Author Archives: AHEH

Creativity and the Future of Skills

In the first phase of our project we have been working on researching what are the most relevant competences that students of Arts & Humanities faculties lack and would like to develop in order to have a more entrepreneurial approach to their life, projects, job. This research is today very relevant not only for Arts […]

Calling Creative Practitioners – Your opinion matters!

Would you like to see more entrepreneurial training and support aimed at developing and sustaining a long-term career? This is your opportunity to join the conversation and shape the development of this support with the Arts and Humanities Entrepreneurship Hubs (AHEH) project. Please complete the survey by Friday 23rd November 2018. Creative Practitioner Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9D6F2LH All data […]

IPiE – International Perspectives in Education: conference report

AHEH was presented at IPiE (International Perspectives in Education). The following is the conference report by Carmen Santamaría (UAH), Madrid, Spain. AHEH project was presented at the first edition of IPiE conference (International Perspectives in Education) celebrated at the Buxton campus of the University of Derby on 12-13 october 2018. The IPiE conference is open to […]

Artenprise – A European study on programs to support entrepreneurial skills development in arts and culture

The project ArtENprise is financed by Erasmus + and is promoting cooperation in 7 countries around the topic of entrepreneurial skills development for artists and cultural operators. In the framework of this project a research has been performed on best practices in Europe offering to the cultural and creative sector training courses, formal and non […]

Learn from female entrepreneurs why they joined the CrossEUWBA community

The European project “CrossEUWBA” pursues the overall objective of facilitating the funding of women entrepreneurs (WE) through women business angels (WBAs) and contributing to the creation of a sustainable base of private investment in Europe. The project is co-funded by the European Union and brings together entities from 5 European countries with expertise in female […]

UPTEC’s startup awarded by using zinc in architecture

Rosmaninho+Azevedo – Arquitectos, a startup incubated at UPTEC – Science and Technology Park of University of Porto, won the Jury’s Special Award at VMZINC Archizinc Trophy. The work at the Centro Interpretativo do Vale do Tua got the prize to the Portuguese studio, amongst 120 applications from 18 countries. The Archizinc Trophy is a biannual […]

UPTEC’s startup uses international dancers to teach dancing

Moot – The Movement Lab (www.mootmovementlab.com) , a startup incubated at UPTEC – Science and Technology Park of University of Porto (www.uptec.up.pt), launched an online platform for people who want to learn how to dance. Everyone can have their own dance lessons and learn new training concepts, through the multimedia contents available on all devices […]

How to support young composers? WAZO’s Composer Boost is the answer. 

Creative Industry Cooperative addressing social challenges in Extremadura.Wazo Coop is currently focused in the fight against youth unemployment addressing this challenge by giving professional status to young people in the creative and cultural industry sector. But what is the Composer Boost and how it will help young composersto find their way in the music sector? […]

Re-Fabricate: A Case Study

We are delighted to present an entrepreneurial case study from our colleagues at Hereford College of Art. A new, entrepreneurial project at has been piloted at Hereford College of Arts (HCA) as a second iteration of The Scholarship Project’s ‘Scholarly Spaces’initiative at the college. The ‘Re-fabricate’ projectis learning, teaching and research based, and ran from […]