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Mayor launches search for London’s young green entrepreneurs

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a search for the brightest student entrepreneurial talent with ideas for ‘green’ business projects to help tackle urgent environmental problems facing the capital. The competition is supported by the Citi Foundation.

Entrants to the Mayor’s Entrepreneur competition will use their creativity to pitch projects that take on London’s green challenges, from tackling pollution and boosting air quality to lowering carbon footprints.

They will shape their ideas with the help of mentoring from business experts, before pitching their final projects to a panel of investors at City Hall – and Citi will give the winning project £20,000 in start-up funding.

Winning projects from previous years include Bio-bean, which turns London’s coffee waste into advanced biofuels for use in heating and transport, and Aeropowder, which turns waste feathers into a range of new materials like building insulation. Another previously shortlisted project took on food waste (Solveiga's Bump Mark) with a bio-reactive label that warns exactly when food has gone off.

Since being elected Sadiq has put green issues at the very top of his agenda. He is consulting on a bold and wide-ranging package of measures to clean up London’s air and has also urged producers, retailers, restaurants and consumers to take collective action to reduce food waste, among other initiatives.

The Mayor, Sadiq Khan, said: “From cleaning up our filthy air to boosting recycling and cutting food waste, our student entrepreneurs could help solve some of the serious challenges our city faces. “London is the best place in the world to launch and grow a business and a leading centre for green technology. With our many world-leading universities in the capital, I’m sure this competition will generate some truly innovative solutions to help boost London’s environment.”

The Mayor has recruited 15 student interns to work with him to promote the competition across London universities.

Citi’s Chairman of Energy Banking and Head of Climate & Sustainability Council in EMEA, Niels Kirk, said: "Sustainable solutions to urban challenges are critical for the future competitiveness of global cities like London. Young people have a vital role to play. These awards encourage innovation and an entrepreneurial mind-set, not only unleashing young people’s potential to solve major challenges, but also helping them develop vital skills for their future careers.

“That's why these awards are such an important part of the Citi Foundation's global Pathways to Progress initiative, harnessing the creativity and drive of London's students to develop innovative, sustainable business models, whilst also building their capabilities as London's next generation of entrepreneurs. We're excited to be supporting for the second year."
 

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Entries must be submitted by midnight on February 12 via www.london.gov.uk/entrepreneur

The winner will be announced in March.

Calling Medical Student Volunteers!

Get involved in cutting edge research to train surgeons of the future! It is a global collaborative between Imperial College London, AO Foundation and other leading centres. We aim to develop and validate a Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA - list of operative steps and decision points) for an orthopaedic trauma procedure and we need your help to see if it works.

Here are some important details:

* There is NO need to prepare – just turn up!

* All data is anonymous and only used as research data

* The study will take place in Charing Cross Hospital in the MSK Lab (Level 7 East)

* The study does not involve too much time and allows flexibility

* You will need to offer an hour per week for 3 weeks

* You will receive a formal Certificate of Participation for your CV and portfolio

If you would like to participate, or you would like further information, please contact: Mr Rahul Bhattacharyya at rahulbhattacharyya09@gmail.com

National Student Awards 

We are inviting institutions to participate in a National Students Awards in arts, sports, entrepreneurship, community service and researches.

We really appreciate your institution nominees. 

To nominate please check: http://www.studentsblueboard.com/nomination-form.html

Neurology revison course 

The 4th annual one-day revision course in neurology is now open for registration. The course covers neurological examination for finals and the clinical signs encountered. It will be on Saturday 28th January 2017 at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London. It is free and kindly sponsored by MPS. If you're interested, you can sign up at https://goo.gl/qpU2MZ or email finalsneurology@gmail.com for more information.