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Welcome to Manchester Metropolitan
Welcome to Manchester
Learning outcomes of the week: To critically evaluate an enterprise proposition for a Smart Sustainable City (SSC) To understand the potential ďŹ nancial sources available to support business start- ups, such as crowd funding To create, develop and analyse an enterprise project To apply business planning concepts, such as the Business Model Canvas, to a SSC enterprise idea To develop team working and collaboration skills To develop and implement ďŹ lming and script writing techniques
Welcome to the SMART CITIES BOOTCAMP 6-10th JUNE 2016
MANCHESTER, UK
Congratulations on being selected to represent your university on the Smart Cities Boot camp at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. The boot camp forms part of the ESSENCE project (European Sustainable Solutions for Existing and New City Environments), which aims to promote the development of sustainable cities through international cooperation, through three main lines: 1) An international, interdisciplinary curriculum is developed 2) Students work on practical solutions for issues concerning sustainability in the urban environment on behalf of three local government 3) New teaching methods are studied and applied in order to achieve best practices, using e-learning and blended learning. The week-long, intensive programme involves students from all five European universities on the project; Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Universitat Politecnica Valencia, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and Turku University of Applied Sciences. You will be working in international groups to develop enterprise solutions to a real world, city development project. The exciting programme includes masterclasses, visits and interactions with entrepreneurial leaders from across Europe, allowing you to develop your entrepreneurial , project management and communication skills in a European context. We hope you enjoy the boot camp and your time at the university, in our exciting and vibrant city! Your participation will benefit you in many ways, including: A valuable addition to your CV (Achievements video)
Challenge yourself
Prove your value to future employers
Stand out from the crowd at interviews
Develop core employability skills
Welcome to Manchester Metropolitan University
With a campus located in the heart of Manchester, it has seen ÂŁ350 million investment in recent years. Our university is large, diverse and popular, with a large international and non-traditional student population. We are in the top three nationally for environmental sustainability, in the top 3% of global universities ranked by the Times Higher Education and have an 85% research impac, rated world-leading and internationally excellent. The Business school was awarded the prestigious international AACSB accreditation. With a long history and strong track record of developing successful partnerships with businesses, the university works with external organisations to develop academic and commercial partnerships regionally, nationally and internationally.
Welcome to
Manchester
Manchester is the UK's largest and fastest growing economy outside of London, home to over half a million residents and recently ranked as the UK's most liveable city. The urban area surrounding it is the second-largest in the UK (after London), with a population of 2.7 million people. Here are some facts about our city: Ÿ Manchester was the birthplace of the Industrial revolution and Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ
modern computing. Great scientific minds, including 25 NOBEL prize winners have called the city home, and it is where the atom was first split. This is it the city where Rolls met Royce, in the Midland Hotel just down the road from our university. Peel Park was the world’s first free public park and Chetham’s Library is the oldest in the English-speaking world. Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the suffragette movement, grew up here The world’s first professional football league was set up in Manchester in 1888. Greater Manchester has 98 train stations. It is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in Europe; over 200 languages spoken here and 1 in 4 young people in the city are multilingual.
Where you’re staying Ibis budget - Pollard St. Address: 2 Pollard St, Manchester M4 7DB Tel: +44 161 272 2020 Email: H6943@accor.com Web: http://bit.do/IbisManchester
City centre location Free Wifi Hotel bar open 24/7 Flat screen TV Non-smoking Sustainable hotel
Eco-friendly cleaning products for cleaning rooms Taps fitted with water flow regulators Water efficient laundry to reduce water consumption Recycling of paper, glass and cardboard sorted on-site Energy-saving light bulbs in the reception & rooms Certified sustainable paper for hotel printing purposes Sustainability training for all personnel Sustainable trade products sold in the hotel
The university is a (maximum) 25 minute walk or 1.6km from the m the hotel. As you exit the hotel, cross the road, walk straight down Adair St., past Piccadilly station. Continue past the station, and curve left to walk under the Mancunian Way (flyover motorway). Turn right onto Grosvenor St., walk straight ahead until you reach Oxford Rd. Cross the road, and you will see a small park, the Business School is behind it. Alternatively, you could take a short taxi ride, or jump on a 147 bus outside Piccadilly station, which will drop you off outside the campus, and a single journey is just 80p.
From the airport Go to 'The Station' at the centre of all three terminals and for a bus, find the Bus terminal. Catch the 43 bus (runs 24 hours a day) to 'Piccadilly Gardens' where you need to get off, journey time is approximately one hour. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from Piccadilly Gardens, next to Piccadilly station. For a train, find the train station. Trains run every 10 minutes with First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail towards Manchester. Journey time is 20 minutes, get off the train at Piccadilly station. The hotel is a 5 minute walk round the corner. Hail a 'Black cab' outside all terminals, which use a metre. Journey time to hotel is 20 minutes.If you prefer, you can pre-book a taxi with Arrow Cars, based at Manchester Airport, at: www.arrowprivatehire.co.uk or by calling +44 0161 667 6999, or use the Uber app on your phone. Trams to ‘Cornbrook’ run every 12-15 minutes, switch at Cornbrook to a tram to ‘Ashton’ and get off after 2 stops at Piccadilly station. The hotel is a 5 minute walk round the corner.
