Our Mission
Edu-venture Society supports our members in having a real, long-term impact on the world and in inspiring other students to do the same. Edu-venture gives members the network, confidence and skills to turn their dream career into a reality, setting them up to pursue global careers and to affect positive social change.
As a student-run network of societies around the UK, Edu-venture can expand your connections, and supports hundreds of students in transferring conventional career skills into their dream lifestyle, career, and impact.
Edu-venture supports our community in working out how to kickstart life after university, thinking creatively and innovatively about the direction we all want our careers to take. Edu-venture societies on each campus host partners offering relevant employability training, events, and insights to create a community of like-minded young innovators.
Origins
Gotoco China’s founders, Richard, Lisha, and Danny wanted to create a community for Gotoco’ers to help them to build on their experience in China after returning home. There’s a great range of fun and impactful careers in social enterprise, non-profits and education around the world, but finding the best options and developing the skills and experience you need while at university can be a challenge.
Edu-venture Society was set up to create this community and provide a space for workshops, trainings and fun collaboration on projects with a social impact. Edu-venture was started by Gotoco’ers on each university campus, but is open to all students.
Purpose
Raise awareness about the range of career and lifestyle options available beyond the conventional and how to make them a reality
Build an innovative community committed to finding impactful careers
Link members to fun and impactful local volunteering projects
Offer global training initiatives, such as through Gotoco China, to develop students’ CVs and to help them have fun-but-meaningful summers
Run events on global topics, with a focus on education, China, and social philosophy, with guest speakers from each university and more broadly
- Arrange training days for career advancement, e.g. interview workshops, teacher training, mindfulness sessions, career counselling
- Improve and enliven discussion about China on campus, through events in partnership with SupChina
- Run informal and formal social events, both locally and nationally
Contact Us
Student
- Want to set up an Edu-venture Society on your campus?
Partners
- Want to partner with Edu-venture?