Researcher Workshops: Developing an Entrepreneurial Mind-set
Discover how mind-set shapes behaviour and how to apply it to real-world challenges.
This interactive online workshop helps PhD researchers build the mindset and skills to create impact through their research. Learn how entrepreneurial thinking—opportunity recognition, creativity, initiative and problem solving—can enhance your approach to uncertainty, innovation, and value creation. Whether you're exploring academic, industry, or entrepreneurial career paths, this session will enable you to think differently.
No business experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to explore new ways of thinking.
Learn how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to academic, industry and innovation contexts
Discover three career pathways: Researcher-Entrepreneur, Champion of Innovation, and Translational Researcher
Engage in practical exercises to reflect on personal goals and skill development
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
Define what an entrepreneurial mind-set is and why it matters
Recognise how beliefs and thought patterns influence actions and success
Identify key entrepreneurial skills such as opportunity recognition, comfort with risk, and initiative
Map these skills to different career trajectories
Feedback from past workshops:
"Being given 3 main entrepreneurial career paths and key skills was helpful - entrepreneurship is not such an abstract concept for me anymore after this session. I find it much easier now to identify what exactly it is that I am interested in and what skills I can work on to be more successful in my future career aspirations."
"Highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship skills beyond start-up companies in other careers that I am interested in."
Facilitators
Dr Laura Etchells, Enterprise Business Development Manager, MEC
Materials Provided
Presentation slides will be made available after the workshop.
Find out more about MEC's full offering for researchers by exploring our Researcher Pathway.
Please sign up to this event on the Training Catalogue
Open to PGR and Staff only.