Dr Andy Clarke
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Andy teaches on the MBA programme, with expertise in understanding how enterprise and entrepreneurship theories can be viewed and understood in different ways by people with different experiences and skillsets, such those from humanities, arts, health, science or engineering backgrounds. Andy also supervises post-graduate research students at University of Central Lancashire.
Andy has published in areas including using enterprise and entrepreneurship education, and academic engagement with industry. His work aims to get a greater understanding of the interface between academia and industry, and how to better apply enterprise and entrepreneurship theories and principles to real-world scenarios.
Andy joined the University of Central Lancashire in May 2020 as a Senior Lecturer in Enterprise & Entrepreneurship. He has worked in academia since 2007 and has worked at the University of Salford, Lancaster University, and the University of Manchester. Andy has taught enterprise and entrepreneurship theories and principles to students from backgrounds including biotechnology, biomedical science, physics, graphic arts, wildlife, healthcare professionals and business. Andy graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1999 with a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Design, Materials and Manufacture. He was awarded his PhD from UMIST in 2003 in Metallurgy and Materials Science, and gained an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University in 2007. Prior to working in academia, he worked in technology translation in Sheffield in the steel industry after completing 10 years in the British Army.
- PGCap, Academic Development, University of Salford 2016
- MBA Industrial Management, Sheffield Hallam University, 2007
- PhD Metallurgy and Materials Science, UMIST, 2003
- MSc Metallic and Ceramic Materials, University of Manchester 2000
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Design, Materials and Manufacture, University of Nottingham, 1999
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Associate of Enterprise Educators UK
Andy’s research is focused on understanding how industry and academia work together: including integration of education into the workplace, and the impact of industry culture on enterprise education. He is interested in the application of enterprise and entrepreneurship theories in real-world scenarios, and how different business types adapt and use those theories and principles.
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- Engage HEI Conference 2017
- Engage HEI Conference 2016
- Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference 2015
- Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference 2014
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