The University of Aberdeen Careers Service has secured £18,000 of funding to employ interns and fund activities to raise the profile of entrepreneurship amongst students.
Funded jointly by the Scottish Institute for Enterprise and the University's own Research and Innovation Department, the interns will be responsible for organising events featuring local and national entrepreneurs and business experts, designed to encourage students to turn their embryonic business ideas into reality.
Professor Dominic Houlihan, the University's Vice Principal for Research and Commercialisation said: "The University of Aberdeen is renowned for its pioneering research and business collaborations across all of the major industry sectors, and as an institution we aim to encourage and nurture the same entrepreneurial instincts amongst our student body.
"The funding from the Scottish Institute for Enterprise and our own Research and Innovation Department will provide vital support to allow the University's Careers Service to further enhance the business enterprise opportunities available to students."
Janice Montgomery from the University of Aberdeen Careers Service said: "We are delighted to have secured this funding which provides an excellent base for furthering the enterprise agenda at the University.
"Not only will the interns be organising events which give students unparalleled access to highly successful entrepreneurs, but they will be actively encouraging students to enter competitions like the Scottish Institute for Enterprise's own Business Ideas Competition, the Innovation tournament and the Regional Summit in the Beach Ballroom on the 2nd of December.
"We are also fortunate that we have the services of Simon Fraser, Regional Business Adviser for Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE) who is able to advise and assist students on the campus moving their ideas from simple concepts to actual commercial fruition."