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BA/LV Small Grant Funded Project led by Dr Deema Refai, University of Leeds Business School and Dr John Lever and Dr Radi Haloub, University of Huddersfield Description In recent years, the refugee crises in Europe has raised concerns about addressing social and economic needs of the growing numbers of refugees arriving in the UK from countries...

Each year, the Centre For Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies calls on its Enterprise Ambassador community to take part in 'Speed Networking'.  During this event, students on the MSc Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies and final year 'With Enterprise' students are invited to meet with the Ambassadors and quiz them on their experiences of setting up and...

Responsible Innovation Challenge! As part of the West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, enter the Responsible Innovation Challenge for a chance to work in a team to pitch a creative idea for solving a social, economic, environmental challenge, which could add value to people’s lives and/or lead to a business or social enterprise.  For information on the...

As part of the MSc Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, students usually visit several small businesses that were started up independently.  They have a tour around the premises and listen to, and ask questions of, the business owner.   Learning what it takes to put into practice those entrepreneurial ideas!  This year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the students...

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.

* * * Competition now closed - page for information only * * *   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...

  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...