From left to right: Hashim Hashim, Michele Sutton, Akhlaq Ahmed, Zaffar Ul Haq and Faisal Rehman

In September 2009, Bradford College in association with Bradford Kickstart launched a new project Bradford Enterprise Academy. The academy delivers inspirational and exciting enterprise programmes to all college students. The aim of the academy is to stimulate high interest in enterprise, enhance the entrepreneurial skills of the students and increase the opportunities of new start up business and self employment.

Bradford Enterprise Academy is offering enterprise training for all curriculum areas throughout college to equip students with the knowledge, skills, confidence and expertise to start their own business or self employment. Since September 2009, 210 Bradford College students successfully completed the new enterprise programme. To celebrate the success the Bradford Enterprise Academy has organised the Enterprise Award Ceremony on Monday 28^th June. During the ceremony, students were awarded the NCFE Award in Developing Business Enterprise Certificates by Michele Sutton, OBE Principal and Chief Executive of Bradford College.

During the ceremony Bradford Enterprise Academy presented Certificates of Achievement to those Bradford College students who have displayed outstanding performance and dedication in enterprise this academic year. Just some of the students included Winners of Best Business Idea Competition (November 2009) Paul Garside, Paul Fisher and Phillip Faulkner with their idea of developing student support tools website or Faisal Rehman, Zaffar Ul Haq and Akhlaq Ahmed who with some of their co students set up and run the Tech World, the very successful IT helpdesk between March and May 2010.

Special thanks were extended to all programme managers and enterprise champions without whom the programme would have not been possible.

 Three members of staff including Elvir Kesedzic (HE Computing), Val Berwin (Beauty Therapy) and Suzanne Griffith (Photography) also received an award for their outstanding contribution to enterprise during the academic year.

 Throughout the event, the BEA team as well as organisations such as Princes Trust and Access to Fund were on hand for students to explore the possibilities of business developments and funding opportunities.

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