InvestIN Entrepreneur Summer Experience in London

The programme is built around hands-on career simulations rather than lectures. Students design a business strategy to create a multi-billion dollar company, with coaching and feedback from working entrepreneurs at every step; create a bespoke sales and marketing campaign; collaborate with software engineers to develop their own FinTech app; and pitch their business ideas to a group of entrepreneurs and investors in a Dragon's Den style venue. No prior study of business is required to attend.

The school offers a special discount - ask us for details. Three options are published: a first-week taster, the full two-week experience, and a two-week enhanced package. Every option includes hands-on career simulations, programme materials and equipment, a digital certificate, on-site safeguarding and pastoral care, time on the UCL campus and excursions to professional workplaces. The enhanced package adds more contact hours with professionals, an assessment centre with feedback on core skills, and bespoke professional development with application and interview coaching. Each option can be taken with or without the residential package.

Residential students stay in a private, single, ensuite bedroom at university halls of residence in central London. The residential package includes breakfast and dinner in the accommodation canteen, evening and weekend social activities, and round-the-clock safeguarding and pastoral support from a designated pastoral and activity leader, house parents, centre managers and a medical office. Non-residential students arrange their own accommodation and attend the daytime programme only.

Breakfast and dinner are served in the accommodation canteen for residential students as part of the residential package. Meals for non-residential students are not included.

Excursions to professional workplaces and venues in London are part of the programme, including London's startup district. Residential students also take part in organised social activities on evenings and at weekends.

Teaching is based at University College London and the surrounding University of London campus, with certain days held at other key industry locations in London. Residential students are housed in university halls of residence in central London.

Students are coached through the simulations by entrepreneurs from start-ups in consumer goods, financial technology, human capital and other fields, and attend private networking sessions with them. Career coaching covers work experience, extra-curricular activities, applications and interviews. Work completed on the programme can be assessed for a Level 3 Award in Work Experience and Career Planning, worth 8 UCAS points; participants receive a personalised certificate and an industry reference letter after the online assessment. Around half of students come from outside the UK, and the programme is delivered by native English speakers.