Our first evening On the Monday evening, we will be meet at The Living Room restaurant at 6pm in central Manchester for introductions and our first meeting together. Here are the details on how to get there. Please be on time, there is no dress code and the reservation is in the name of the university. We will be providing a buffet-style dinner at the meeting, so please let us know any dietary requirements.
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Restaurant details The Living Room Address: 80 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2ER Phone: (+44) 161 832 0083 Web: thelivingroom.co.uk/
The restaurant is a (maximum) 25 minute walk or 1.6km from the hotel. As you come out of the hotel, turn right and walk along Great Ancoats St. and turn left on to Port St. Turn right and walk straight down Market St (the main shopping thoroughfare of Manchester) and turn left when you reach Deansgate. Cross the road and the restaurant will be on your right. Alternatively, you could book a taxi or hail a black cab.
Information for the rest of the week During the rest of the week, we will be meet in room 3.05 (third floor) of the Business School at 9am each morning. Breakfast will be served form 8.30am, and lunch will be served between 12 and 1pm each day. Again, please let us know about dietary requirements. Use the lifts next to the Business School café, go to the third floor and the room will be on your left. The room will be signposted, and Reception can help if needed. There is regular and reliable public transport across the city centre, including buses, trams, taxis and trains. The university is based on Oxford Rd which is the busiest bus route in Europe. You can hail a black cab on the street (if the light on, it is available), or buy a ticket from the bus driver. It is £4.10 for a day ticket, or £13.50 for a weekly ticket. However, the city centre is easy to navigate and walk around, so walking is usually best. Medical treatment is free for UK and EU nationals in the UK. If you require medical assistance during your stay, speak to one of the team at the university or the Hub on-site, who can provide information on local medical facilities. In an emergency, call 999. If you require the police, but it is not an emergency, dial 101. If you need medical advice, but it is not an emergency, dial 111. Your MMU contact: David Heffer, who can be contacted on +44 161 247 3722 or +44 7920490701.
Manchester Guide
visitmanchester.com is the official Manchester tourism website.
There is always lots to do in Manchester, but here are some recommendations! Manchester Museum Displaying works of archaeology, anthropology and natural history, Manchester Museum is just a 10 minute walk down Oxford Road. Free entry, open daily 10am to 5pm. MOSI A museu, celebrating the history of Manchester, with an emphasis on science, technology and industry. Just a short walk from the university. Free entry, open daily 10am to 5pm.
Whitworth Art Gallery Containing over 55,000 items in its collection, it was recently refurbished and won the UK’s Museum of the Year in 2015. There is a café on site with great views. Free entry, open daily 10am to 5pm, 9pm on Thursdays.
National Football Museum The world's biggest and best football museum, in one of the world’s greatest football cities. Home to the largest collection of football memorabilia in the world. Free entry, open daily 10am to 5pm. Don’t forget this is the city of Red vs. Blue, City vs. United, so why not book a stadium tour, while you are in town?
The Lowry, Salford Quays Situated on the waterside at the heart of The Quays, The Lowry is a stunning building housing two vibrant theatres, a studio space, relaxing art galleries, cafés, bars, and a restaurant. Exhibitions and shows daily. HOME A centre for international contemporary art, theatre and film, HOME is the largest arts centre in the UK, outside London. Performances and films daily. Exhibitions and café space also. Manchester Art Gallery The museum houses many works of local and international significance and has a collection of more than 25,000 objects. A short walk from the university. Free entry, open daily 10am to 5pm.
John Rylands Library A stunning neo-gothic, building, regarded as one of most beautiful in the world and holds one of the world’s finest collections of rare books and manuscripts. Free entry, open daily
Manchester Town Hall Completed in 1877, this stunning Victorian gothic building is the heart of local government. It sits on Albert Square, home to a memorial to Queen Victoria’s husband Albert, and is the central point of major celebrations in the city, regularly hosting music, beer and international festivals. Look out for which flag is flying, as it changes depending on the festival or time of year. It might be St. George’s cross of England, your nation’s flag or a rainbow flag for Pride. Be sure to visit this beautiful part of the city centre when you are here!
