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Welcome to the official news hub of Enactus UK & Ireland. Here you will find the latest announcements, press releases, event updates and stories from across our organisation. Stay connected and up to date with everything happening in our community
Stop Hunger Challenge:Tackling Food Insecurity Across the UK & Ireland
After launching the Enactus x Stop Hunger Challenge back in February, together with Sodexo and Wells Fargo, we’ve selected nine youth-led social enterprises to take their ideas focussed on tackling food insecurity and accelerate them into impactful, scalable businesses with purpose.
EWC Qualifiers Top 20: The Best of Student-Led Innovaton
We are announcing the Top 20 Qualifying teams from our Enactus World Cup Qualifier Rounds. After a week of the qualifying rounds across the UK and Ireland, we bring to you the best of student-led innovation.
EWC Qualifier Rounds: Celebrating Student-Led Impact
We celebrate our Regional Qualifier rounds, where students have the opportunity to pitch their social enterprises to a panel of expert judges. A start in the student journey on to the Enactus World Cup 2026, which takes place in São Paulo, Brazil.
Student Spotlight: How Enactus Shaped My Placement Journey
In this blog, we hear from Katherine Boyle, a Queen’s University Belfast student whose Enactus journey began with a single competition and grew into leadership roles, international experiences and a placement year at Unilever.
Magnit x Enactus Liverpool Project Showcase 2026
Enactus Liverpool visited the Magnit to deliver a showase on their two community driven projects. Here, they had the opportunity to recieve expert feedback from coaches on how to scale their impact and deliver an effective pitch.
Student Insights from our November Coaching Clinic
Mythili Madhavan, Co-Director at Enactus Aston, offers her reflections on last week's Coaching Clinic, a key initiative designed to provide industry experts with flexible development opportunities while generating impact with Enactus students.
Accelerating Impact: Highlights from Our 2025 Regional Impact Accelerators
This year’s, we hosted our Regional Impact Accelerators (RIA) across Nottingham, London, Newcastle and Dublin, bringing together over 130 Enactus students from over 40 universities across the UK and Ireland.
At the Heart of Innovation: Reflections from the ESBF Finals
Stephen Brown, Impact Lead at the Enactus UK & Ireland team, shares how Enactus sits at the heart of innovation, drawing from his experience recruiting bright young minds at the ESBF.
Upskilling Our Changemakers: Career Accelerators 2025
Over 175 Enactus students joined our Career Accelerators, a series of virtual masterclasses designed to provide students the skills, confidence and knowledge to succeed in the current day graduate job market.
Kick-Starting our Universities Programme at Unilever HQ
Last Monday marked the start of the Enactus UK & Ireland universities programme. This fantastic launch took place at the Unilever London Headquarters, which brought together 45 students from over 15 universities across the UK & Ireland.
Rethinking Enterprise Education: Enactus UK & Ireland x IEEC 2025
Enactus UK & Ireland was present at the International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference (IEEC), organised by Enterprise Educators UK and hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University.