Graduate Opportunities

If you are interested in developing enterprise activities, we offer a range of opportunities for graduates:

Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2011

The 2011 Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards are now open for applications, with more than £115,000 of cash prizes and professional services on offer to the winners.

The Awards are open to charities, social enterprises, businesses and entrepreneurs and a new category for 2011 is aimed at young entrepreneurs with a new business idea .  Hope graduate Donna Redgrave (pictured here) was highly commended in the Best Young Entrepreneur category at last year's awards with her business RMD - Memory Matters .

The deadline to submit an online application is 2nd September 2011 and winners and runners-up will be announced at a gala dinner on 10th November 2011.  For more information and details on how to apply, please visit the website www.mf-awards.co.uk

O2 Graduate Enterprise Awards

Liverpool Hope University is leading the way in supporting its graduates in setting up their own new businesses, having recently awarded a second round of O2 Graduate Enterprise Awards.

The awards comprise: up to £10,000 interest-free loan,incubation space, administrative and networking support and bespoke business training.

This year's recent four successful graduate start-ups were Culture or Corruption, DeeLyn:: Jewellery and Ceramic Design, RMD-Memory Matters and Little League Sports. For further information click here.

Chloe Robertson, one of the successful candidates in 2010, has recently displayed her jewellery items at the J Model Management fashion show at The Savoy Hotel, as pictured below.

Creating Opportunities for Liverpool Graduates

A unique initiative linking Liverpool's higher education centres with the city's thriving creative sector is set to make Liverpool a cutting edge centre for innovation and enterprise.  'Creative Opportunities' is a free online recruitment tool that matches talent with job opportunities to retain the finest creative minds in Liverpool and attract other talent and business to the city.

Liverpool Vision, the city's economic development company, is working with Liverpool Hope University and other higher education centres in the city, along with leading businesses in Liverpool's thriving creative and digital sectors, to create a dynamic, purpose-built website: www.creative-opportunities.co.uk .  The website allows students and graduates to search for employment, work placements and internships that match their skills, while creative businesses can advertise their jobs and for project collaborations.

Incubation Space

The new Eden Building at Hope Park Campus offers opportunities for hot desking as well as small offices for those who wish to develop their business.  We are keen to see graduates who have a business idea utilise the space and link to the expertise at the University to help their businesses grow. For further details please download this document: Incubation Leaflet (242.5 kB)

Incubation space is also available at Creative Campus.  If you are a Hope student or have graduated from Hope within the last 5 years, you could take advantage of our offer of 3 months' FREE incubation space in the Capstone Building, which includes shared access to the incubation hub and use of a computer in there, with possible opportunities for programming your work into the Hope Theatre.  To take up this offer, you will need to put forward a business plan to Hope Business Gateway and have it approved by us.  To submit your business plan, or for further information, please email Neil Campbell: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Flying Start Programmes

Flying Start is an initiative supported by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, designed to help students and graduates from North West Higher Education Institutions set themselves up in business.

Click here to read about the successful 3-day Flying Start programme hosted by Liverpool Hope University in December 2009.

Other useful links for graduates

Hope Alumni

Wherever you are in the world, whatever you are doing and whenever you graduated, the Hope Graduate Association aims to keep you in touch with your friends and staff from Hope. Click here for the Hope Alumni website.