by Vickie Porritt | Mar 9, 2022 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Education & Knowledge, Exploring Opportunities, Finance, General, Growing my Company, Oxford, People & Organisations, Personalised, Students
Dr Stuart Wilkinson, Assistant Director, Innovation and Engagement University of Oxford shares the important questions you need to ask and find the answers to before becoming a Company Director. To some the idea of being a director of company sounds glamorous and...
by Christina Brennan | Jul 15, 2021 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Creative & Cultural, Developing an Idea or Early Stage
Entrepreneurship is evolving, and the diverse talents of the workforce are shaking things up in the world of business. While SMEs, companies, and stakeholders, including Innovate UK, are focusing on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) strategy, there may...
by Christina Brennan | May 27, 2021 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Education & Knowledge, Programmes & Events, Science & Technology
As part of IDEA’s first round of bespoke projects, the programme has provided HEIF funding to MPLS Enterprise to support a pilot programme for DPhil researchers in STEM subjects called SeedWISE. SeedWISE is an enterprise programme born out of the success and demand...
by Vickie Porritt | May 24, 2021 | Blog & Case Studies, General, Oxford, People & Organisations
I am delighted to announce that Professor Kylie Vincent from the Department of Chemistry has been appointed as the first Academic Champion for Women in Entrepreneurship. This is a new post, which will work in support of the priorities in the University Strategic Plan...
by Christina Brennan | May 14, 2021 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Exploring Opportunities, People & Organisations, Programmes & Events
Flexible working, and steering away from the traditional 9-5 structure, has a central role to play in increasing productivity and enhancing workplace equality. COVID-19 has posed intense challenges for the UK’s working parents and carers and, according to a recent...
by Leah Thompson | Apr 13, 2021 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Social Enterprise, Students
Corporate law, consultancy and…sustainability. Not three words that are immediately associated with one another. But for Anthony Murphy, founder and managing director of Prime Advocates, a London-based not-for-profit law firm and social finance consultancy, the three...
