Fostering entrepreneurial talent for women in STEM – Sahattaya Achtzehn
March 29, 2023
This is a guest blog from Sahattaya Achtzehn, who recently completed her PhD at the Haydn Green Institute. The underrepresentation of women starting a business within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) sectors has long attracted UK Government attention. Nevertheless, the gender gap within STEM entrepreneurship still persists and this gap is relatively larger within …
Entrepreneurship for Social Change
March 21, 2023
A new addition to our teaching portfolio was launched in the autumn semester 2022-23: Entrepreneurship for Social Change. The module sought to equip students with the knowledge and skills to be able to deliver social change through entrepreneurial endeavours. The module delivery centred around a newly curated, innovative portfolio that guided the students through different …
International Ingenuity Online
March 20, 2023
Here at the Haydn Green Institute, our primary aim is to equip students, STEM researchers and technicians – as well as community leaders – to address real world-challenges in a sustainable and responsible manner. And while our focus is usually on the UK’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, we have always loved collaborating with international partners – from …
IWD23: Women in Leadership – Dr Isobel O’Neil
March 8, 2023
For International Women’s Day 2023, Dr Isobel O’Neil reflects on her recent experience of being on a Women in Leadership Panel for the National Literacy Trust in a Nottinghamshire school. As someone who devotes much time and effort to supporting women with their personal development (through my role as a director at the My Way …
YES22 – Meet the Finalists!
January 23, 2023
The YES22 programme draws to a close this week, the 27th annual cohort of our innovative competition developed to raise awareness among Master’s and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, research fellows and technicians how ideas can be commercialised. After completing the ten-week programme last term, six teams have been selected to pitch in the final of …
Coping with global challenges by enhancing UK-China cooperation in agricultural research and innovation – Dr Bin Wu
December 6, 2022
In the context of global challenges in climate change, food security and zero carbon campaign, UK-China research and innovation cooperation in agricultural transitions and sustainability becomes increasingly important. With funding support from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), a workshop was held online on 28 November 2022 with the theme: UK-China cooperation in agricultural …
Holding the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is not an innovation – and here’s why
November 18, 2022
This blog is written by Professor Simon Mosey, Director of the Haydn Green Institute Many thousands of words have been written explaining why hosting the upcoming football world cup in Qatar is a bad idea. We would add the fundamental point that hosting the tournament in winter in one of the smallest, hottest, and most …
Social Enterprise Day: the Ingenuity Programme
November 17, 2022
Today is Social Enterprise Day! Here at the Ingenuity Programme, we’re all about social impact and enabling our participants to create change in their communities through enterprise. Run by Nottingham University Business School, the Ingenuity Programme brings together students, graduates and members of the local community to develop exciting new start-ups and grassroots initiatives that …
YES: Demystifying knowledge exchange, innovation and enterprise
November 16, 2022
For today’s Global Entrepreneurship Week post, Tracey Hassall-Jones, Manager of YES, writes about the new collaboration with TALENT and welcoming more technicians onto the programme. During Global Entrepreneurship Week, I want to give a huge shout out to all technicians! Technicians who love their craft and are constantly sharing and disseminating knowledge to promote innovative thinking …
Global Entrepreneurship Week: University of Nottingham students at the Enactus World Cup
November 15, 2022
From the 30 October to 2 November 2022, 1,500 students from across the world gathered in Puerto Rico for the 2022 Enactus World Cup. A team from Enactus Nottingham represented the United Kingdom – and made it into the top four. My name is Gabby Donno and I am a third year Natural Sciences student. …
