Author: Elise Høvik
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Course: Introduction to Research-Based Innovation (IØ8908)
Are you a PhD candidate eager to increase the real-world impact of your work? “Introduction to Research-Based Innovation” is a 2,5 ECTS, action‑oriented course designed to help you unlock the innovation potential embedded in your research — and turn knowledge into societal value.
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Course: Entrepreneurship education for better learning
This course will inspire you to make your students develop the ability to make the change they wish to see in the world!
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For the first time in the history of the 3E Conference, we invite you to join us above the Arctic Circle! Set at 67° North, where the sun barely sets, this extraordinary location offers a truly unique backdrop for engaging discussions, networking, and inspiration!
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Intraprenørskap i helsevesenet – nytt EVU-tilbud
Videreutdanning for helsepersonell med ambisjoner om endring. Bidra til å forbedre helsetjenestene – uten å bytte jobb!
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NTNU School of Entrepreneurship has been giving superpowers to students for 20 years
By Pernille Svartveit Osmundsen The days were celebrated with speeches, workshops, annual acid test presentations, inspirational talks, sofa chats, food and a banquet. Former students at NSE came from all over Norway to take part in the celebration and to get even more professional input from the innovation environment that grows and grows every year.…
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Engagers’ granted the “Best PDW award” at this year’s 3E Conference
During the 3E Conference in Aarhus in May, some of us from Engage came out victorious, winning the “Best PDW award”. This was a remarkable achievement to celebrate the 10th year of the 3E Conference. For some members of the winning team, it was their first time attending the conference.
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What is an ecosystem within the innovation environment?
Earlier in May, we invited students and educators to the seminar: “Student-driven ecosystems for innovation and entrepreneurship”. This was an academic seminar where we explored the question: “How can we best utilize ecosystems for student innovation in formal entrepreneurship education?” The day was filled with lectures, discussions, and group work. By Pernille Svartveit Osmundsen The…
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Start Sirkulær 2023 – engaging students to focus on circular economy
February 16th to 17th Start Sirkulær 2023 was arranged by Start NTNU and Engage. With the subtitle: “An entrepreneurial journey within the circular economy”, that was exactly what was intended for the participants. The goal was to inspire and engage the students at NTNU to work further with innovation and entrepreneurship within the circular economy.
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“STUD-ENT” kick-off at The Mine – in collaboration with Innovation Norway
The deadline for the annual “STUD-ENT” application is approaching. With that in mind, Engage hosted an event in collaboration with Innovation Norway, where both students at NTNU and employees across different universities and colleges involved in innovation and entrepreneurship, were invited to learn more about the application process.
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Engager Roger Sørheim honoured as “Excellent Teaching Practitioner”
Professor Roger Sørheim was honoured and celebrated as a new Excellent Teaching Practitioner by NTNU. This is the first time a scholar at the department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management got this award.
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Pop-up stores – a practical approach to university studies
The 24-28 October, 8 different student companies popped up in the common area of Nord University of Bodø. Anyone passing had the chance to purchase reflex totebags, winter kits, T-shirts, caps, bracelets, and iced coffee. The pop-up store founders were students of the new course Entrepreneurship and Value Creation, developed by Sølvi Solvoll, Trine Åsheim…
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Kelpinor receives one million NOK from Norinnova and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The NTNU-based start-up company Kelpinor has been awarded one million NOK, after winning the “People’s Prize” and the “Jury’s Innovation Prize” during the accelerator program Arctic Ignite, under the auspices of Norinnova. Ten other entrepreneurial companies from Northern Norway also took part in the competition, and the development grants were awarded on behalf of the…
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Nine start-ups at NTNU receive STUD-ENT
Every year the Norwegian Government, through the Norwegian Research Council (NRC), hand out grants of 1 million NOK each.
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The (Engage) course “Innovation and Change processes” at Nord University Business School
What do you do when you’re starting a new course on Innovation? You’ll need to think like an entrepreneur yourself – sense an opportunity, act on it, and mobilize resources and people to make it happen.
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Students’ entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurial mindset is said to be the way entrepreneurs think and act. To possess the entrepreneurial mindset is portrayed to be key for everyone who acts entrepreneurially.
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The entrepreneurial nurse
Global healthcare needs continuous quality improvement, increased efficiency and enhanced safety for patients and employees. Entrepreneurial nurses may create useful and applicable solutions to these challenges. By exploring new ideas, nurses may create value for society, saving lives while they’re at it.
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Students’ roles in entrepreneurial ecosystems at universities
Students are an important part of any university’s entrepreneurial output. How do students contribute to the ecosystem at the university and the university’s regional ecosystem?
