Upcoming Venture Lab Workshops and Events

Blueprint Workshop: Elevate & Engage

Tuesday 25th February, 6.15-7pm, Hazan Venture Lab

Our third Blueprint Workshop is open to all students and graduates regardless of their participation in the competition.

Come along to find out how to supercharge your marketing with dynamic strategies to grow your business.

The EDAPT programme is for doctoral students and early career researchers irrespective of discipline. Harness a growth mindset to benefit your current research, teaching and future career based on Sarasvathy’s theory.

Whether your future career lies in academia, working for an organisation, SMEs, solo or charitable sectors the EDAPT programme can help prepare you.

Innovation Speaker Series with Esther Crawford

Thursday 6th March, 6-8pm, Hazan Venture Lab

This series is designed to inspire you to think beyond the conventional, embrace change, and drive impactful innovation. Whether you're passionate about technology, social change, or creative problem-solving, this series will empower you to consider your own impact and how you can shape the future!

Next up in our transformative speaker series is Esther Crawford, Director of Product at Meta. Esther is an award-winning pioneer in Millennial marketing who spearheaded ground breaking digital campaigns in social and video for Fortune 500 companies. She previously led product marketing for Silicon Valley startups including Coach.me and Stride. After finding early success on YouTube, Esther started a social marketing agency whose clients included Weight Watchers, Sears Holdings and more. She sold her screen-sharing app, Squad, to Twitter in 2020.

Esther will talk us through her journey from Durham to Silicon Valley - it's not to be missed!

EDAPT: Reflect, Explore, Act

Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th March, 9.30am-3.30pm, Hazan Venture Lab

Reflect: EDAPT encourages participants to develop a growth mindset by integrating Sarasvathy's effectuation principles. Through the 2 day programme, learn to approach your research and challenges with creativity and confidence, leveraging available resources to navigate funding, career, impact and reach linked to your values and interests.

Explore: The programme enhances key skills essential for academic and professional success, including communication, problem-solving, and time management. By fostering creativity and innovation within research domains, EDAPT enables participants to explore new ideas, methodologies, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Act: Participants apply their learning through self directed collaborative challenges, strengthening their critical thinking and project management skills. The programme culminates in academic-style poster presentations, refining their ability to communicate findings effectively to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.