University Partners

Working with our Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) we offer a number of opportunities for both the HEI and Alacrity

How do we do this? We engage with private, public & third sector organisations to surface problems they are facing that our teams could solve with a software solution to become our challenge partners.

Partner Advantages

There are many key benefits for our University partners:

Recruitment of graduates on to the Alacrity programme.

Guest talks from the Alacrity Leadership Team and graduate companies

Coaching individuals and teams from HEIs on the commercialisation of their product or service

Offering workshops and courses delivered as part of Alacrity’s programme to HEIs

Engaging with HEI graduate societies in areas such as entrepreneurship

Working with HEIs on commercialising intellectual property produced by research in the HEI

Sourcing problems/projects from within a HEI

This list is expansive but not exhaustive and the Foundation welcomes developing new forms of engagement with HEIs to further or common aims.

The breadth of skills that Alacrity covers is staggering; sales, business analysis, product management, software development, graphic design, pitching – there’s something for every type of entrepreneur.

Educational Partners

Alacrity actively works on a range of initiatives, engagement and recruited graduates with and from a number of HEIs, including:

Aberystwyth University

Bath University

Birmingham University

Bristol University

Cambridge University

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff University

Chester University

Coventry University

Exeter University

Gloucestershire University

Glyndwr University

Imperial College London

Liverpool University

Manchester University

Portsmouth University

Queen Mary University of London

Royal Holloway University of London

Salford University

Sheffield University

Southampton University

Strathclyde University

Swansea University

University College London

University of South Wales

University West of England

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Warwick University

Case Study

The Foundation has worked with Cardiff University in offering a week-long project. The aim is to give Cardiff University students the opportunity to experience a taster of what the Alacrity programme is like, what’s involved and hopefully inspire you to consider it as an option when you graduate. Individuals are placed in teams and asked to research a tech idea and present a business case/product plan for this idea. Technical and business instructions are given along with the time required to research and prepare a plan and pitch deck. Throughout the week there is technical and business support, presentations and workshops from some of the Alacrity Foundations pool of experienced mentors. Members of the current and past Alacrity Cohort are available to provide insights and assistance also.