Academic Champions of Enterprise (ACE)

Academic Champions of Enterprise (ACEs) are a network of staff members embedded in academic departments and linked to the CCS Enterprise team. ACEs disseminate information about Enterprise and Entrepreneurship amongst departmental staff and, in turn, to students.

Achievements: As at May 2010 we have recruited seven ACEs, six in academic departments and a further one in the Careers Advisory Service.

Current Activity: The Aberystwyth ACEs meet together regularly; attend enterprise conferences and other relevant activities and network with ACEs from Bangor and Swansea Universities.

Planned Developments:It is anticipated that other University departments will appoint ACEs, which will further develop the network. ACEs will also be involved in new enterprise activities, as they arise.

ACEs are currently based in the following departments at Aberystwyth:
Careers Advisory Service	Carolyn Parry	cep@aber.ac.uk
Department of Sport Science	Emily Oliver	ejo@aber.ac.uk
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies	Rebecca Edwards	rje@aber.ac.uk
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences	Dr Helen Marshall	hem@aber.ac.uk
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences	Dr Duncan Quincey	djg@aber.ac.uk
School of Education and Lifelong Learning	Antonio Barriga Rubio	aob@aber.ac.uk
School of Education and Lifelong Learning	Owen Phillips	owp@aber.ac.uk
School of Management and Business	Dr Sajjad Jasimuddin	smj@aber.ac.uk

For futher information regarding the Academic Champions of Enterprise scheme please contact: Tony Orme

The ACE project is a Welsh Government funded initiative, and is run in partnership with Bangor and Swansea Universities (Bangor University is the lead institution in the consortium).