QMU
Entrepreneurship and
the Curriculum
At QMU both the undergraduate and
postgraduate curriculum combines theory
and practice, providing students with the
opportunity to think up great ideas, turn
them into business plans, and deliver on
new technologies, products, and services.
The photographs used in this exhibition
formed part of a Photography Practice
Module project.
Within QMU, our commitment to
entrepreneurship prepares students for
a variety of career and life experiences.
Being an entrepreneur may mean starting
your own business, or it may mean working
in an existing business. The key is you
learn to think like an entrepreneur. QMU
programmes are designed to support
students to identify and analyse new
opportunities, to think creatively, and
to be action oriented in order to seize
opportunities that add real value to their
employability. These skills are important in
all types of organisations, from small start-
ups to large corporate settings to large
public sector organisations like the NHS.
QMU was delighted to work with
the photographer, QMU student
Taja Strle, BA (Hons) Media Year 3,
in the curation of this exhibition.
Dr Mark Gillham, Media, Communication
and Performing Arts said “The entrepreneurial
spirit is a mindset of how one approaches
problems and proposes solutions…Good portrait
photography is more about clicking with
people than just clicking the camera. Taja
shows an instinctive ability to reveal something
interesting about her “sitters” giving us some
great portraits”.
“I have loved working on this project - it was indeed
the highlight of this semester. The experience has
brought me closer to photography as a field I want
to further explore and has challenged me to think
more creatively, not to mention connected me to a
wide array of interesting people and their stories.”