Young Entrepreneurs Scheme: Life is all about people – connections really do matter!
March 3, 2022
This blog is written by Young Entrepreneurs Scheme Manager, Tracey Hassall-Jones. The people in your network can really make a difference in helping you achieve your goals and ambitions and it’s never too early to start engaging and making those all-important connections. An African proverb says: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If …
Nottingham to host inaugural ISBE Spring Symposium
February 21, 2022
We’re delighted to be hosting the inaugural Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) ECR/ECA Spring Symposium at Jubilee Campus on 28 April 2022. Our first in-person conference in over two years, the symposium will aim to assist early career researchers in their career development through developing both their current research for publication and their …
International Mother Language Day: Ingenuity Lab Ambassador, Yudan Deng
Today is International Mother Language Day! Today we’re shining a light on Ingenuity Lab Ambassador, Yudan Deng, who runs Follow the Orient, a Chinese language teaching resource which aims to introduce children to new languages and culture via storytelling. On International Mother Language Day, UNESCO recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the …
Entrepreneur in Residence David Dent receives MBE
January 25, 2022
Entrepreneur in Residence David Dent received an MBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours List for Services to Students, Veterans and People with Disabilities. David, a disabled war veteran and campaigner for disability said it was “an honour” to be given the MBE. He is scheduled to give a talk as part of the Lab’s …
We are all entrepreneurs now – Prof Simon Mosey
January 20, 2022
As I meet my tutees at the start of the new year, I am reminded of the words of Mark Twain: ‘The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.’ As they are halfway through their Masters in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management, my …
Meet the award-winning Witty Scholar leading the way in sustainable farming
December 17, 2021
It’s been quite a year for Jessica Langton, a third year BSc Animal Science student and ambassador for the Witty Entrepreneurial Scholarship programme. Being busy is nothing new to Jess, who helps run her family’s dairy farm in Derbyshire alongside her studies, as well as doing a part-time job and other extracurricular activities at the …
Methodological exploration of food and rural studies in the global south: A reflection on the UK-China ECR Links Workshop December 2021
December 16, 2021
Dr Bin Wu reflects on the recent UK-China online workshop for early-career researchers hosted by the University of Nottingham and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. For food system transition and rural sustainability studies in the global south, a common dilemma facing early career researchers (ECRs) is a lack of experience, opportunity and channels to develop …
Welcome José and Claire, our new Ingenuity Learning Support Development Officers!
November 29, 2021
This semester, we’ve welcomed two new faces to the team at HGI. José Francisco González and Claire Donaldson have joined as our new Ingenuity Learning Support Development Officers. The main purpose of their role is to collaborate with our academic tutors on HGI’s flagship teaching philosophy, the Ingenuity Process, and they have been contributing to …
Pitch to Win: Live – Event Report
November 19, 2021
Last week we hosted our first in-person event of the year. Our pitching competition, Pitch to Win, saw six Lab members presenting 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 the entrants were …
Meet the Ingenuity Lab members fighting plastic waste
November 12, 2021
For the final day of both Global Entrepreneurship Week and the COP26 summit, we’re featuring a sustainably-minded Ingenuity Lab business: GOAB Bio Engineers, set up by Ebenezer Berko Owusu and Philemon Gyasi-Antwi. Ebenezer, an Advanced Materials graduate, and Philemon, a Microbiology and Immunology PhD graduate, have used their bioengineering ingenuity to develop an innovative way …
