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Designed for S6 pupils, START combines the principles of design thinking and entrepreneurship with inspirational mentoring to replicate the experience of participating in a startup business incubator.
With a focus on real-world problem-solving, curiosity, resilience, empathy, and teamwork, START ignites ambition and prepares school leavers for the modern workplace, regardless of their career ambitions.
Engagement with the START programme can broadly be split into three groups:
Build student confidence and open new career pathways through experiential learning.
Use your real-world business experience to inspire the young entrepreneurs of the future.
Become a corporate partner to help us identify and support the next generation of talent.
Supported by the Scottish Government’s Entrepreneurial Education Pathways Fund, START is a free school entrepreneurship programme in Scotland that takes teams of S6 pupils through the exciting journey of launching a startup business.
Kicking off in August, the SCQF Level 6 accredited programme encourages participants to draw on their own experiences and passions to identify real-world problems and then solve them by creating new products or services.
Participants learn cutting-edge design-thinking tools and the techniques and mindsets of entrepreneurship, whilst engaging with real-world startup founders through our mentoring partnership with Scottish EDGE.
START culminates in a pitch competition in March, where students present their ideas to a panel of startup experts. Prize information TBC.
Discover the impact START is having on school leavers.
Programme run by The High School of Glasgow for schools across Scotland.