

Researcher Workshops: Opportunity Spotting and Shaping Ideas for the Real World
Unlock the entrepreneurial potential of your research!
This interactive online workshop is designed for researchers who are curious about applying their research for impact. Learn how to identify meaningful problems, spot opportunities within your research, and begin shaping ideas into viable business concepts. Whether you’re exploring commercialisation or simply want to think differently about your research, this session will equip you with practical tools and confidence to take the first step.
This workshop explores opportunity spotting and ideation in research, providing you with the skills to identify problems, solutions, and potential business ideas. By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
Apply entrepreneurial thinking to your research with confidence
Identify a potential business idea from your research
"The training gave me an idea about to think about and tackle the problems and identify the potential and useful solutions."
Facilitators
Dr Kassandra Papadopoulou, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise
Materials Provided
You will receive a copy of the slides, handouts and access to online resources.
Find out more about MEC's full offering for researchers by exploring our Researcher Pathway.
**Please sign up to this event by following the link to the Training Catalogue **
Open to UoM PGRs and Staff only.