Enterprise and entrepreneurship are a key part of our graduate employability offer. We have increased the amount of in-curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular real-world challenges and interdisciplinary enterprise opportunities.
The University now has a vibrant community of entrepreneurs with an ecosystem of support within the Liverpool City Region (LCR), regionally and nationally. The core start-up offer ‘Design Your Future’ is in collaboration with Santander who provide £10,000 worth of prizes and an additional £5k seed funding to start-ups. This includes a variety of activities ranging from a 10-week business development programme (227 students participated this year) workshops, specialist skills development, The Enterprise Fund, Showcase events and more.
The University was recognised for achievements within the area of start-up, growth and scale up at the International Enterprise Educators Conference and delivered a partnership European Regional Development Fund Project ‘LCR Founders’ with Liverpool John Moores University.
Read our spotlight case study below and more about Careers and Employability here.
Enterprise case study: Moises Barbera Ramos – Drill Surgeries
Moises Barbera Ramos is the University of Liverpool’s award-winning entrepreneur, enterprise fund recipient and founder of Drill Surgeries, a vibrant start-up in the medical device industry driven to improve Intramedullary Nailing surgeries worldwide.
Moises and his team have developed a fully working prototype of their non-invasive medical device powered through Artificial Intelligence (AI) to guide surgeons during trauma surgeries accurately and without radiation. The prototype has been successfully tested on mannequins by international surgeons.
Moises has shown uninterrupted passion on the field of entrepreneurship, founding Drill Surgeries whilst studying at the University in 2019. Moises overcame the barriers of studying a complex degree programme (Masters in Physics) while striving to grow his start-up developing non-invasive medical devices powered through Artificial Intelligence in one of the most diverse and innovative sectors.
Since 2021, with the support of Liverpool Interns and The Enterprise Fund, Moises has offered work experience for a full month to a team of students from the School of Life Sciences coming from underrepresented backgrounds to support their accessibility to this competitive job market.
Moises has also worked with other organizations like Liverpool John Moores University, Made Smarter, Agent Academy and the Liverpool City Council to provide job opportunities to young individuals, offering one full-time position, three internships and two work experiences (one for a student of the Agent Academy initiative and another work experience to a group of five BAME students from the School of Life Sciences as part of the Enterprise Challenge initiative). In total, Moises has directly and positively impacted the lives and career development of at least 10 individuals in the Liverpool City Region (LCR)*. Moises has participated in panel talks and keynote speeches about MedTech and attended careers fairs providing first-hand insights to hundreds of students about his work and entrepreneurial experiences in healthcare and the medical technology industry. As part of the pay-it-forward ethos in our entrepreneurial community at University of Liverpool, Moises also delivers a session on pitching and presenting as a guest speaker for the HEAR-credited Design Your Future 10-week business development programme, which has now been successfully running for two years.
Contact details www.drillsurgeries.com
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