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Edit or delete it, then start blogging! - [Entrepreneurship Centre's Awards Evening](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/12/18/entrepreneurship-centres-awards-evening/) - The Entrepreneurship Centre’s bi-annual awards evening took place last week and included an evening of celebrations for graduates of their FastStart entrepreneurship programmes and winners of their competitions: The Start Up Challenge and What’s the big idea?Across the centre’s 5 programmes, there were over 30 graduates who were each recognised in a ceremony where they - [A sweet success for Enterprise Week 2023](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/11/15/a-sweet-success-for-enterprise-week-2023/) - Enterprise Week 2023, brought to you by the University of St Andrews’ Entrepreneurship Centre, was a great success with a range of speaker sessions, panel discussions, events, and competitions. The annual event aims to inspire and encourage entrepreneurship across the University and local community. Across the week students, staff, alumni, and local community members got - [Entrepreneurship and Sustainability leadership highlighted in the King's Birthday Honours](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/06/23/entrepreneurship-and-sustainability-leadership-highlighted-in-the-kings-birthday-honours/) - The King’s Birthday Honours, announced at the end of last week, have recognised the hard work and commitment of two key University figures to drive forward innovation and environmental sustainability. St Andrews Innovation's Chief Executive Officer and The University’s Chief Operating Officer, Quaestor and Factor Derek Watson, will receive an MBE for Services to Entrepreneurship - [Success for University of St Andrews students who were awarded 3rd place at the WEGE Prize 2023](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/05/30/success-for-university-of-st-andrews-students-who-were-awarded-3rd-place-at-the-wege-prize-2023/) - Andrew Linz and Timothy Redpath who are both Undergraduate Biochemistry students, alongside their teammates from Universities in the USA, picked up 3rd place in the WEGE Prize 2023 and walked away with $10,000. The WEGE Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to - [St Andrews spin-outs and start-ups make the cut for cohort 3 of Converge](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/05/16/st-andrews-spin-outs-and-start-ups-make-the-cut-for-cohort-3-of-converge/) - Three University spin-outs and start-ups have made the cut for the next cohort of Converge, Scotland’s premier company creation programme for staff, students and recent graduates of all Scottish universities and research institutes. Robert Sidey – KindHive, Michael Bennie – Marine Forest, and Oliver Lee – Silico are part of the 100 spin-outs and starts-ups - [Converge 2023 - Applications open](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2023/02/17/converge-2023-applications-open/) - Converge 2023: Apply Now to Springboard your Business Idea Innovator, entrepreneur, creative, founder ..... Whatever you call yourself, Converge can turn your research, idea or innovation into a living, breathing business Open to staff, students and recent graduates across all of Scotland’s universities - including the University of St Andrews - this is your chance - [Scotland’s Top Academic Innovators Celebrated at Converge Awards](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/11/04/scotlands-top-academic-innovators-celebrated-at-converge-awards/) - Scotland’s top academic innovators were celebrated recently at the Converge Awards ceremony in Edinburgh, with life sciences innovations dominating alongside start-ups in various technology, product design and net zero-related fields. Professor Rebecca Goss, founder of X-Genix, a biotech start-up in the process of spinning out from the University of St Andrews was named the overall - [University marks opening of Entrepreneurship Centre](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/09/29/university-marks-opening-of-entrepreneurship-centre/) - A serial entrepreneur and business start-up strategy expert will deliver a keynote speech at the official launch of the University of St Andrews Entrepreneurship Centre at Eden Campus, Guardbridge on Monday (October 3). Renowned entrepreneur Hugh Chappell, who is also an established Dragons’ Den-style ‘angel investor’, has been invited to mark the opening of the new centre based at - [St Andrews top in new UK ranking](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/09/24/st-andrews-top-in-new-uk-ranking/) - The University of St Andrews is the top university in the UK, moving ahead of Oxford and Cambridge, in the Guardian University Guide 2023 published today (Saturday 24 September). It is the second time in two years that Scotland’s oldest university has come ahead of its larger Oxbridge rivals to top a leading university league table. In 2021 - [Scotland’s oldest university launches solar farm](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/18/scotlands-oldest-university-launches-solar-farm/) - Ambitious plans by the University of St Andrews to meet net zero targets, contribute to a just transition from fossil fuels, and take a leading role in driving a successful local and national economy were given the seal of approval this week when its new solar farm was unveiled by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the - [St Andrews tech spin-out gets over £200,000 funding boost](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/05/16/st-andrews-tech-spin-out-gets-over-200000-funding-boost/) - SolOLED, a tech spin-out company from the University of St Andrews that develops emitter materials for solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes (SP-OLEDs), vital in every day consumer electronics such as TVs and monitors, has received a £237,000 funding boost from Scottish Enterprise and CENSIS. The materials developed by SolOLED are much more sustainable and cost-effective than those currently - [University building wins architecture prize](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2021/07/23/university-building-wins-architecture-prize/) - A University of St Andrews building in Guardbridge has won an award in the Scottish Design Awards. Walter Bower House, named after Scottish medieval historian Walter Bower who trained at the University in the 15th century, received the award for the Architecture: Building Re-use category. The building was created out of several former paper mill buildings which formed - [St Andrews entrepreneurs win big](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2021/05/27/st-andrews-entrepreneurs-win-big/) - A University of St Andrews student and an academic have been named as winners in a prestigious Scottish entrepreneurial competition. Suhit Amin, a second year BSc Economics and Management student, won £60,000 from Scottish EDGE for his talent management and influencer marketing agency, Saulderson Media which exclusively manages a roster of high profile social influencers (specifically in gaming - [Major investment at University’s Eden Campus](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2020/06/01/major-investment-at-universitys-eden-campus/) - The University of St Andrews has been awarded £1.128 million to develop a world-class test space that will enable academics, technicians and small and medium-sized companies to work together at its Eden Campus site. The Scottish Government-supported funding was secured through the Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund (AMCF) and announced by the Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop. The - [Major investment for Eden Campus](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2018/11/22/major-investment-for-eden-campus/) - The Scottish and UK governments have today confirmed that the University of St Andrews is to receive over £26 million for transformative infrastructure works at its Eden Campus project at Guardbridge. This will be the single largest investment ever secured by St Andrews, and is a fundamental step to the realisation of the University’s broader plans to - [New Higher Education Minister impressed with Eden Campus plans](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2018/09/19/new-higher-education-minister-impressed-with-eden-campus-plans/) - Higher Education Minister Richard Lochhead was pleased to see ambitious plans to develop the Eden Campus at the University of St Andrews on his first visit to the University. The University has attracted worldwide interest for its plans to create 500 new jobs at the Campus at Guardbridge as part of the Tay Cities Deal. In - [Arclight – a medical revolution](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2017/01/12/arclight-a-medical-revolution/) - A revolutionary pocket-sized device which could help save the sight of millions of people around the world has been launched by a team led from the University of St Andrews. Arclight is a low-cost, solar-powered ophthalmoscope aimed at helping health workers in low-income countries detect signs of blindness. It can also be used as an otoscope - [Scotland Office Minister visits Guardbridge biomass project](https://innovation-test.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2015/08/19/scotland-office-minister-visits-guardbridge-biomass-project/) - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland Lord Dunlop today (Tuesday August 18) visited the £25 million green energy centre under construction at Guardbridge. 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