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The Levelling Up White Paper promises to ‘transform derelict urban sites into beautiful communities’, to boost people’s skills, and support local businesses. It also includes a commitment to ‘vastly simplify the local growth funding landscape’. (Read our first take on the white paper). Much of this funding will be channelled through the UK Shared Prosperity

What are the ideal traits of a university leader? Our survey data suggests exceptional time management and an ability to manage continual change and complex challenges are probably a good place to start. Despite the upheaval of the past few years, the challenges facing higher education leaders have remained remarkably consistent between 2019 and 2022. The

This blog was contributed by James Ransom, Head of Research at NCEE and a doctoral candidate at UCL Institute of Education. In a new report on entrepreneurial leadership, to be released on 15 March 2022 by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), one survey respondent stated: Some just want the apparently easy

The next White Paper arriving in the UK is the delayed Department for Levelling Up strategy calling at the red wall, ‘left behind’ places, and forgotten communities First thoughts on the government’s flagship Levelling Up White Paper. No further train analogies. The government published the Levelling Up White Paper today. Given the delays (the paper was

In our latest article Ian Dunn NCEE chair and provost of Coventry University and Mary Stuart, emeritus vice-chancellor of the University of Lincoln and NCEE board member look at how institutions can foster an environment for more fluid collaboration with other education providers. Students’ education was severely disrupted by the global pandemic, so the need for

Dr Matt Webster, Head of the School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) looks at how creating an entrepreneurial mindset within the workforce can help organisations shape their post-pandemic methods for working. Matt participated on the Entrepreneurial Heads Programme in 2019. Our school mission

In our last article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2021, we look at how Teesside University foster an entrepreneurial mindset in staff and students. What makes us an entrepreneurial university? There are lots of ways to define an entrepreneurial university, and just as many ways to measure its

In our latest article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2021, we look at how enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation is at the heart of Swansea university. What makes you an entrepreneurial university? Developing innovative and entrepreneurial talent is a distinctive feature of Swansea, transforming lives and futures by unlocking and

In our latest article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2021, Professor Kevin Kerrigan, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Business and Enterprise about how being an entrepreneurial university is part of Sheffield Hallam’s DNA. What makes Sheffield Hallam an entrepreneurial university? Entrepreneurship is in Sheffield Hallam University’s DNA. Okay, as any

Professor Tim Vorley, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Oxford Brookes Business School, talks about how enterprise and entrepreneurship are central elements of Oxford Brookes strategy in our latest article showcasing those universities shortlisted for the THE Awards Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2021. What makes you an Entrepreneurial University? At Oxford Brookes University, we are constantly