FORTY youngsters will learn about life as an entrepreneur at a summer school next week.
The 15 to 19-year-olds from County Durham schools will spend five days at Durham University's Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprise Development.
They will take part in the non-residential Developing Entrepreneurial Life Skills Summers School funded by development agency One NorthEast.
A foundation spokesman said: "The summer school gives participants a taste of university life and involves research, ideas generation, teamwork, problem-solving and information technology.
"In teams of five they will work together to generate an idea for creating a new venture which might be a social not-for-profit enterprise or a for-profit business. Ideas can be generated around one of three themes - art and culture, environment and information technology.''
The school will feature computer training and visits to places, including Gateshead's Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
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