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. …
The Ingenuity Lab celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
November 14, 2022
As Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off, Dr Terri Holloway, Head of The Ingenuity Lab writes about the international community of entrepreneurs at the Lab. Global Entrepreneurship Week was developed in 2008 by the Global Entrepreneurship Network to encourage future founders to start businesses that aim to improve economic equality, social justice, and sustainability. Here at …
Building a global-local knowledge community for development practices in the global south
November 2, 2022
Launch of International Forum of Future Rural Studies (IFFRS) Report by Bin Wu and Xiuli Xu The interlinked global crises and conflicts have changed the landscape of rural development in the global south. Three billion people live in rural areas in the global south, and in recent years there has been an increase of people …
Witty Scholar Ben makes it to the final of the Engineers in Business Innovation competition
October 28, 2022
Twenty-two-year-old Ben Keeble, an Engineering graduate, Ingenuity Lab member and Witty Entrepreneurial Scholar, has secured a place in the final of the Engineers in Business Champion of Champions innovation competition. Ben, who invented Mobiliaid, a portable, battery-powered seat raiser for the elderly and people with disabilities, will be pitching his innovation against nine other teams …
Meet the Ingenuity Lab member empowering African artisans
October 24, 2022
Peter Paul Akanko is a young creative entrepreneur from Ghana, who studied MSc Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management at HGI in 2021. With experience of running his own social enterprise back home, Peter came to the university on the Chevening Scholarship programme, looking to expand his knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship. “The EIM programme was …
From diversity comes innovation: Opportunities for knowledge sharing and outreach activities in Malaysia
July 22, 2022
For over two decades, the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HGI) has been at the forefront of creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Nottingham. HGI aims to make entrepreneurial skills accessible to the wider society by promoting responsible entrepreneurship through different initiatives such as the Young Entrepreneurs Scheme …
Purpose-driven businesses – Dr Terri Holloway
July 4, 2022
This blog is written by Dr Terri Holloway, Manager of the Ingenuity Lab When you think of the Ingenuity Lab, you might picture a gorgeous Google-like space, where student and alumni entrepreneurs develop businesses —and yes that’s quite an accurate description of what we are. Our bike tyre-shaped building, specially designed to honour the rich …
Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation – YES collaborates with TALENT
June 9, 2022
This blog is written by Dr Hannah Noke, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haydn Green Institute. “Rethinking the future” is the mantra for the 2022 Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES). For the past 27 years, teams of PhD candidates and post-docs have come together to learn how research ideas can be commercialised and …
Pitch to Win returns!
May 30, 2022
In June, the Ingenuity Lab will be running the third edition of our pitching competition, Pitch to Win, where members get the chance to present their business pitches to an expert panel for the chance to win a top prize of £1000! To enter, Ingenuity Lab members had to submit an elevator video pitch, and …
HGI presents: Ingenuity Fund Fest!
May 27, 2022
In June, the Ingenuity Lab and Ingenuity Programme are teaming up to deliver Ingenuity Fund Fest, a month-long series of events designed to support exciting new ventures and provide next-stage funding to existing start-ups. The programme of events is centred around the National Ingenuity Showcase at the university’s Power of Partnerships conference on the 17 …
