At this year’s Celebrating Enterprise Awards, the title of IOEE Enterprising Learning Provider was bestowed upon Ignition Auto Training, a unique social enterprise that equips some of the country’s most marginalised learners with valuable car mechanic skills and renewed self-belief. We caught up with David Brazer, the man behind Ignition Auto Training, to find out […]
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IOEE Honorary Fellowships awarded at Celebrating Enterprise ceremony
Each year, the IOEE’s Advisory Council carefully selects a number of key individuals for the distinction of receiving IOEE Honorary Fellowships. Representing the great and the good from the worlds of enterprise and enterprise support, every individual selected is an exemplar in their field. We took the chance to catch up with a few of […]
Enterprise Education at LSBU is Highly Commended
At the Celebrating Enterprise 2016 Awards, we were delighted to present the Highly Commended status for Enterprising Learning Provider of the Year to London South Bank University (LSBU). The commendation celebrates LSBU’s commitment to supporting students and graduates to become the next generation of entrepreneurs, develop their enterprise skills and start up their own businesses. […]
Inaugural IOEE Fellow Summits are great success
For the very first time, the IOEE’s dedicated Fellows have come together at two fantastically productive and inspiring Fellow Summits, which were held in Leeds and London in October. Sometimes we need to meet face-to-face to achieve real progress and really connect with one another. That’s why, last month IOEE Fellows came together at two […]
Captured: An Update
Earlier this year, we reported on Captured, an exciting enterprise support project that is being led by Newcastle University Business School in collaboration with a number of key partners, including SFEDI. Now, as the project moves into its second phase following a very successful start, we’re revisiting it to find out what’s new. Small businesses […]
ISBE Conference 2016
The Role and Value of the Educator in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Educator: Some Reflections from a Workshop There have been a number of recent publications, such as the QAA guidelines on enterprise and entrepreneurship education and the EntreComp framework, which provide us, as educators, with useful resources for understanding the enterprise journey of a student […]
Anglia Ruskin wins British Business ‘Oscar’
Anglia Ruskin University, an IOEE Centre of Excellence, has won a prestigious national prize for entrepreneurship at the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards, known as “the Oscars of Great British business”. Anglia Ruskin saw off competition from the University of Sheffield, Liverpool John Moores University, Royal Agricultural University and London South Bank University to win […]
Budding hairdressers pilot IOEE and TONI&GUY Enterprise Programme
A new enterprise programme designed to give students the commercial edge has been given the thumbs up by trainee hairdressers. Get the Idea, the learning programme the IOEE has developed in collaboration with global hair stylists TONI&GUY, was piloted at City of Wolverhampton College. ‘Get the Idea’ is an innovative new programme designed to help […]
Martina Eco, language expert and MSc student turned entrepreneur.
Enterprising Learner of the Year award finalist, Martina Eco, recently attended our Celebrating Enterprise 2016 Awards event in the House of Lords. We were fascinated to know more about how London South Bank University is helping the student entrepreneur and multilinguist to ensure that, when it comes to her business plan, nothing is lost in […]
IOEE Centres of Excellence excel at the Times Higher Education Awards 2016
LSBU named Entrepreneurial University of the Year IOEE Centre of Excellence, London South Bank University (LSBU), has been awarded the Entrepreneurial University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards. The accolade celebrates the entrepreneurial support offered to students, graduates, staff and the local community led by LSBU’s Research, Enterprise and Innovation team, based […]