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QMUL-ReMAKE

QMUL-ReMAKE Programme is an 8-12-week entrepreneurship training programme for formerly incarcerated individuals, that seeks to prepare them to re-enter employment and self employment.

QMUL-ReMAKE
  1. School of Business and Management
  2. Entrepreneurship Hub
  3. Project-ReMAKE

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Inspired by a similar programme at Stanford University, Judge Kameel Khan founded Project ReMAKE.

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QMUL-ReMAKE is an entrepreneurship training programme for formerly incarcerated individuals (entrepreneurs), equipping them with business skills to re-enter employment or enter self-employment, and preparing them to integrate into society. The programme, founded by Judge Kameel Khan, is delivered in partnership with Queen Mary’s School of Business and Management.

Throughout the 12 weeks of training, entrepreneurs work with student advisors and business mentors to formulate business ideas, create business plans, and put together a pitch to investors. Upon completion of the programme, some entrepreneurs (prison-leavers) are put forward for internships with Capita Plc. Some start their own business.

To date, we have had 57 formerly incarcerated individuals and 102 student advisors graduate from the QMUL-ReMAKE programme. The students highlighted the benefits of experiential and interdisciplinary learning and the long-lasting impact of this unique programme on their life. In particular, they found the programme inspiring and encouraged them to reflect on their own values with regard to social justice.

Dr Kameel Khan comment on how impressive he was with QM student advisors: “What has really sort of given me a lot of hope is the kind of optimism that the students have about things. And I have a lot of faith going forward with people like that, because they want to make the world a better place. And that really comes through with the students.”

Statistics

  • 80% of the prison population is interested in starting a business, compared to 40% of the UK population.
  • More than half of the 2022 graduate entrepreneurs were successful in securing an internship with Capita Plc.
  • Of the 2018 and 2019 cohorts, 40% of graduate entrepreneurs started a business.
  • The programme has observed a 9% re-offending to date, compared with the near 59.2% national average 

Get involved

Please email ent-hub@qmul.ac.uk for more information about the QMUL-ReMAKE Programme.

 

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