New “Incubator” Unit is born

Dunstable College has entered into a new, exciting and unique post-graduate provision for creatives wishing to start their own business venture.

The programme called The Incubator endorsed and masterminded by Will Howard provides support and guidance to creative post-graduates through mentoring and business practice workshops. The Incubator is set to give the young creatives a footing in a competitive market and develop business sustainability. The experience of students being supported to set up their own small businesses with professional assistance and peer group working, will in turn improve their employment and career prospects.

Currently, the majority of our Art & Design graduates migrate to design studios located in the London area. The Incubator unit is designed to provide a business and training base for recent graduates, who for a variety of reasons cannot relocate in the eastern region, but who may subsequently provide the local businesses with high quality designers on their doorstep.

Four recent graduates make up the Incubator unit, Christine McKeown, Mark Eggleton, Natasha Allsop and Gemma Loosley, and they comment, “We are hoping to build a successful business with a strong client base, by providing our clients with all the design, photography and multi-media solutions to their needs. We work together as a design collective to provide all these services.”