Susan Marlow: Empowerment through entrepreneurship

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn” – Harriet Beecher Stowe Throughout October, Britain celebrates the heritage, history, arts, culture and …

Engineers compete for Business

“Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them”  James A. Michener Calling all Engineering and Business students! Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) is running their annual Engineers in Business Competition for the third year, during October – December 2016.  Business and Engineering students will have the opportunity to work together, submitting new business ideas, part of the Entrepreneurship …

YES to Competing for Change

Part of the Haydn Green Institute’s educational programme, the Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) aims to raise awareness of the commercialisation of ideas amongst researchers registered at UK universities. The YES model provides a learning experience to enable researchers to: understand the issues involved in the commercialisation of science; gain an insight into the challenges faced …

Your Bike CIC: Cycling towards progress

In The Ingenuity Lab, no day is the same and every member has a different story and requirements.  As a group, we support each other, collaborate and ensure we have as much fun along the day; creating a melting pot of ideas!  Each week, we will introduce one of our exemplary members and their business …

Kickstarting KlipAL

In The Ingenuity Lab, no day is the same and every member has a different story and requirements.  As a group, we support each other, collaborate and ensure we have as much fun along the day; creating a melting pot of ideas!  Each week, we will introduce one of our exemplary members and their business …

Mentoring the leaders of tomorrow

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled” – Plutarch Mentoring forms an integral part of what makes The Ingenuity Lab, and the wider Haydn Green Institute (HGI) network, so special. The group of industry leaders, experienced business owners and inspiring personalities who form the HGI mentoring network dedicate …

Kohl Kreatives: Empowering transgender teens

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you will have all heard of Caitlyn Jenner and her emotional journey to discovering her transgender identity. Since her history-making interview with Vanity Fair, awareness of and support for the trans community has risen dramatically. In the UK alone, there are over 650,000 transgender …

HungryPanda: The new kids on the block

In The Ingenuity Lab, no day is the same and every member has a different story and requirements.  As a group, we support each other, collaborate and ensure we have as much fun along the day; creating a melting pot of ideas!  Each week, we will introduce one of our exemplary members and their business …

Why innovation remains misunderstood

Written by Paul Kirkham, Researcher in the field of Entrepreneurial Creativity at the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Nottingham University Business School Let’s examine the barriers to innovation. Research carried out as part of the executive education programme at Nottingham University Business School has revealed an uncanny consensus in this regard, with …

Beautiful designs at Iran Sheen

In the Ingenuity Lab, no day is the same and every member has a different story and requirements.  As a group, we support each other, collaborate and ensure we have as much fun along the day; creating a melting pot of ideas!  Each week, we will introduce one of our exemplary members and their business …