SHOPPING FOOD BARS Manchester is famous across the UK for it’s shopping. Here are the best places to head: Manchester Arndale Just off Markert St., the Arndale Centre is a huge indoor shopping mall containing practically every big high street store you could hope to find. It has an indoor market and big food hall, and is slap bang in the centre of the city. The Trafford Centre 5 miles out of the city (but with regular bus routes), it is the second largest shopping centre in the UK, with hundreds of shops. It is tacky, with fake marble pillars, a chandelier as big as a house and an indoor cruise ship complete with a fake sky of stars! Northern Quarter (NQ) Head north of Piccadilly Gardens to find the labyrinth of quirky shops, bars and eateries that make up the city's bohemian district. You’ll find the weird, wacky and wonderful Afflecks Palace (the Camden Market of the North) and discover handmade and vintage threads, as well as spying the famous graffiti scattered on buildings across the area.
Don’t believe everything you hear about British food, there are great places to grab a bite to eat. Some suggestions: The Corn Exchange Set in a stunning, refurbished Edwardian building packed with 13 exciting and exotic restaurants including Mowgli (Indian street food), Wahaca (Mexican street food) and Pho (Vietnamese street food). Great Northern Warehouse This converted warehouse holds a casino, bowling alley, cinema and great restaurants. Almost Famous is a Manchester institution, serving the best burgers in town. Two doors along, Home Sweet Home offers a more varied, but equally delicious menu. Deansgate This street has lots of nice places to eat, including The Living Room, where we are hosting our first night dinner meeting!
Market Street Manchester's main shopping thoroughfare stretches from Piccadilly Gardens (the centre of Manchester and home to the central bus station) down to Cross Street, and is home to the big high street names and street performers.
Next to Manchester Metropolitan Zouk - delicious Indian cuisine Bakchich - yummy Lebanese street food Changos - the best Burrito you’ll ever eat Umamu - tasty Japanese noodle bar!
Head to King Street/Cross Street/Exchange Square for designer boutique and shops.
If you still can’t find something you like, check out other restaurants at manchesterrestaurants.com.
With over 100,000 students, the social scene in Manchester is vast. There are a few hubs, which are the best places to head for a drink! Live music Manchester is proud of it’s live music scene, with many pubs and bars hosting performances most nights, catering for most musical tastes. Student Quarter, Oxford Road 2 miles long stretching down to the Curry Mile; Oxford Road is littered with great venues. A great place to explore. The Northern Quarter (NQ) The NQ is a quirky and lively part of Manchester, with a bewildering choice of bars and cafes. Head here for something a little different. The Gay Village The famous Canal St. has over 25 friendly and tolerant bars and clubs with great music and atmosphere. The village is popular with everyone - Manchester is a tolerant city! Tiger Tiger A 2000-capacity club popular with students, it boasts a Moroccan themed bar, a disco room,a swanky cocktail lounge, private karaoke pods and an Ibiza themed nightclub.
While you’re in town
Manchester is the European City of Science in 2016, in recognition of its unique scientific heritage and contribution to scientific discovery, innovation and industry. There will be lots of events in the city throughout 2016, so check out manchestersciencecity.com.
Exhibition: Grafters: Industrial society in image and word
Capture scenes of industrial life in 19th, 20th and 21st century Britain
Exhibition: Designs for Living A series of paintings on building materials, challenging what a painting is or could be.
Location: HOME complex For more info, check out homemcr.org #HOMEMcr @HOME_mcr
Exhibition: Hidden Voices from Empire and War
Exhibition exploring the role and experiences of colonised peoples of the British Empire during Ww1.
Location: People’s History Museum For more info, check out phm.org.uk #PHMMcr
@PHMMcr
There is a link to all the places featured in the guide, and more, at the back of the document.
Exhibition: Magic, Witches & Devils
Uncover the roots of our obsession with magic and the supernatural.
Location: John Rylands Library For more info, check out the website! #jrlmagic @TheJohnRylands
3 June - 12 June 2016 History runs throughout all of our lives and Manchester Histories aims to both celebrate the familiar and reveal the new and hidden histories from across Greater Manchester. The festival takes place over 10 days with events held at a wide range of venues across Greater Manchester. Click the logo to check out the website.
Photo Exhibition: Welcome to Manchester Mancunian photographer Christelle Vaillant presents photographs which offer varied perspectives of Manchester through culture, architecture and time. Free entry.
Location: Nexus Art Café, Northern
Before you arrive: Ÿ It would be great if you know some of the key concepts before you arrive. Please watch
these videos about creating a successful pitch: https://vimeo.com/81081869 https://vimeo.com/81196336 Link: https://www.crowdcube.com/pg/creating-a-successful-pitch-1373 Ÿ To provide more context, this is a great article about Smart Sustainable Cities:
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/urban-sustainability-smart-city-future Ÿ 2 weeks before the course, we will send you a link and log-in to Moodle, an online
teaching platform. At this point, please familiarise yourself with it, there will be some helpful resources and videos, again, to give you some of the basics. Ÿ Before you arrive, you will need to send a 100 word bio about yourself, your
studies/interests and what you hope to get out of the boot camp, as well a 100 word proposed business idea. Please send this to d.heffer@mmu.ac.uk, no later than Friday 13th May. Feel free to include a photo of yourself too, but that’s your choice. As breakfast and lunch are included each day, and dinner on the first night, please notify us of any dietary requirements as soon as possible.
