by Eship Temp User 1 | 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 Eship Temp User 1 | 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...
by Eship Temp User 1 | Nov 12, 2020 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, Oxford, People & Organisations, Programmes & Events, Science & Technology
“My career has taken exciting turns since the RisingWISE programme,” says Inge Volman. Previously a senior research fellow at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, and now Founder and Managing Director at Innovate-Ideas, the start of...
by Eship Temp User 1 | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Oxford, Science & Technology
“If we want to change the system, we need some fresh thinking” says Dr. Anne Miller, joint founder of RisingWISE, an initiative aimed at women in STEM at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The programme aims to combat some of the disparities between men...
