Project Leads
Jerry Allen and Lynn Sheppard
Team Members
Hannah Williams
Fatemah Salehi Yazdi
Laura Etchells
Andy Westwood
Funders
Partners
Description
This area of the research brings together UCL and The University of Manchester to address ‘developing entrepreneurial mind-sets in doctoral researchers’, enabling them to apply entrepreneurial thinking to their research and to gain confidence in the commercialisation space. The project will analyse our two models of extra-curricular entrepreneurship training, ICR and SPERO, capturing qualitative and quantitative data from PhD students in the form of interviews, focus groups and surveys.
Background:
This area of the research brings together UCL and The University of Manchester to address ‘developing entrepreneurial mind-sets in doctoral researchers’, enabling them to apply entrepreneurial thinking to their research and to gain confidence in the commercialisation space. The project will analyse our two models of extra-curricular entrepreneurship training, ICR and SPERO, capturing qualitative and quantitative data from PhD students in the form of interviews, focus groups and surveys
Objectives:
- Recruit and implement training with cohorts at The University of Manchester and UCL
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the training programmes
- Deliver a workshop on the shared learning
LLAKES received ESRC legacy funding for three years from May 2019 to contribute towards the continuation of LLAKES as an ESRC-branded centre that builds on the impact of its existing research and develops this research is new ways which will deliver new impacts.
Partners
| Full Name | Role | Uni/dept | |
| Jerry Allen | Strand Leader | Director for Entrepreneurship, UCL Innovation & Enterprise | |
| Lynn Sheppard | Strand Leader | UoM, Director of the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre |
Strands
Strand 3: Developing PhD Student Entrepreneurs
