IEED news
IEED Promote Global Entrepreneurship Congress
Published 14 February 2012
IEED are official promoters of The Global Entrepreneurship Congress taking place in Liverpool in March and have secured a 20% discount on ticket price for all their business contacts.
Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2012 coming to Liverpool
Published 10 February 2012
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is the largest gathering of start-up champions from around the world. It’s about unleashing potential and the will to win, inspiring people to realise their ambitions, exciting them to make it now.
GOLD delegate featured on BBC2
Published 9 February 2012
Jane Hasell-McCosh, part of the latest cohort of IEED's Graduate Of LEAD Development (GOLD) programme was recently featured on BBC2, 'Britain's Heritage Heroes'.
Research help needed: Do you use consumer technology such as smartphones and tablets to help you run your business?
Published 30 January 2012
A final year undergraduate management student at LUMS is looking to speak to local businesses about the adaptation of consumer technology in the workplace.
The 4th Engage HEI conference deemed a "great success"
Published 26 January 2012
The conference focused on the impact of engaging bringing together academics and practitioners to explore and understand knowledge exchange activities. The day was made up presentations and discussions, allowing sharing of best practice and development of key messages.
Booking opens for innov_ex conference 2012
Published 25 January 2012
The 10th Annual Innovation for Extremes Conference, for innovation in all mountain, adventure sports and extreme environments, is now open for bookings. The conference takes place in April, and is sponsored by Pertex and supported by the Textile Institute.
New Generation Thinkers - LUMS PhD graduate featured on BBC Radio 3
Published 19 January 2012
Philip Roscoe, who completed his PhD at LUMS in 2007, is one of BBC Radio 3's 'New Generation Thinkers'. Philip’s first talk for Radio 3 - on the changing role of the entrepreneur - was broadcast nationally on 16 January 2012.
Universities minister speaks at Engage HEI 2012
Published 13 January 2012
The Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, gave the keynote opening speech at the Engage HEI Conference 2012, organised by Lancaster's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED).
Sue Smith featured in Times Higher Education on LEAD
Published 13 January 2012
IEED's Sue Smith is quoted in this weeks Times Higher Education, following her talk at The Engage HEI Conference.
Shadowing and Exchanges - What's the fuss?
Published 6 January 2012
Observational learning is perhaps the most powerful process for acquiring information. IEED's LEAD programme offers delegates a chance to Shadow other companies, to help them evaluate their own leadership styles.
EN Magazine: 'Passing on a family business'
Published 19 December 2011
Allan Discua-Cruz is quoted in a feature in EN Magazine about succession planning in family businesses: "One of the key ingredients is that the successor must be committed and willing to take over and, at the same time, the founders must acknowledge it will perhaps be at the successor's discretion whether they take the family firm where the founder's dream was – and it might not happen that way," he says.
Small Business Consultancy Results
Published 2 August 2011
As part of the Innovation for Growth business support programme, three ex IEED placement students have been reunited to form a consultancy team to aid SMEs with their marketing, research and new venture planning projects.
