Enactus is an international organisation that connects students, academics and business leaders through entrepreneurial-based projects that empower people to transform opportunities into real, sustainable progress for themselves and their communities. Enactus Leeds run student-led social enterprises which aim to create social progress and inspire the next generation of socially responsible business leaders!They believe in doing business to…
Jonathan Seaton, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Twinkl, an online publisher that offered free access to their teaching resources during the COVID-19 lockdown, has received an MBE.
Do you have a business idea? Have you already started a business and want to take it to the next level? If you are a University of Leeds student, or someone who has graduated from the University of Leeds in the last seven years, then you could enter the University of Leeds Business Plan Competition…
Do you have a business idea you’d like to take to the next level? The Enterprise Scholarship Scheme is a fantastic opportunity to develop your fledgling business skills in a supportive environment. Not only that but as a successful candidate you will receive a substantial grant to help with your start-up costs. Completed applications to be…
The practice of “we”: A framework for balancing rigour and relevance in entrepreneurship scholarship Dr Isla Kapas from The University of Leeds Business School, and Dr Ainural Rosli from the Brunel Business School have had the above paper published in the Journal Of Business Venturing Insights. Highlights •We develop a conceptual model for the practice…
Structures, Systems and Differences that Matter: Casting an Ecological-Intersectionality Perspective on Female Subsistence Farmers’ Experiences of the Climate Crisis Professor Diane Holt, Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies at the Leeds University Business School has co-authored the paper with Laurel Steinfield, Assistant Professor Marketing at Bentley University, Massachusetts. Abstract Based…
Monday 22 June 2020 Dr Mariana Estrada-Robles and Professor Nick Williams Mariana Estrada Robles is an early career researcher in the field of entrepreneurship and family business. Her research interests include studying the influence of family dynamics and institutional context in entrepreneurial families. Nick Williams is Professor of Entrepreneurship. His research mainly focuses on entrepreneurship and economic development, and he…
Dr Richard Tunstall, Associate Professor in Enterprise Education, is pleased to confirm that he has been successfully elected by constituent university members in his bid to join the Board of Enterprise Educators UK from 1 August 2020 for a 3 year term. Previously Prof Sarah Underwood (Director of CEPE) and Brian Baille (InTechnology Incubator Programme…
This report was prepared by Professor Diane Holt, consultant, for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development Goals. The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. Across the world the creation of micro, small and…
Refugees are well placed to cope in a crisis situation, they have already lived through one. As part of a BA/LV funded project, Dr Deema Refai and her collaborators Dr John Lever and Dr Radi Haloub conducted a webinar on ‘Refugee and migrant Entrepreneurship During Covid-19’. The webinar was hosted by CEES and included a…
