Month: August 2016
Celebrating Enterprise 2016 – who will you nominate?
Nominations for Celebrating Enterprise 2016 are now open and we want to know who you think deserves to win. We caught up with Peter Harrington of SimVenture, one of last year’s winners, to find out what’s been happening since his business was named Most Enterprising Learning Product 2015. Each year, the IOEE hosts a prestigious […]
Read more »BREXIT: IOEE Members react
It has been one of the most contentious political issues of a generation. The question of whether or not the UK should leave the EU has divided opinion in communities, in families and even between spouses. Meanwhile, the Brexit and Bremain campaigns fought on each side were criticised for being deceitful and lackluster respectively. Now, […]
Read more »Apprenticemaker Achievement
Nominations for Celebrating Enterprise 2016 are now open so we got in touch with Anne Wilson, last year’s Small Business Apprenticemaker, to find out what the experience of winning meant to her. We discovered that the Celebrating Enterprise accolade isn’t Anne’s only recent success as a few months after the event she received an MBE […]
Read more »Entrepreneurship for scientists and engineers in Tanzania
Nearly 40 scientists and engineers took part in a workshop in Tanzania on entrepreneurship organised by the Institute of Physics with the University of Dar es Salaam. The workshop, which was held on 25–29 July at the University of Dar es Salaam, aimed to further participants’ understanding in areas such as market analysis, sources of […]
Read more »Announcing Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2016 Sponsor
SFEDI AND IOEE CELEBRATING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2016 THE HOUSE OF LORDS THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER Leading figures from the worlds of enterprise learning and skills will gather on Thursday 10 November for the Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2016. Recognising the endeavours of learners, educators, entrepreneurs, mentors, policy-shapers and others making an outstanding contribution to the UK’s enterprise […]
Read more »Enterprising women combine forces for charity
When a group of enterprising women made the right connections at Aberdeen Meet a Mentor it led to them pooling their talent and experience to organise a fantastic charity event. We caught up with one of them – Erica Wallace of cosmetics company Mary Kay – to find out more. As you’re probably aware, each […]
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