Meet the team

Q. What’s your role?

A. My main role at EI is working on embedding enterprise into the curriculum, however, I run a number of workshops and events as well including Find Your Startup Idea, PhD Max and Inspire Launch Grow!

Q. What do you love most about your job?

A. Watching students’ ideas grow from a seed into a full-blown venture!

Q. Why/how did you first get into this line of work?

A. I have been an educator for over 8 years and I have always loved watching students become inspired by something they love and are inspired by. This line of work felt like a natural fit for me.

Q. What’s something people don’t know about you?

A. I am a certified nutrition advisor and Commis Chef 

Q. What’s happening (work-related) in the next 6 months that you’re looking forward to?

A. We have launched the first-ever PhD Max cohort so I am so excited to see the progress of our students in this programme! I am also of course looking forward to Inspire Launch Grow on 8 June 2023! 

Q. What’s the best highlight of your career to date?

A. There are so many but in recent memory presenting research findings at the International Enterprise Educators Conference! 

Q. If you had more time, what would you do more of?

A. I would do more travel and explore new weird and wonderful ingredients to cook with.

Q. Do you have any hobbies?

A. I love running, playing ice hockey and cooking! I am excited to run my first half marathon since the pandemic in March 2023!

Q. What’s your role?

A. My main role is to run workshops, competitions, and programmes for our student entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on sustainability and climate related solutions. These sustainability focused activities are supported by the Edinburgh Earth Initiative, who are working to accelerate the University of Edinburgh’s response to the climate crisis.

Q. What do you love most about your job?

A. I love working with our inspiring student entrepreneurs who are creating solutions that may shape our future world. It’s amazing to see just how innovative and forward thinking our students are, and I love having the chance to hear about and be part of their journeys.

Q. Why/how did you first get into this line of work?

A. My first role after university was in entrepreneurial tax and I loved hearing about the wide variety of solutions being developed by entrepreneurs in Edinburgh. I had an interest in sustainability, however, and so left my role as a tax associate to work as a project co-ordinator at a sustainability social enterprise, where we ran a programme for high school students, apprentices and graduates that guided them through developing solutions for real sustainability challenges faced by larger companies. Working at Edinburgh Innovations as Earth Enterprise Officer, therefore, felt like the perfect fit for me as it combined my passion for supporting entrepreneurship alongside my interest in sustainability.

Q. If you had more time, what would you do more of?

A. Reading! I love learning new things, but there’s never enough time to read all the articles and books that I want to. I don’t think I’ll ever hit my yearly reading target, but my aspirations remain high!

Q. Do you have any hobbies?

A. I love to cook. I find it’s the perfect way to chillout after a busy day and I really enjoy trying out weekend recipe projects. The only other thing you need is a good cooking playlist to dance around the kitchen to!