Case Studies

Starting a successful business through Spark Sam and his colleague Matt Wheeler co-founded madeby.studio during their final year of undergraduate study at the University of...

Selecting a course for its diverse opportunities Joe chose to study Business Management with Marketing (Industrial) at the University of Leeds because of the discovery...

Gaining a range of core business skills Imogen graduated with a BA (Hons) Business Management in 2024. “I knew building my own business was something...

Computer Science student Elliot Kaute became a Corporate Associate at the University of Leeds Entrepreneurs Society and then a Spark Enterprise Scholar, which allowed him...

  Embracing the opportunity to support start-ups:  Nina found out about the Enterprise Ambassador opportunities within the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (CEES) while taking...

With the support of the enterprise community, Spark and the wider CEES team, Michail Marinakis developed his idea 'recuppa' and secured a prestigious West Yorkshire...

 Medical student Kate Gerrard chose an MSc Enterprise and Entrepreneurship so she could explore a different field of study to add variety to her studies....

After 21 years building, scaling and exiting businesses, Leeds-based entrepreneur Jonathan Straight became an Enterprise Ambassador. Over the past 10 years he has shared his...

Jasmine Caddies enhanced her Hull York medical school degree with a Masters in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at the University of Leeds. Here, she won a...

A Fine Arts with History of Art student, Alex Neish, has discovered enterprise opportunities through the HELIX student innovation space. He secured a Spark scholarship...