Economic Development
Back to the Future with the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Startup Accelerator 2024
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Startup Accelerator, our flagship start-up development programme, is going Back to the Future for year 6! As a nod to our inaugural 2019 cohort, this year’s competition was inclusively open to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ staff, students, alumni within 10 years of graduation and North East Scotland College.
Innovation at the heart of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Startup Accelerator 2023
Celebrating the fifth year of the acclaimed business development programme, 2023's ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Startup Accelerator programme was open exclusively to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ students and alumni within five years of graduation.
Cabinet secretary calls ºìÐÓÊÓƵ ‘best partner in taking forward’ National Subsea Centre
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport has praised the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) for working together with ºìÐÓÊÓƵ on the National Subsea Centre (NSC).
Celebrating the past, present and future of accounting at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ
As ºìÐÓÊÓƵ celebrates the 25-year anniversary of the Accounting and Finance undergraduate degree l have found myself both reminiscing and looking forward to the future.
5 ways to improve leadership skills and generate business growth
As ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Help to Grow: Management course gets ready for its latest cohort, Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer at Aberdeen Business School, David Gibbons-Wood, shares five key ways that businesses in the North East can improve their leadership skills and generate business growth…
Reflecting on ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Regional Startup Accelerator Showcase 2022
On Thursday 12 May, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group hosted their fourth Startup Showcase, the finale to their annual Regional Startup Accelerator Programme. After two years of hosting events online, it was a pleasure to welcome 200 guests and a panel of judges to attend the event in person.
What’s in a name? The sustainability debate
Sustainability is a hot topic right now and as we witness, in real time, drastic changes to our climate and catastrophic events happening across the world, we note the frequency and urgency of the sustainability debate and the need to provide solutions.
Circular economic solution to cladding panel waste
In 2020, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ created a bespoke cutting machine to reduce waste from buildings being repaired, refurbished, or demolished as part of an Innovation Voucher collaboration with KR Cladding Systems Ltd.
The importance of recombinant innovation
As Entrepreneurs we inspire and get inspired every day, we create opportunities, and we continuously produce new ideas for products and services which we hope will have a positive impact on our communities and wider society.
What does it take to be a good leader?
Dr Anita Singh (Lecturer & Academic Team Lead Post Graduate Management) shares expertise on being a leader vs being a manager and how to become a visionary.