Exposing Graduates To Entrepreneurial World
By Helena M. Mahathir

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Entrepreneurship Development Unit (EDU), Universiti Brunei Darussalam will be holding its 2nd GET Up programme from September 17 to 20.

Supported by the university's Student Affairs Section, the programme is designed to provide an overview on the entrepreneurial world, and expose participants to the challenges, benefits as well as the risks associated with entrepreneurship.

Upon completion of the GET-Up Programme, participants will then be able to join the follow-up programme entitled "GET Started" that will be held from October 3 to 15.

The GET Started programme will focus more on the technical aspects of entrepreneurship that include the legal aspects of business, financial management, managing banking facilities, marketing, sales management and logistic management.

These two programmes are part of a series of training whereby more follow-up programmes are currently in the planning stage, such as GET Going, GET Growing and GET On.

All programmes by the EDU are designed to instil the dynamic spirit and practical knowledge for the participants, whilst ensuring maximum acquirement of munderstanding and skills. Furthermore, the trainers conducting the EDU programmes possess the industrial and hands-on experience to ensure the provision of quality training in entrepreneurship and business.

The GET-Up and GET-Started programmes are open to all former UBD graduates, regardless of which year they had graduated in. EDU welcomes and encourages those UBD graduates who are currently unemployed or working temporarily to join the programme.

According to the Coordinator of EDU, Awang Muhammad Saifullah DP Hj Mustajab, all programmes are carefully designed by EDU aimed towards bringing out the best in participants. He added, "Entrepreneurship knowledge and skills are about personality development and dynamic lifestyle.

Its relevancy is not only for starting a business, but to equip participants with the ability to become dynamic members of any organisation, especially corporate organisations."

Registration is free and interested parties may contact the Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Development Unit, UBD at 2463001 Ext. 1107 / 1606 or may directly register though email: entdu@fbeps.ubd.edu.bn or by SMS: 8840771, based on first come first serve basis. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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