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We look at how The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a global impact-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem through its home for entrepreneurship LSE Generate, in our latest article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2022. What makes you an Entrepreneurial University? The London School of Economics and

This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Ian Dunn, Provost of Coventry University. It is the third in our series of blogs on leadership in partnership with the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). There are very good reasons for the traditions that have been built into higher education. Working in higher education, we

In our latest article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2022, Fiona Ireland Head of Entrepreneurship Strategy at the University of Strathclyde looks at about how entrepreneurship is in the university’s DNA. The University of Strathclyde – A 200-year Old Start-Up Founded in 1796 as ‘a place of useful

This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Kevin Kerrigan, Pro Vice-Chancellor Business and Enterprise, Sheffield Hallam University. It is the second in our series of blogs on leadership in partnership with the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). We live in interesting times While the terror of the ‘demographic dip’ may have receded

In our first article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2022, we look at how De Montfort University empower students and staff to do things differently. What makes DMU an entrepreneurial university? Hear the words entrepreneurial and university, and the chances are you think about starting a business, or

Over the next 10 weeks HEPI will be running a series of leadership blogs in partnership with the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). For more than 10 years, NCEE have run leadership development programmes for higher education to support creativity, innovation and the management of change. The first blog in the series was

A hang up of attending school and university and then working in higher education I always think of September as a new year. It’s a time when many of us make resolutions for the year ahead and plan new activity. Over the last year as we emerge from Covid, I have felt swamped by work. Lurching from

We’ve been tracking enterprise provision in higher education for over a decade. These snapshots tell a story of a landscape undergoing unprecedented change and reflect a key message: that enterprise and entrepreneurship has never been so important. Our previous survey of the sector, published in 2020, captured activity at the moment the pandemic struck. Enterprise

65% of students have considered starting or have started their own company according to a report launched today by The Entrepreneurs Network in partnership with Octopus Group. But here’s the but …70% see ‘not knowing where to start’ as a key barrier. At NCEE we believe that all students, regardless of background or discipline should

Our new webinar series Talking Leadership will be launching on Wednesday 4th March 1-2.30pm with an exciting round table discussion with winners of the Times Higher Education Outstanding Entrepreneurial University award. Hosted by NCEE and Sheffield Hallam University the webinar will look at the characteristics of entrepreneurial universities, how to embed entrepreneurship into long term university