Haydn Green Institute wins Lord Dearing Award
July 26, 2023
We’re delighted to announce that the Haydn Green Institute received the Team award at the University of Nottingham’s Lord Dearing Awards this year, celebrating excellence in Learning and Teaching. The Lord Dearing Award Scheme has, since 1999, recognised the outstanding achievements of University of Nottingham staff in enhancing the student learning experience. “It’s fantastic for …
Building new connections with YES!
June 27, 2023
This blog is written by Charlotte Fawcett, a PhD researcher in the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme in Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics at the University of Leicester. I received an email about YES22 last September, and went to one of the ‘Find out more’ sessions, where I heard about how ideas can be …
Get your business idea off the ground with The Link!
June 2, 2023
At the Ingenuity Lab, the home of entrepreneurship at the University of Nottingham, we can provide a home for your ideas and a base for your business. Connecting our participants’ ambition with our expertise, we ran our free early-stage business incubator The Link for the first time last year – and next week, we’re doing …
Visit the Ingenuity Lab Open Day on 10 May!
April 20, 2023
Thinking of starting a business? Find out how we support business start-ups at the second annual Ingenuity Lab Open Day! Based on Jubilee Campus, The Ingenuity Lab is where students, staff, and alumni of the University of Nottingham can explore their business ideas and start their own enterprises. After the success of last year’s Open Day, …
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 …
