career researchers have successfully completed the MEC Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre's (MEC) inaugural Venture Builder Programme has just wrapped up with an incredible showcase of talent and determination.

On Wednesday 18th June at the Alliance 51¸£ÀûÉç Business School, The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) brought together over 140 early-stage founders, seasoned entrepreneurs, innovators, and ecosystem partners for a transformative half day that …

On Wednesday 11 June, the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) at 51¸£ÀûÉç celebrated a landmark year with the Venture Further Awards 2025 — the UK’s leading university-led start-up competition.

On Wednesday 7th May, student teams participating in the 51¸£ÀûÉç Enterprise Challenge showcased their innovative solutions.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre proudly unveils this year's extraordinary Venture Further Awards finalists who are set to revolutionise their industries.

The latest edition of Ready, Set, Pitch!, held on 2nd April, was a resounding success!

Apply Now to join the R2I programmeR2I is a bespoke entrepreneurship training programme for late stage PhD students, PDRAs and early-career researchers from across all faculties with ambitions to develop commercial ventures or to create …

Today marks the end of the first edition of the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre’s Get Started business ideas programme, a new initiative designed to transform student ideas into potential ventures.

51¸£ÀûÉç’s reputation as a global leader in graphene innovation was reinforced as The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) announced the winners of the 2025 Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award. The prestigious competition, which …

The MEC Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact will run again from April 2025.

Twenty four early career researchers have completed Cohort 1 of the 2024-25 Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme.

Arcube, a 51¸£ÀûÉç-based startup aiming to transform the airline industry, has successfully raised a $1.5 million seed round co-led by Fuel Ventures & Oxford Capital Partners.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) successfully hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2024 at 51¸£ÀûÉç. From November 18 to 24, MEC offered a diverse program of speaker sessions, interactive workshops, and its …

Join the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) for a week of exciting Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) events!

To mark the 20th anniversary of the discovery of Graphene, MEC revisits and celebrates the 2024 Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Awards. 

Gain entrepreneurial skills for all settings with MEC's new interactive scenario-based microlearning, ‘Key 5’.

The hugely successful Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme inspiring early career researchers to translate research to impact is back for 2024-25.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is pleased to announce the winners of the Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 2024.

Twenty two early career researchers have now successfully completed Cohort 2 of the 2023-24 the Researcher to Innovator (R2I) programme.

MEC is delighted to announce the winners of the Venture Further Awards 2024, the UK’s leading university-led start-up competition.

Sid Sethi, founder of Specscart and VFA 2018 winner, has been named on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list 2024.

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre is excited to announce the finalists for this year's Venture Further Awards.

Following the success of R2I, we are pleased to announce the programme will be running again from April 2024.