Unlike more traditional academic events, the 3E Conference focuses on problems and questions rather than on ready-made solutions and presentations of research findings.
Andy Penaluna, a professor of Creative Entrepreneurship at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) and Visiting Professor here at the Leeds Enterprise Centre has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion; known as the most prestigious business award in the country.
Prof. Nigel Lockett and Dr. Carla Quesada-Pallarès visited Málaga (Spain) as part of the European Study into Student Entrepreneurship (ESSE) research.
On 17 March, students from the Social Enterprise Consultancy Project module (LUBS3900) delivered presentations to local social enterprise organisations including Chapel Town Development Trust, Yorkshire College of Music and Drama and New Leaf Gardeners as well as representatives from Santander.
On Monday 16th March, students from across the University ran stalls in the Business School foyer competing against each other to sell a range of goods and services as part of an Enterprise Challenge on their module.
Launched earlier this year, My Student Venture is an online platform to help students, looking to start their own businesses and projects, match with other talented students to help them succeed.
Enterprising students and graduates are putting their ideas into practice thanks to the generous support of a Yorkshire business.
Are the various disparate enterprise strands converging to make today the Golden Age of Enterprise? At first glance it is difficult to see the connection between enterprise in schools and the rapid increase in the number of small businesses.
In association with the Association of Business Schools (ABS) Professor Nigel Lockett and colleagues from Leeds University Business School hosted a mentoring workshop on Wednesday 11 February focused on the Small Business Charter.
As the Open University Business School publishes the 30th Anniversary Edition of Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain we can reflect on three decades of research into small firms. What have we learnt?