Interested in rural entrepreneurship, international development and enterprise education. Needs a drummer - guitar and keyboard in training.
Hexham, England
Joined October 2010
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Bob Newbery retweeted
McDonaldization of entrepreneurship education: Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas, etc. It's easy, students love it, so why not? But would we give our own kids burgers every day? Asks @UllaHytti in her keynote on critical perspectives on #ented in Lund at EEEW conference.
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Here we go!! The #isbe2019 abstract window opens this Monday, April the 1st (no joke)! Check out our author guidelines so you’re all ready ow.ly/821430odAgE
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Another way of putting this is why the foundational economy is failing to support productivity in (some) women-led businesses.
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Phil Taylor @rolyatlihp - would more people live in rural areas if there was better infrastructure and energy systems? Important to look at the interaction between urban and rural areas #RurEntUK @InnovAgeUK
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What do the Industrial Strategy Grand Challenges mean for rural areas? #RurEntUK @JeremyPhillipso Contribution of @InnovAgeUK and @NICDATA
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Some really interesting discussions at #RurEntUK today in Newcastle - big challenges over perceptions of rural vs urban and “measures of success”. No simple answers & no simple fixes for some very diverse parts of the U.K. – at North East, England
Beatrice Andrews, Head of Local Industrial Strategy, writing a local industrial strategy: 1 evidence by the 5 foundations 2 focus on productivity 3 place tackled Grand Challenges 4 place is distinctive 5 local buyin 6 basis for next 10years #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness
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"Brewsters experienced breweries as masculine spaces, with masculine norms predominant and female bodies seemingly out of place" - on being a woman in the male-dominated brewing industry ow.ly/i1en30o2PLT
Roger Turner wrapping up the day: thanks to @beisgovuk , @DefraGovUK @UniofNewcastle and the National Innovation Centres. Quadruple Helix 🧬 in action @UniofNewcastle Helix! #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness
Lord Curry summing up the IS workshop - there is huge untapped potential in rural areas to contribute to the UK economy. Clearly people are up for the challenge and are willing to access the data and resources #RurEntUK @NCLBusiness @cretweeting – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Anna Price, responding on behalf of all rural businesses- we support the development of a national rural strategy. Also - rural people are entrepreneurial, so everyone else needs to keep up! #RurEntUK @NCLBusiness @cretweeting @_ISBE – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Tim Goodship DEFRA, there are 3 points for Rural areas and the IS: 1 places matter and each is different 2 need to be clear on the metrics to measure success 3 delivery capacity -rural areas don’t have it -how do you use networks to build it? #RurEntUK @NCLBusiness @cretweeting – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Also a need to explore why women owned businesses are less productive- this is a complex issue and more work is necessary #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Prof Matt Gorton using the LSBS survey #RurEntUK shows that the following help productivity : process innovation, business networks, broadband speed, having digital skills, exporting @cretweeting @NCLBusiness
Beatrice Andrews, Head of Local Industrial Strategy, writing a local industrial strategy: 1 evidence by the 5 foundations 2 focus on productivity 3 place tackled Grand Challenges 4 place is distinctive 5 local buyin 6 basis for next 10years #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness
Brian Richardson, Head of Agriculture, CYBG plc - lagging productivity in farming means the no. of farms will drop. There is a need to speed up in tech. take-up and to collaborate with neighbouring competitors #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Phil Taylor, EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration - Rural areas have space and natural resources for energy, but weak infrastructure. Opportunities in low carbon, smart grids and off grid #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Graham Belgum from Optare plc discussing the importance of the electric bus for rural communities to ‘go green’. To go further we need to align transport with energy and agricultural innovation #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness
Ray Jones, Chairman of Queens House, highlights how they have addressed some of the challenges for rural end of life support in the Scottish Borders - all with no Gov. support @cretweeting @NCLBusiness #RurEntUK – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Patrick Bennett, Director, National Innovation Centre for Ageing @UniofNewcastle looking at the intersections of challenges for rural and ageing: “what does a demonstrator for rural areas look like” “what about social ent. for the over 50s?” #RurEntUK @cretweeting @NCLBusiness
