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This year the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies embarked on a new experiential learning partnership with the national charity, Common Mission Project UK. Leeds University Business School and the Centre for Enterprise Studies took on this challenge to develop intelligent solutions to government challenges. Through this module, led by Dr Richard Tunstall and Dr...
Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies Thursday 11 July 2024 ...
The 9th Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference (EAP 9) was hosted in April for the first time in the UK at the University of Leeds, Chaired by Dr Richard Tunstall at the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies and co-hosted by Dr Bruce Teague at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA, EAP 9 made new connections...
Lyndon (left) and James, co-founders of We are Social Enterprise Recruitment The founder of a social enterprise that helps disadvantaged people back into work has been recognised in a list of Europe’s top young entrepreneurs. University graduate Lyndon Timings-Thompson has - along with his business partner James McBride - received the honour of being listed...
Over 160 students from 17 countries both undergraduate and post-graduate have taken part in the inaugural LUBS Entrepreneur Award which hosted its finals in Helix this week. The award is sponsored by the International Research Collaboration fund and Pro Dean for International Iain Clacher, and has been led by Rebecca Padgett, Vita Kadile and Richard...
The Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies (CEES) at the Business School held its panel event on 'Entrepreneurial Approaches to Social and Environmental Impact' on 12 March 2024. The event was chaired by Dr Jane Khayesi, Director of the MSc Enterprise and Entrepreneurship programme at the Business School, and attended by students, faculty, CEES ambassadors and a number...
Two young entrepreneurs are forging ahead with business start-ups following backing from the University of Leeds. Graduate Harry Simpson and current student Rosie Musk are Spark scholars. The Spark programme offers free support to enable University of Leeds students and graduates set up their own business. Beekeeping might seem an unlikely way to make a...
Professor Diane Holt’s piece on the social impact on global university rankings was recently published in The Conversation. In the piece, Professor Holt notes that the performance of African universities has improved despite it’s low ranking in the 2024 World University Rankings. Professor Holt also highlights the recent welcome addition of ‘Impact ratings’ which are assessed against...
Professor Diane Holt is visiting South Africa this month to attend, and contribute to, two groundbreaking workshop programmes in association with partner universities of Pretoria and Cape Town.
Written in association with Dr Deema Refai, the piece discusses the Leeds research project ‘Supporting UK farmers transitioning towards ELMs & Net-Zero agriculture’. The project looks at complexities faced by farmers in England during their transition away from the basic payment scheme (BPS) - the largest rural payment scheme providing financial support to the farming...