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Monthly Archives: December 2014
2015 Australian eChallenge
And last, but not least, the Australian eChallenge officially launches into France in 2015, offering French students an opportunity to launch their entrepreneurial ventures in South Australia. Over a 12 week team period, teams from Universities throughout France are offered help in the form of a series of workshops and the support of a mentor […]
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ThincLab
In 2015, I am also pleased to welcome the ThincLab, the University’s Business Incubator currently based at Thebarton, into the City to be co-located with the ECIC on North Terrace. This is a fantastic opportunity for students of the University who have great business ideas and are ready to take them to the next stage, […]
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Study Tours in 2015
Following on from the successful South Africa Study Tour in 2015, ECIC plan to expand the Study Tour offerings to include Japan and Europe in 2015. Students will visit the University of Hiroshima on the Japan Study Tour, which will have a focus on Entrepreneurship. Students heading to Europe will go to France (Paris and […]
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Team Changes in 2015
In 2015, we will welcome two new Academic Staff members to the ECIC.
Professor Frank Schultmann comes to us from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. His areas of expertise include project management, complex systems, logistics and supply chain management, construction management, and sustainability.
Dr Scott Gordon will also join the ECIC as a lecturer in Entrepreneurship. […]
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Digital Enterprise: Pathways to Education and Employment for Young People with Disabilities
Work on the Digital Enterprise project has progressed well during 2014. This is a national programme funded by the Australian Government Department of Education. The lead institution is UniSA.
The program is aimed at groups of young people aged 10 to 35 who have Autism Spectrum Disorders and related disabilities. Through challenging and developing their IT […]
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New Doctors in the house!
ECIC had three students graduate with their PhDs in 2014. Well done! These can be viewed at the links below.
Dr Gary Hancock – For love or money?: understanding the dynamics of within-family finance for a start-up enterprise: a phenomenological investigation.
Dr Ronald Grill – Interpreting the emergence and development of high technology electronics industry clusters in […]
Student Visit from Bogor Agricultural University
In July, we welcomed 18 students from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia. These students are completing a double degree in Master of Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Master of Science in Agro-Industrial Technology. Dr Barry Elsey and ECIC PhD student Amina Omarova have taken a lead role in working with these students in developing their final […]
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On Safari
In November, myself, along with Gary Hancock and Diana Lucic led a group of students to South Africa on ECIC’s “Entrepreneurship Experience Study Tour”. We visited Johannesburg, the apartheid museum, Soweto including the Kliptown Youth Program, and the Kruger National Park as part of the tour, and students were really taken outside their comfort zone […]