UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship

10/03/2020

Last Wednesday we collaborated with UTS Animal Logic Academy to host Dr Leon Gurevitch, Kristy Grant, Matt Estela and Prof Margaret Maile-Petty as they presented and discussed the exciting opportunities and global trends that have arisen in the wake of increasing interconnectedness, movement and the transferability of skills and technology between the worlds of visualisation, animation, VFX and gaming. 🌏🎞💥🎮

24/02/2020

Want to know what the future of creative industries looks like in Australia?

Join us to find out on March 4 as UTS explores how the intersection of emerging visualisation technologies like animation, gaming and VFX creates unique entrepreneurial opportunities in a rapidly developing market.

In 2019, the Australian government combined the arts and infrastructure portfolios, raising questions about the future of creative industries in Australia. At the gateway of Ultimo’s creative precinct, UTS is exploring the opportunities that emerging visualisation technologies offer. With expertis...

20/01/2020

The UTS: University of Technology Sydney and its staff are ringing in the new year with some big wins!

With over 300 entries and 60 finalists from 17 countries to the Triple E Awards ACEEU, UTS has won: Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year - Murray Hurps, Director of Entrepreneurship at UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial University of the Year (Bronze). Thank you to everyone who voted for us!

14/01/2020

Last December marked the launch of our new partnership between UTS and The Foundation for Young Australians, and its social enterprise YLab! 🤝

We celebrated by hosting a panel discussion featuring host of expert leaders and young people who've walked the walk of social entrepreneurship on the increasingly entrepreneurial future of work and the challenges, excitement and importance of fusing business and purpose. 🙌

20/12/2019

2019 was a big year and all of us at UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship would like to wish you Season's greetings and a relaxing holiday over the new year!

The end of year break is a great time to find some inspiration for innovation and entrepreneurship so we've put together our team's recommendations for some summer reading and listening: https://uts.ac/38Vxs3s.

Stay tuned for bigger and better things ahead in 2020! UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be closed between 23 Dec 2019 - 3 Jan 2020.

17/12/2019

How can social enterprise change the hearts and minds of a generation, and turn all businesses into businesses for the good of all?

We found out the answer to this question and more during our exciting panel last Wednesday, featuring speakers from Foundation for Young Australians (FYA), y.lab and UTS - read more below.

How can social enterprise change the hearts and minds of a generation, and turn all businesses into businesses for the good of all?

16/12/2019

UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship is searching for a Community Coordinator to work with our community of 325 student-launched startups!

If you're looking for a dynamic role where you will have the opportunity to directly impact the success of the startups and founders in our community, then this is the role for you - apply within.

The UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit is searching for a Community Coordinator (Connections) to work with the UTS Startups community

08/12/2019

What's life like for a young social entrepreneur? How can young people thrive in the social enterprise sector? And what does the next decade of conscientious innovation hold?

We'll be answering all these questions and more in an exciting panel this Wednesday featuring speakers from UTS, Foundation for Young Australians (FYA), Qantas and y.lab.

As the future of work becomes increasingly entrepreneurial, young people are embracing the disruption of markets to create meaningful change through social entrepreneurship. But what's life like for a young social entrepreneur? How can young people thrive in the sector? And what does the next decade...

03/12/2019

Are you a UTS student with a startup?

Applications for UTS Venture Day are now open and student entrepreneurs have the opportunity to pitch their startup to a panel of industry professionals and possibly win up to $7,500.

Submit your 5-minute business pitch below.

Are you a UTS student with a start-up? Look no further UTS Venture Day is for you! On 13 February 2020, UTS Venture Day will be held at the Business School. UTS Venture Day is an opportunity to pitch your start-up to a panel of industry professionals for the chance to showcase your idea, mingle with...

19/11/2019

UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IEU) is hiring!

We're on the hunt for an External Communications Advisor who will be accountable for managing major broadcast communication channels to all IEU audiences, as well as helping to develop customer journeys and personas, and regularly measure external engagement and advocacy.

Find out more about the role here:

The UTS Marketing and Communications Unit is currently seeing an External Communication Advisor to join the team

18/11/2019

Among 360 students from 90 higher education institutions in 13 countries, four UTS PhD candidates from UTS Business, UTS: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and UTS Institute For Sustainable Futures have been named as the new University Innovation Fellows by Hasso Plattner institute Of Design At Stanford.

Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, better known as d.school, has named four UTS PhD candidates as new University Innovation Fellows. Four new Fellows: Melanie Lewis, Ephraim Spehrer-Patrick, Anna Józefina Rutkowska, Jess Macarthur.

13/11/2019

Last night, some of our leading UTS startups were featured on the ABC News.

See how our student founders are scaling up in global markets and innovating new technologies in the and industries.

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes is among a group of entrepreneurs that see innovative new technologies as key to fighting climate change. However, many start-ups in Australia struggle to get off the ground with fragmented funding and no targeted policies for innovation contributing to the c...