Tag: Nord University
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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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Travelouge: Snowrollers trip to Sweden
Linnea and Eva, both students at NTNU School of Entrepreneurship, and recently visited Southern Sweden for their startup Snowroller.
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DIKU and the SFU’s – two days of important discussions
The 21st and 22nd of October, Engage and Excited hosted the biannual DIKU gathering for The Centres for Excellence in Education Initiative (SFU)
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Gründerbrakka: A great initiative that facilitates the development of knowledge-based business ideas
Since the spring of 2018, Gründerbrakka have been taking in students who have innovating ideas and gives them offices to make their businesses.
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Norwegian forum for entrepreneurship education
10. og 11. oktober 2019 blir det faglig påfyll og nettverk med andre norske undervisere i Entreprenørskap, med Heidi Neck og Candida Brush fra Babson College.
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New fund for student ideas within energy – open for applications
Are you a student or PhD student with a business idea you want to take further? You can now apply for pre-seed funding from NTNU Energy Transition, Engage and Equinor to make the first step towards a start-up journey. Your energy-related idea could get 50.000 – 150.000 kroner to accelerate you towards the market!
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Travelouge – Boston and Babson College
Read more about when Lars Henrik got to present his business idea and learned a lot at Babson
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The most important initiative for the most ambitious startups
In the spring of 2018, Gründebrakka came as a new addition to the innovation environment at NTNU
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Travelogue – University of Genova and its “Start Up Innovative” program
One of the students from NTNU School of Entrepreneurship, Jonas Aakenes, recently visited the University of Genova to see how they managed the entrepreneurship education at the school.
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What are operation theatres going to look like in the future?
Last fall the newest addition to the NTNU innovation family was added. The innovation lab at Medisinteknisk forskningssenter at St. Olavs Hospital is run by DRIV NTNU and the faculty of medicine and health science at NTNU
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The First Join A Startup Night of 2019
Spark’s 7th installment of the popular event took place last month at FRAM. It featured several startups from the Class of 2020 from the School of Entrepreneurship (NSE) and other startups from NTNU.
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Travelogue – Refugee Entrepreneurs Denmark and CO:LAB in Copenhagen
Students from NSE went to Denmark, to visit the incubator Refugee Entrepreneurs Denmark (RED), KPH Projects, CO:LAB and to do interviews for their master thesis
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Travelogue: Trip to the UK to explore VCPs
Engage visited the UK and the goal of the trip was to learn more about how other universities implement a study program in Entrepreneurship, especially a VCP (Venture Creation Program)
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The Journey to a more sustainable world
The Climate-KIC Journey is the world’s largest climate innovation summer school offering transformative learning and hands-on business experience.
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Highly acclaimed entrepreneurship award to NTNU
Marius Tuft Mathisen at NTNU won The Heizer Dissertation Award for his research within the field of entrepreneurship. .
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Engage project wins funding from the research council of Norway’s international partnership
The project will establish a network of institutions to develop knowledge to improve entrepreneurial education
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Entrepreneurship education under the wings
Gunn-Berit Sæter is a PhD Candidate at Engage. Normally, she is working out of NTNU, however two weeks in 2018 she was “desk surfing” at EDEM Escuela de Empresarios, a business school in Valencia, Spain.
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Alumni with entrepreneurial attitude
If entrepreneurship is an attitude, the faculty of EDEM Escuela de Empresarios surely knows how to share this attitude with their students!
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An evening of inspiration with Start Nord
Wednesday 31th of October, the student organization START Nord at Nord university had an evening of inspiration arranged for students who wants to start up their own business.
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Startup of the month – Studio Gauntlet
Studio Gauntlet is the story about what happens when you let yourself be inspired by having fun and learn from your experiences.
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Startup of the month – Podcast: Studio Gauntlet
In the following podcast we talk to Spark* based startup Studio Gauntlet. We talked about the importance of having fun and recognizing your need as a business.
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Teaching entrepreneurship in Japan
Tokyo is well-known for being one of the world’s most famous tech-capitals and home to multinational businesses. So, how is entrepreneurship being taught so that even more successful ventures are created?
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Learning entrepreneurship by being an entrepreneur
Since the very beginning, NTNU School of Entrepreneurship has educated tomorrow’s leaders. In 2018 they celebrate its 15th anniversary.
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The Blast of the Week
Nord University is growing rapidly, and with that follows new activities and courses.
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A multicultural view on the smart city
What is the learning outcome when millennials from different countries and cultural backgrounds discuss how to develop new technology for a better tomorrow?
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Nominated to best paper award at the 3E Conference.
Iselin Kristine Mauseth, a PhD student at the Engage center at Nord University, started her PhD in August 2017 and got nominated to the best paper award at the 3E-conference in May 2018.
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Musicians can also be entrepreneurs
Bejamin Toscher is teaching a five-week intensive course called entrepreneurship for music, communication and technology.
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A leader in commercialization of technology education: North California State University
Professor Steve Barr is coming to Trondheim next weekend to attend the VCP-conference. He will be speaking about Tech Transfer Offices and VCP collaboration.
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Interdisciplinary teamwork skills for the 21st century
Improv, design thinking and panel discussion are just a few things engaging the participants at the 4th Its21 Conference.
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Work life representation at the Its21 Conference
Collaboration between work life and higher education is important in developing good interdisciplinary teamwork skills. But how can it be solved, and what’s in it for the companies?
