The Student Enterprise Hub (SEHub) is the home for Student Enterprise at UCLan. Changing lives and growing opportunities for students, businesses, and communities. Offering a door to unique perspective across all course disciplines, and industry sectors to solve challenges and support regeneration in the local economy.
Benefits to business
- A bespoke product or service
- Access to students’ fresh ideas and academic expertise
- Nurturing the talent of the future
Benefits to students
- Industry experience
- Expand their commercial awareness
- Gain confidence
Services
- Concept Design
- Consultancy
- Ideation Facilitation
- Project Management
- Research & Development
Work with us in five simple steps
- Outline your challenge to our Student Enterprise Hub project team
- We match your challenge to the talents, skills and resources within the University
- Our students explore creative ideas with academic support
- Collectively we agree your preferred options
- Our students deliver solutions for your business and gain valuable industry experience working for you.
- Industry experience
- Expand their commercial awareness
- Gain confidence
Services
- Concept Design
- Consultancy
- Ideation Facilitation
- Project Management
- Research & Development
Work with us in five simple steps
- Outline your challenge to our Student Enterprise Hub project team
- We match your challenge to the talents, skills and resources within the University
- Our students explore creative ideas with academic support
- Collectively we agree your preferred options
- Our students deliver solutions for your business and gain valuable industry experience working for you.
- Outline your challenge to our Student Enterprise Hub project team
- We match your challenge to the talents, skills and resources within the University
- Our students explore creative ideas with academic support
- Collectively we agree your preferred options
- Our students deliver solutions for your business and gain valuable industry experience working for you.
To sustain our programme, we ask for employer contributions, often using Corporate Social Responsibility funds to cover the cost and to enable us to continue to provide this direct access to the next generation of talent for your business or organisation.
Our work
UCLan fashion student design produced by Regatta Ltd
UCLan fashion student Rachel Fernandes designed a wearable pillow garment for Levitex designed to create a more consistent sleep environment when travelling
Thursday 6 July 2023Strategic agreement further strengthens links between industry and academia in Lancashire
UCLan has signed an MoU with BAE Systems enabling further collaboration on a range of business innovation initiatives to support Lancashire enterprises and the development of entrepreneurship training.
Monday 27 June 2022UCLan achieves triple success at prestigious industry awards
Educate North Awards celebrate excellence and best practice in the education sector
Friday 8 April 2022National funding for diversity and inclusion project
UCLan receives £100,000 grant for engineering entrepreneurial scheme
Tuesday 5 April 2022Views sought on Wigan King Street regeneration plans
UCLan fashion and promotion students are working with Wigan Council on a £1.2 million high street improvement scheme funded by High Streets Heritage Action Zone
Tuesday 18 January 2022InstaSmile benefit from Creative Innovation Zone support
Wigan-based InstaSmile UK were delighted with the video production support they recently received from UCLan students.
Thursday 2 December 2021Timber manufacturer takes advantage of 'exceptional' student expertise
Cumbria-based Playdale Playground, a true timber manufacturer, benefitted from a team of students working on their industry brief to create a new range of playground equipment to sit alongside their existing range.
Wednesday 1 December 2021UCLan chosen to deliver mental health programme for LGBTQ+ community
UCLan is among a select group of institutions which have been chosen by the Government to deliver mental health programmes to support students. Read more here.
Wednesday 10 November 2021UCLan’s Creative Innovation Zone shortlisted for major award
A forward-thinking initiative at the University of Central Lancashire which helps businesses meet their challenges through academic and student-led problem.
Wednesday 20 October 2021UCLan signs landmark agreement with Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry
The University of Central Lancashire has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tashkent Institute of Textile & Light Industry (TITLI), Uzbekistan.
Monday 23 November 2020UCLan joins forces with Age UK to tackle loneliness and isolation during Covid-19 pandemic
University to work with the charity to develop online initiatives to help the elderly
Wednesday 22 April 2020Playing around: UCLan students design museum’s new playground
A group of interior design students developed conceptual schemes for an outdoor play area at the National Waterways Museum.
Monday 3 June 2019
"Age UK Stockport's experience of working with UCLan's Creative Innovation Zone has been fantastic. Collaborating to develop a solution to our brief we have been so impressed by the quality of ideations, creative thinking, and final outcome."
— Lee Speed, Age UK Stockport
Meet the team
"It was a great experience for us to collaborate with UCLan Fashion Promotion students – a real breath of fresh air to work with young people who can apply their creativity so easily. The group had a dynamic approach and their passion shone through. The findings from the project have already been used within the business."
— Karen Cooper, Blackpool Transport
Contact us
Student Enterprise Hub
Email: SEHub@uclan.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1772 895995