Spark Awards Programme - Summer 2026

SPARK is a step-by-step programme aimed at students from any discipline, and alumni with little or no business experience. It provides support to students wishing to either explore and potentially develop an idea into a possible scalable project or venture OR just wanting to explore an idea and develop on their employment skills (networking, communication, presenting, project planning, testing and researching etc.)

At the end of the six-week workshops attendees will walk away with a clear understanding of their business idea, a basic business plan, and a first stage pitch-deck which will equip them to compete for £500 seed funding.

SPARK is for students, staff* and graduates of 7 years or under from Oxford Brookes.

*NB. Staff are welcome to attend the Spark programme for learning and development purposes, but are not eligible to be allocated seed funding.

The workshops will be delivered online, Wednesdays 12.00 noon to 1.00pm. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 27 May.
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