Empowered to Make a Difference: My Experience as a Witty Scholar
November 22, 2024
Dr Monisha Gupta, University of Nottingham Medicine 2024 Graduate and former Witty Scholar The Witty Entrepreneurial Scholarship was a transformative part of my journey at the University of Nottingham. As a medical student, it not only provided me with financial support but also gave me opportunities to grow and make an impact in ways I …
Reflecting on a Year of Impact: Empowering Purpose-Driven Ventures for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
November 21, 2024
Mike Reid, Ingenuity Impact Operations Manager To commemorate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024, I’m excited to highlight the journey of our programme and its impact over the years. Since launching in 2016, we’ve proudly supported over 4,500 changemakers in launching purpose-driven businesses aimed at solving social, health, and environmental challenges. Through start-up training, mentorship, funding opportunities, …
Celebrating another year of entrepreneurial success! A recap of 2023/24 at the Ingenuity Lab
November 18, 2024
Dr Terri Holloway, Head of the Ingenuity Lab The Ingenuity Lab is such an inspiring place, and each year, we’re amazed at the amount of support we receive from our community of entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIRs), mentors, and staff team as we aim to launch society’s next batch of world leaders and innovators! As usual, we felt …
Celebrating 5 Years of Scale Success: A Milestone for the Ingenuity Lab’s Accelerator Programme
August 15, 2024
This summer, the Ingenuity Lab proudly celebrated the fifth anniversary of its ground-breaking Scale programme—an accelerator initiative designed to help ambitious entrepreneurs elevate their ventures to new heights. Over the past five years, Scale has evolved into a unique platform for early-stage businesses looking to navigate the complexities of growth. The programme, structured to address …
My Journey as an Intern with YES: Bridging Science and Entrepreneurship
May 21, 2024
By Alexia Jeayes, YES Marketing Intern and Psychology MSci student Introduction: Greetings fellow scholars and aspiring entrepreneurs! I’m Alexia Jeayes, a passionate psychology master’s student at the University of Nottingham. My journey into the realm of business and entrepreneurship began with my enrolment in the Witty Entrepreneurship Scholarship program. This program is an avenue for …
Introducing the Ingenuity Lab Food Expo 2024: Showcasing food, innovation, enterprise and technology
May 9, 2024
🗓️ Date & Time: Wednesday 22 May, 11am – 4pm 📍 Location: Ingenuity Centre, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham We’re delighted to invite you to the Ingenuity Lab’s first-ever Food Expo on 22 May 2024. Join us at the Ingenuity Centre, where members of the Ingenuity Lab, Haydn Green Institute, and the wider university community …
Empowering Enterprising Technicians – Your Entrepreneurs Scheme
May 7, 2024
By Dr Hannah Noke, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Haydn Green Institute, Nottingham University Business School As a technician: Do you develop business cases? Do you transfer your skills and knowledge to others? Do you use any systems or kit that could be adapted to improve your work, a process or the way you …
Broadening Horizons to YES: A path to innovation
April 23, 2024
“I would describe Broadening Horizons and YES as discovery streets, and I am glad to have walked them.” Great science thrives as part of an inclusive and diverse professional community. However, many chemists from minoritised racial and ethnic backgrounds still face systemic barriers, with many leaving the profession following undergraduate studies (Royal Society of Chemistry, …
Kicking off the MSc Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management with a buzz
October 11, 2023
Instead of a “thank goodness, it’s Friday” vibe at the end of a busy first week of term, the new cohort of MSc Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management students set our weekly seminar class abuzz by taking part in their first group work activity: interviewing an experienced business entrepreneur. Module convenor, Dr Isobel O’Neil explains: “At …
Ingenuity Programme Celebrates 2023 Impact Entrepreneurs
September 12, 2023
Ingenuity is a national innovation programme supporting students, graduates and community members, particularly those from underserved and underrepresented groups to engage, develop ideas for change and turn ideas for change into exciting new ventures in 3 areas: improving health, building stronger communities and tackling climate change. It adopts an agile and flexible approach to ensure …
