StEP 2024

Discover What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur StEP Ignite is a student entrepreneurship programme that brings teams of entrepreneurial students together to develop innovative business ideas. At the end of the programme, all teams will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges who will select a winner. After an intense four week […]

The Changing Pace of FemTech

“We literally know less about every aspect of female biology compared to male biology, director of the US Office of Research on Women’s Health” This quote was taken from the 2021 House of Lords Report which asked Is there a gender health gap? The conclusion was that yes there is and it needs closing! Health […]

Student Entrepreneurs Oxford University

Imagine.. it’s a Monday morning, early July in Oxford and it feels as if everyone has left for the summer. The roads are quiet and there’s a surprising lack of bicycles.. which is odd given Oxford has the most active cyclists in the country.  But on this particular Monday I am standing in front of […]

Is It Just Me?

Connectivity Having waded through multiple tech predictions for 2023 – I was left with that dull rinse and repeat feeling. Hadn’t I read this before, 12 months ago? In some cases, the tech prediction was so important it was repeated three times….Cyber, Cyber, Cyber!!!  I am going to go off grid here, far from the […]

Earthshot Prize Winners 2022

UK entrants NOTPLA one of five winners of Earthshot Awards. UK entrants NOTPLA were announced as one of the five winners of the prestigious Earthshot Awards, on Friday.  This was the second year of the Awards which were instigated by Prince William to fund projects created to save the planet. NOTPLA were winners of the Build […]

Women Business Leaders Award

Women In Business  In April 2022  I joined the Santander Women Business Mentoring Programme as a mentor. For the next nine months I worked with my amazing mentee Kimberley, whose  journey started with the Princes Trust in 2018, and her business Nourish Northern Mamas has evolved and adapted to become a thriving self care community […]