Dr Richard A Courtney
Head of Department
I am the Head of Department for Business, Entrepreneurship, and Finance
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University of East London
University Square
1 Salway Road
London, E15 1NF
United Kingdom
E15 1NF - rcourtney@uel.ac.uk
I am a Business and Management academic with specialisms in Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, and Public Management, and Cultural Management. I have worked with English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and provided consultancy for the National Trust on issues of Englishness, Identity, and community engagement methodologies.
I have held posts at the University of Leicester, Nottingham Trent University, and Coventry University, where I have developed a number of entrepreneurship course and an entrepreneurial curriculum that works with employers and organizations looking to promote enterprising skills in graduates.
Overview
I am interested in research on the efficacy of entrepreneurial education and policy, especially around the Arts and Creative Economy.
Most recent research:
- ESRC seminar series entitled: ‘New Institutional Imperatives: The Third Mission & the Contemporary
University’ – value £13,880 (ES/I002774/1)
- AHRC Research Development Award, entitled: ‘Building Shared Heritages: Cultural
Diversity in Leicester’ – value £20,102 (AH/J013676/1)
- AHRC Community Heritage Follow-up Grant, entitled: ‘Building and Enriching Shared Heritages: A
Toolkit for Community Organizations’ – value £52,143.83 (AH/K007661/1)
- AHRC Development Grant, entitled: ‘How should decisions about heritage be made?’: Co-designing a research project – value £124,130.00 (AH/K006754/1)
Collaborators
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Research
Publications
Funding
Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Cultural Economy, Cultural Heritage/Identity
Interests
Portfolio
Entrepreneurship, Leadership; Strategic Management