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Session 1: 6-7 November 2024 (In Person) 


Day One

09:00 – Arrivals and Coffee
09:30 – Welcome and Introduction to the Programme
10:45 – Break
11:00 – Entrepreneurial Leadership – Nick Dearden and Lesley Dobree
13:00 – Lunch and personal time
13:45 – Higher Education and Policy: a national perspective – Josh Freeman, Policy Manager, HEPI
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Developing Creative Mindsets – Nick Dearden and Lesley Dobree
17:00 – End

Day Two

09:00 – Arrivals and Coffee
09:15 – More on Entrepreneurial Leadership and Entrepreneurial Universities – Nick Dearden and Lesley Dobree
10:30 – Break
10:45 – Building Resilient Entrepreneurial Leaders: Growth Through Failure – Professor Adam Shore, Director of Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University
12:00 – Lunch and personal time
12:45 – Challenge and Problems – an introduction to developing solutions – Nick Dearden
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Reflection and key learning points.  Action planning and next steps
16:30 – End

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Session 2: 21 January 2025 (Online)


09:00 – Welcome back and introduction to the day
09:30 – Higher Education, the Future Role and International Context – Bruno Tindemans, Chief Foresight Officer, Departement Werke en Sociale Economie
11:00 – Break
11:30 – Opportunity for reflection and discussion
12:00-12:20 – Lunch
12:20-13:30 – Reflections, activity and next steps
13:30 – End

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Session 3: 12 March 2025 (Online)


13:00-13:30 – Introduction and Welcome
13:30-14:30 – ‘Entrepreneurial Universities to Make the World Better’, Professor Fernando Reimers, Professor of Practice in International Education, Harvard University
14:30-15:30 – Reflection and discussion

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Session 4: 19 March 2025 (In Person)


9:00-09:30 – Arrival and Coffee
9:30-10:00 – Welcome back and introduction to the final day
10:00-11:00 – Enhancing your Entrepreneurial skills to drive innovation and change, creating greater impact
11:00-11:15 – Break
11:15-12:45 – Professor Kevin Kerrigan, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Hull
12:45-13:30 – Lunch
13:30-15:30 – Presentations – recommendations to address the wicked problems
15:30-16:30 – Looking ahead – action planning and next steps
16:30 – End

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Study Day 5: 19 March 2025 (In Person)


09:00 – Arrivals and Coffee
09:30 – Welcome back and introduction to the final day
10:00 – Enhancing your entrepreneurial skills to drive innovation, change and create greater impact 
11:15 – Professor Kevin Kerrigan, DVC, University of Hull
12:45 – Lunch
13:30 – Presentations on recommendations to address the Wicked Problems; Next Steps
15:30 – Looking ahead; action planning and next steps
16:30 – End

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