United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Entrepreneurship in the UK has long been a vibrant and thriving sector. The country has a favourable business environment, a strong support system, and a culture that encourages innovation and enterprise. Our longest and most established work has been in the UK.
Entrepreneurship also comes with challenges, such as finding the right talent, and navigating market dynamics. The work UK universities undertake continues to ensure that the UK remains a good place start and grow businesses.
Our work in the UK takes many forms including:
- Supporting the development of policy and understanding including our work on national and local impact of higher education, and our higher education enterprise annual stocktake
- Promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship, increasing the profile both in the UK and across the globe including awarding the Outstanding Entrepreneurial University of the Year, in partnership with the Times Higher
- Professional development and training, and building entrepreneurial leadership skills our Entrepreneurial Leadership programmes have engaged over 300 people across 20 countries
Connect to Innovate:
This year NCEE will be 20 years old, and it is time for us to revisit our pledge to support universities to be more enterprising and entrepreneurial. With Enterprise for Life and X-Forces Enterprise, we have launched our campaign to create a more entrepreneurial UK.
Working with universities and industry and our strategic partners – the Federation of Small Businesses and Universities UK – we will revitalise entrepreneurship in the UK. We will support universities and industry to work together to create a step change in entrepreneurship in the UK, and how universities and business partner together.
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Our work in the UK takes many forms including:
- Supporting the development of policy and understanding including our work on national and local impact of higher education, and our higher education enterprise annual stocktake
- Promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship, increasing the profile both in the UK and across the globe including awarding the Outstanding Entrepreneurial University of the Year, in partnership with the Times Higher
- Professional development and training, and building entrepreneurial leadership skills our Entrepreneurial Leadership programmes have engaged over 300 people across 20 countries
News and updates
Why we are an entrepreneurial university: University of Southampton
Our new article series explores the secrets behind the success of the 2025 Times Higher Education Outstanding Entrepreneurial University Award finalists, sponsored by NCEE. In our fourth profile, we visit the University of Southampton.
Why we are an entrepreneurial university: Northeastern University London
Our new article series explores the secrets behind the success of the 2025 Times Higher Education Outstanding Entrepreneurial University Award finalists, sponsored by NCEE. In our third profile, we visit Northeastern University London.
Spotlight on Swansea University: Entrepreneurship at the Heart of Strategy
Our new article series explores the secrets behind the success of the 2025 Times Higher Education Outstanding Entrepreneurial University Award finalists, sponsored by NCEE. In our second profile, we visit Swansea University.
Why we are an entrepreneurial university: University of South Wales
Our new article series explores the secrets behind the success of the 2025 Times Higher Education Outstanding Entrepreneurial University Award finalists, sponsored by NCEE. In our first profile, we visit the University of South Wales.
Scottish Universities Launch New Programme to Strengthen Research and Innovation Leadership
A new leadership programme, enabled by the Scottish Funding Council’s (SFC) collaborative Knowledge Exchange & Innovation funding, has been launched to bring together directors of research and commercialisation from every university in Scotland.
Liverpool Business School: Driving Entrepreneurial Leadership in Higher Education
The award-winning Liverpool Business School (LBS), in partnership with NCEE, is proud to deliver a bespoke Entrepreneurial Leadership Programme to support leaders in higher education.