A creative venture

PA 71/09 Budding entrepreneurs will receive a considerable boost to their careers this week at Nottingham University Business School. They are vying for the Student Venture Challenge with ideas which include headphones with built in MP3 players for sportsmen and women, interactive software with which to learn a musical instrument and a national system for preventing PC meltdown. The Student Venture Challenge is The University of Nottingham's business plan competition. It is run by the Business School's Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) with the support of the Centre for Career Development. The competition is open to students across the University and this year's finalists represent a diverse range of subjects including science, engineering and humanities. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday evening at the Sir Colin Campbell building, Jubilee Campus. Before the awards are announced, the finalists will present a three minute pitch of their idea to the audience.