Uni agrees global deal to accelerate start-ups
Under the tie-up between Edinburgh Research & Innovation (ERI) and the University of Austin, Texas-based entrepreneurship development programme, 3 Day Startup (3DS), will host a number of programmes at universities across the UK and internationally.
Six members of ERI staff have been appointed as 3DS “facilitators” to deliver a minimum of six programmes for Scottish university students before the end of 2019.
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Hide AdMoreover, ERI – which has operated since 1967 – has been appointed by 3DS to help universities in the UK and around the world deliver their own 3DS programmes.
Grant Wheeler, ERI’s head of company formation, said: “This actively supercharges entrepreneurship in Scotland like never before.”