What to bring? 1) After you have completed the light reading, please bring a Smart Sustainable City-related idea to propose and discuss with your group on arrival. 2) Notepad, tablet, laptop, pen, pencil or ink and quill, whatever works best for YOU. 3)Yourself, and an eagerness to engage, discuss and challenge yourself. This is an opportunity to develop yourself, personally and professionally. 4) Finally, a brolly (or umbrella) - this is Manchester, we can guarantee a good time but not any sunshine, even in mid-Summer! But fingers crossed!
Remember! Manchester is a diverse and cosmopolitan city, fully of many languages, cultures and religions; embrace it, it is why we love our city. The city is growing rapidly, with new buildings, tram routes and developments popping up all over. This means there are roadworks and diversions across the city centre, so it is always best to walk when you can. Come back to visit, a week is never long enough. Manchester was voted the most liveable city in the UK last year, is in Lonely Planet’s top 10 global travel designations for 2016 and is hailed as one of Europe’s top travel destinations and the UK’s capital of culture by Rough Guide.
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Agenda
All participants will be sent a video of their pitches & the event, following the boot camp.
Monday - The Living Room restaurant, Manchester 18.00 Welcome guests and introduc on to Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan and the boot camp, followed by an introduc on to crowd funding and demonstra on video pitches. The Living Room Restaurant, Deansgate, Manchester 18.30 Ice breaker session 19.00 Create groups 19.30 Buffet/food and networking within groups/teams 20.30 Groups present project ideas 21.00 Networking and close
Tuesday - Room 3.05, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00 13.00 14.00 15.30 16.00 17.00
Breakfast and outline for the day Groups individually present their final project ideas Introduc on to the Business Model Canvas SSC City Tour of Manchester – Dr Jack Chris an Lunch and Networking Group working / visualising projects Group Q and A with CfE/Essence staff Par cipants summarise project plans Close
Wednesday - Room 3.05, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan 9.00 Breakfast and introduc on to the Master Classes 9.30 Master Class 1 'The role of Place Marke ng: Selling a city' by Prof. Cathy Parker, inc. Q and A session 10.30 Master Class 2: SSCs: The Role of Enterprise and Start-Up Companies, inc. Q&A 12.00 Workshop: Applying the Business Model Canvas to Group Projects 13.30 Lunch and networking 14.00 Group working. Groups present projects in context of Business Model Canvas. 16.00 Summary of the day
Thursday - Room 3.05, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan 9.00 9.30 12.30 13.30 15.30 16.00 17.00
Breakfast and introduc on to day Talk: Steve Turner – Head of City Policy, Future Ci es Lunch and networking Group working / finalising project pitches Group Q and A, inter-group ideas sharing Groups prepare scripts / story-boards for filming Close
Friday - Room 3.05, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan 9.00 10.00 11.30 12.30 13.00
Breakfast and final project amends Group presenta ons / filming Feedback and judging presenta ons Programme review and cer ficates Lunch and celebra ons, prize for winning group
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Links Things to do Manchester Museum: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/ People's History Museum: http://www.phm.org.uk/ National Football Museum: http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ Man United tours: manutd.com/museum Man City tours: https://www.mcfc.co.uk/ MOSI: http://msimanchester.org.uk/ The Lowry: http://www.thelowry.com/ HOME Mcr: http://homemcr.org/ John Rylands Library: http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/ Whitworth Art Gallery: http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester Art Gallery: http://manchesterartgallery.org/
Food Corn Exchange: http://cornexchangemanchester.co.uk/ Mowgli: http://cornexchangemanchester.co.uk/restaurants/mowgli/ Wahaca: http://www.wahaca.co.uk/locations/manchester/ Pho: http://cornexchangemanchester.co.uk/restaurants/pho/ Zouk: http://zoukteabar.co.uk/menus/manchester/ Bakchich: http://www.bakchich.co.uk/manchester/index.php Changos: http://www.changos.co.uk/ Umami: http://www.umami.cc/
Shopping Arndale: https://www.manchesterarndale.com/ Trafford Centre: http://intu.co.uk/traffordcentre
Useful links http://www.manchesteratnight.com/ http://www.view.co.uk/manchester/lists/r/live-music-bars-inmanchester http://www.manchestertheatres.com/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Manchester http://www.visitmanchester.com/what-to-do/what-s-on/ http://www.visitmanchester.com/what-to-do/