What we do
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The Centre for Innovation Management and Enterprise is a research and development Centre created by the Royal Docks Business School (RDBS) in line with its mission:
Pre-enterprise development
At CIME we own to support all students and members of the wider community who are keen to explore their innate enterprise skills. This is done through a monthly workshop run by ©onsensio. At these workshops participants will be able to explore opportunities, network with fellow students and identify suitable business ideas to develop further.
Business start-up support
At CIME we use the enterprise passport (ENTPASS) model which has been developed over the past two years with a number of partners.
Business Development
At CIME we support a wide cross section of businesses from nascent entrepreneurs, student start ups and other businesses in the wide UEL community. Through the centre we also offer a number of opportunities for students to participate in programmes to enhance their professional skills and networks. Students also have the opportunity to join Consensio projects.
Opportunity farm
Here students will find regular postings of CIME opportunities for developing project based skills, entrepreneurial opportunities, professional networking, client liaison assignments... For more information contact Andre Mostert (a.mostert@uel.ac.uk) .
Funding and finance
The centre supports students enterprise to develop their ability to seek funding through the myriad of funding options from business start-up loans, grants and other sources (internal and external)
International development
CIME is widely engaged with an international network, pursuing a wide cross section of projects and programmes. If you, your institution or network wish to engage with CIME please contact Andre Mostert (a.mostert@uel.ac.uk).
Global Scholars
The global scholars programme is an important complement for the RDBS programmes, in 2011/12 students visited partners in India and Kenya, this year the Centre will expand its international network through this programme to ensure that its international partnerships receive a boost from students visiting and expanding their impact and supporting sustainability for partners and the Global scholars programme. In the new academic year a number of potential projects have been indentified across BRICS and beyond to enhance the linkages forged through the 2012 International Summer School and other existing links.
MOBIvation Intrapreneurs Nexus (MIN)
This nexus works with the Centre and RDBS employability manager to promote the interface between the classroom, workshops and the world of work. This nexus allows students to build their professional networks and creates opportunities for student intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship. The MIN team works to create a robust and vibrant structure to support the Centre and RDBS students; this will include using SIMVENTURE to create an applied business simulation context.Mentors on the MIN programme are drawn from many different industries allowing students to find a niche around which to build their intrapreneurship experience and professional skills. Presently, the MIN team is mapping the activities to ABP’s diploma in Strategic Intrapreneurship which will allow mentors to complete the award through their participation on the MIN programme. The MIN team will also run a SIMVENTURE competition in the community in 2013. Through the MIN structure a pilot group (15) of RDBS students is being trained in becoming Financial Traders, using the Bloomberg Suite, this programme will eventually lead to the ABP Level 5 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading.
