OneStart: Your chance to win £100k to realise your biotech business idea

OneStart: Your chance to win £100k to realise your biotech business idea

Do you have an idea to solve a critical problem healthcare? Or do you have the scientific or business know-how to help someone else develop their idea?

The Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable (OBR) and SR One, the venture capital arm of GlaxoSmithKline, have teamed up again for the OneStart competition – the largest biotech startup accelerator programme in the world – to offer young innovators from all disciplines the chance to win £100k with free lab space at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst near London, and ongoing legal and business advice from our sponsors to transform their ideas into a successful business.

Applications are now open until 1st December 2014. To learn more about the programme and start building your team, visit www.oxbridgebiotech.com/onestart.

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Postgraduate Study in the USA: Scholarships, Events, and Advice

Are you interested in postgraduate study in the USA in 2015-16 or beyond?

Read on for ways the US-UK Fulbright Commission can help, through our scholarship programme, advisory service, and upcoming webinar on postgraduate study.

Fulbright Scholarships for 2015-16 – For UK Citizens to Study in the USA
Application Deadline: 31 October 2014

The Fulbright Commission is the only organisation that offers scholarships for academic work in any subject, at any accredited US university. Each year, we give awards to approximately 40 UK citizens, including approximately 25 at the postgraduate-level. More than funding, our awards offer scholars the opportunity to have a transformative cultural and academic experience and provide unparalleled support both during and after their Fulbright year. In addition to the all-disciplines category, we also offer subject-specific awards in partnership with prestigious UK and US institutions in fields such as public affairs, journalism, law, finance and information science.

(Non-UK citizens are encouraged to use our advisory service in the UK, but to apply for Fulbright scholarships through the Commission or Embassy in their home country.)

For more information: Visit the Fulbright Awards page of our website (www.fulbright.org.uk)

The Daiwa Scholarship

The Daiwa Scholarship is a unique 19-month programme of language study, work placement and homestay in Japan.

Daiwa Scholarships offer young and talented UK citizens with strong leadership potential, the opportunity to acquire Japanese language skills, and to access expertise and knowledge relevant to their career goals.

No previous experience of Japan or Japanese is necessary. 

See http://www.dajf.org.uk/scholarships/general-information for more details

The closing date for completed Daiwa Scholarship 2015 applications and submitting three reference letters is Thursday 4 December 2014.

Xperience North Highland

Xperience poster NH Final v3We’re asking teams of students to work alongside North Highland mentors to solve a key
problem faced by your University. The challenge will be split into strategic stages, to give
you a taste of real life consulting work while completing a fun challenge and winning prizes
including iPads

North Highland are a global consulting company

Apply with CV + short paragraph to
explain why you would excel at this
to xperiencenh@northhighland.com

|For more information please visit: http://prezi.com/w16cb6aode2k/how-to-apply/

Recruitment Open Day – Youth Shelter Loughborough

Monday 6th October 2014
1 – 7pm
Youth Shelter
The Falcon Centre
27-31 Pinfold Gate,
Loughborough, LE11 1BE
Various positions available:

  • Support Assistants, Bank Staff,
  • Security Concierge, Security Warden, Handyman, Cooks.

Volunteer positions:

  • Move on Mentors, Reception, Shop Assistant

Various hours/shifts available

For more information or an application pack, please contact Kane Walsh on: 01509 268699

Launch48 Leicester

Fri 21st Nov – Sun 23rd Nov 2014

Have you been thinking about starting a business?  Have you got ideas for apps bubbling away, but not sure which one to work on, who to work on it with, or what the best next step is?

Come to Leicester Launch48, a high-energy weekend event that brings together ideas-driven people from different backgrounds to pitch, build and launch a startup in 48 hours.  The weekend is crammed with a series of mini learning tutorials, mentoring from leading entrepreneurs & investors, a suite of tools to help validate and develop your ideas, minute by minute support from our facilitator, and lots of pizza and beer.

Find out more and book your ticket:

www.launch48.com/leicester