QUEST Entrepreneur in Residence 2025-2026 at Queen Mary University of London – YOA

Deadline: October 5, 2025

Applications are open for the QUEST Entrepreneur in Residence 2025-2026. The Entrepreneur-in-Residence program empowers and evokes pupil entrepreneurs. This part-time, versatile position is part of the dedication to inclusion, innovation, and illustration in enterprise. They are searching for a passionate, skilled founder who can share actual-world insights and mentor college students—significantly ladies and marginalised voices—to discover entrepreneurship.

This residency is part of their mission to embed inclusive position fashions inside college innovation areas—and be certain that all college students, regardless of background, really feel entrepreneurship is for them. There is a particular concentrate on supporting ladies of color, however this position also needs to be a spokesperson for inclusive entrepreneurship extra broadly.

Responsibilities

As an Entrepreneur in Residence, you’ll work carefully with the Enterprise group to:

• Mentor and advise (primarily, however not solely) numerous founders on enterprise concepts, pitching and investor relations, and progress
• Host casual drop-ins and themed workshops bringing in personal expertise
• Provide visibility, illustration, and lived expertise in startup areas
• Work with the QUEST group to form inclusive help pathways and develop case research
• Act as a task mannequin and advocate for girls of color in innovation and entrepreneurship

Benefits

• There is a monetary contribution to effort and time related to this position, primarily based on roughly 1 day/month over the following educational yr (November 2025-June 2026 inclusive). There is the chance of extension, topic to assessment.

Eligibility

• Have entrepreneurial expertise in any sector, however really feel snug working throughout sectors
• Have your personal enterprise presently
• A ardour for inclusion, fairness, and youth growth
• Experience mentoring or working with younger individuals or college students
• Connections with accelerators, traders, and enterprise communities could be fascinating
• UK-primarily based (have to be out there for and cozy with in-person classes in addition to distant/hybrid)

Application

Send a brief expression of curiosity (max 1 web page or 3-minute video) together with:

• A short bio together with your LinkedIn profile
• Your entrepreneurial background
• Why this position speaks to you
• Any related mentoring or engagement expertise

Send your EoI or any inquiries to: Leah Thompson, Associate Director – Entrepreneurship, Queen Mary University of London by way of [email protected]

For extra info, go to Entrepreneur-in-Residence.