Bolton TIC
Company:
Bolton TIC
Programme:
Future Innovators
Discipline:
Enterprise Education
Location:
Bolton
Funding:
£100,000
Year funded:
2005
Website:
www.uktic.org
Description/aims
Bolton TIC (Technical Innovation Centre) is the UK's first 'junior incubator'. It is a purpose-built academy for young inventors and budding entrepreneurs, providing access to leading-edge technologies, and to technical and business expertise. Its aim is to nurture innovation and enterprise in local young people aged 9 to 19.
Why we funded
"A successful national economy relies crucially on its ability to innovate," says Director and General Manager of TIC, Paul Abbott. "The TIC seeks to stimulate the evolution of world-class and creative technologists, engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs that our country needs, and to do this within Bolton and the North West. It seeks to provide the vital link between education and industry which has been missing."
Bolton TIC will develop a three-stage strategy for identifying talented and creative young people from 3,500 school children across the borough.
Impact/benefit
Bolton TIC bridges the gap between education and industry, offering young people the opportunity to apply their learning, rather than simply focus on passing exams. Paul Abbott aims to encourage independent thinking among young people, as well as provide them with the facilities to conduct experiments that they may not be able to carry out at school.
Written: October 2006