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<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">These pathways are supported by a wider culture of innovation that encourages students to convert creativity in entrepreneurial endeavors. The following UTS StartNet Map explores how entrepreneurial programs and culture are found across several faculties in the univeristy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">[[File:Uts net.png]]</p>
=== <span style="font-size:smalllarge;">Cultural Pathways Fostering Entrepreneurship </span> ===<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">UTS is located in Ultimo which is one of the most heavily populated Start-Up areas in Australia. Leveraging this, it has become one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial campuses in Australia. There are various programs implemented by UTS to encourage student entrepreneurship including:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:small;">UTS Startups, which is an incubator aimed at mentoring and providing support for any student or recent alumni interested in developing a startup</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:small;">Awards like UTS Startup peoples choice, Venture Day and many others are aimed at providing extra funding to standout startups</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:small;">Student-run Innovation and Entrepreneurial Societies on Campus e.g. Enactus & BCII Connect</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:small;">Hackathons & competitions including Project Pitch, Code2Learn, The Hult Prize and IBISWorld 3P Competition, designed to launch competitive businesses</span></p><span style="font-size:small;"><br/>There are over 160 Incubators, accelerators and pre-accelerators in Australia, however these remain expensive and less acessible to UTS students. As such UTS seeks to promote a culture of entrepreneurship by embedding such thinking in coursework and existing degree programs alongside the startup community. </span><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Each of these programs are trans-disciplinary, with no limitations. The culmination of each of these has enabled UTS to become an active player in the Australian Start-Up Community. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Over the past three years, UTS has also introduced Bachelor and Postgraduate degrees that directly target the core fundamentals of high-level critical and creative thinking, invention, complexity, innovation, future scenario building and entrepreneurship; leading-edge capabilities that are highly valued in the globalised world. A direct industry demand has contributed to the successful implementation of such a vast and diversified portfolio that allows students to combine their core degree (e.g. Business, Engineering) with an innovational based degree.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==