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Norwegian forum for Entrepreneurship Education
In October 2019, Engage hosted the first Norwegian forum of Entrepreneurship Education. These two days were targeted to both creating a network, but also to inspire and provide new tools for educators to use in their classrooms.
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Hoping that today´s crises lead to new opportunities
Iselin Kristine Mauseth Steira thinks that innovation and entrepreneurship is extra important in times like these.
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How does Start NTNU adapt to the Corona crisis?
What the leader of Start NTNU, Eskil Schjølberg, has to say about the Corona crisis and how they are planning to continue their work.
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Creating Creative Business Under Uncertainty
The audience is sitting in their woolen pajamas, eating mackerel in tomato sauce, and ready to give you their money
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Spark* goes international
Spark* NTNU was established in 2014, but 2019 was the year the organization took its most significant steps so far. The organization provides mentoring and an entrepreneurial network within the ecosystem at the university and courses with industry professionals.
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Engages Ph.D. candidate at the regional finals of the Researchers’ Grand Prix 2019
In September 2019 Gunn-Berit Sæter competed against nine researchers in the regional finals in Trondheim. Sæter says it was an incredible journey and a lot of work.
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Bedriftssimulator: Inspire female entrepreneurs
Bedriftssimulator is a free program for all female students in Trondheim where you get the opportunity to learn more about how to start your own business. The program is initiated by Kvinneprosjektet.
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The road to VCP Forum 2020
The VCP-forum is held to connect leading institutions teaching entrepreneurship through venture creation.
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Travelouge: Snowroller in Finland
Linnea and Eva, both students at NTNU School of Entrepreneurship, recently visited Turku in Finland because of their startup Snowroller.
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Entrepreneurship with AI
At NTNU School of Entrepreneurship (NSE) several start-ups using AI have been fostered and sent out in the big world. In 2019 another one joined the community.
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Experts in teamwork to India
25 students from NTNU went to India to work together with rural Indian innovators and entrepreneurs.
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A new hub for innovation
NTNU School of Entrepreneurship (NSE) has moved to a new location at Campus Gløshaugen.
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EiT Village “North by Northeast: A Free Passage From Norway to China”
Kunstakademiet i Trondheim hosted an intensive English-language Experts-in-Teamwork village, “North by Northeast: A Free Passage from Norway to China” with generous support from NTNU Engage.
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Entrepreneurship day at NSE
January 9th the School of Entrepreneurship invited former and current students to hold inspiring talks for their classmates in what we like to call “Entrepreneurship Day”.
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Looking for a part-time job?
Interested in entrepreneurship and want an exciting job while studying? Engage is currently searching for students to become a part of our media team.
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SLUSH’D 2020 – It´s time we step up our game
Slush is one of the world’s leading startup events, held annually in the Finnish capital Helsinki since 2008.
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Why is entrepreneurship so important?
We asked three of the great minds working at Engage to tell us why they are so passionate about entrepreneurship.
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Travelouge: Metaito at SLUSH
The startup Metaitor from NTNU recently attended SLUSH Helsinki, the leading startup event in the world. Here is their travelouge.
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Travelogue: WAID visit to Barcelona
A student from the NTNU School of Entrepreneurship, Jonas Aakenes, recently visited Barcelona to find international clients for his own startup WAID
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Kvinneprosjektet – Inspiring women
The 1st of November saw Kvinneprosjektets (The Women’s Project) kick-off at DNBs office in Trondheim.
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The inner changemaker – a personal story
Through her studies at NTNU School of Entrepreneurship, Elise Landsems inner changemaker got “smashed under a bulldozer” and then empowered into a core of who she is.
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NTNU towards acting entreprenurial
The different engineering programs at NTNU have not seen bigger changes since 1993. Now the university wants to include more entrepreneurial activity.
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The first year of Spark* Nord
Spark Nord started with inspiration from Spark NTNU, and has in less than a year grown to become a mentoring service with four mentors and 14 active start-ups
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5 good things to know when exploring entrepreneurship in Boston
The co-founder of the startup WAID went to Boston as part of Gründerskolen. Here is five essential tips for everyone that wishes to orient themselves in Boston.
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3E 2020 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The 3E Conference or the ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference will be hosted by NTNU and Engage in Trondheim on 13-15 May, 2020. Researchers have before December 1st to submit their abstracts if they want to be featured at the conference.
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Spark* is expanding
In 2014 the mentoring organization for student start-ups, Spark*, was established in Trondheim Norway. This year the organization has taken major leaps into new areas.