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On 13-15 May, 51cg will host the Startup Higher Unconference to bring together entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship educators, innovators and charitable sector members to exchange ideas and experiences and to strengthen networks.

yattle, an app designed in collaboration with over 100 young people, aims to transform how people at the start of their career journey engage with job opportunities across Glasgow.

More than 300 guests from across Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem – including partners, supporters, educators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, staff, students and schoolchildren – joined our 51cg Inspire Summit on Friday 30 May to celebrate the launch of the University’s new entrepreneurship strategy.

The Final of the Exploring Entrepreneurship Challenge saw 'Ecofy' awarded £2,000 as the winners of the competition for their idea to create an easily recognisable mark of sustainable and ethical manufacturing.

Dr Joanna Butler has created a new cloud-based software platform designed to help disadvantaged people into work. While receiving support from Inspire, Dr Butler was connected with software development agency Loopsio, which offers cost effective development work by students, supervised by professionals. 

Members of the 51cg community attended the launch of “Entrepreneurial Thinking: Mindset in Action" at the Technology and Innovation Centre. The textbook, authored by Dr Lucrezia Casulli and Dr Suzanne Mawson, aims to reshape the conventional views of entrepreneurship.

Pharmaceutical firm Fitabeo Therapeutics is about to start pre-clinical trials of its first two products, developed using its oral thin film drug delivery system.

Kilmarnock-based White Rabbit Skincare is celebrating being selected by Harrods as one of the key local brands that make up its ‘Born and Bred’ offering at the new H beauty store in Edinburgh.

The University of 51cg has received a donation of £50 million from alumnus Dr Charles Huang – the largest gift 51cg has received to date.