“The world is changing, and the future of work is all about enterprise skills – our students are the way forward and our goal is to provide them with those skills.”Damien Meunier, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
At Haileybury, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship is one of the four pillars that guide our ethos. We cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among our students that encourages them to view challenges as opportunities for innovation. By encouraging them to transform problems into into creative solutions, we empower our students to become global leaders and change-makers.
Our goal is to create students who are adept problem-solvers and risk-takers, who understand that failure is merely a ‘first attempt in learning’ (FAIL). They learn that persistence is necessary before achieving success. This spirit of adventure and innovation is instilled through our practical entrepreneurship programs spanning the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools.
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR ENTREPRENEURS
2024 Makers Market
Our Haileybury Junior School and Middle School community had their pockets jingling and taste buds tingling when the Year 8s recently showcased their entrepreneurial skills at the much-awaited Startup Makers Market.
How young students are mastering the art of business
Entrepreneurship is a key pillar of Haileybury inspiring students to put their creative and enterprising ideas into practice. Exploring creative business ideas and learning how to take those ideas and transform them into a startup business with potential is part and parcel of a Haileybury education.
DISCOVER MOREGetting a head start in the world of business
A chance conversation with friends on a bus ride home from school has led to Year 11 Haileybury student, William Shen, launching a thriving business.
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2024 StartUp showcase
Each year, Haileybury’s Year 8 students work on a business idea they have created from scratch as part of the School’s popular StartUp program. At the end of the year, the best business idea from each campus, chosen by students, competes in the StartUp Pitch Showcase. We reveal this year's winners of the highly anticipated StartUp Showcase.
Inspiring young fashion designer
Year 8 student, Oliver, has an eye for fashion and an entrepreneurial mind and he has brought both talents together to create his own clothing business, Verve & Edge.
Students diving into innovation
Haileybury Edrington (Berwick) LEAP Captains coordinated a Senior School ‘Shark Tank’ event to encourage and empower their fellow students to become agents of change, choosing a community issue and creating an innovative and entrepreneurial idea with real impact that could be scooped up by the ‘Sharks’.
Colour by mas
Haileybury City Year 8 girls pitched their Start Up project called ‘Colour by mas’ at the recent UpSchool Interschool Pitch Finals Competition at the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship and won the People’s Choice and overall award.
StartUp showcase winners
Six teams from our Melbourne campuses and Haileybury Rendall School in Darwin pitched their unique business ideas relating to current social issues, such as mental health support, apps connecting the elderly with jobs, genuine information on student demand, and time management tools for students.
Youth Model UN inspires diplomacy
As part of our Curious Minds program, the Haileybury Model UN was a whirlwind of diplomacy, collaboration and global problem-solving with over 75 students attending from across our five campuses (Melbourne and Haileybury Pangea).
The Big Ideas Challenge
Our Haileybury Middle School students recently participated in the inaugural Melbourne event of The Big Ideas Challenge roadshow, presented by Future Thinking.
Student enterprise in ‘Thrive’
Our Year 5 students had a super busy start to Term 3 2023 when Thrive kicked off with ‘The Brief’, a Miniboss-led incursion, launching our Vocational Capability unit.
