Emily Doolittle is a lecturer and research fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. She is also an independent composer, working on commissions and personal projects alongside her academic work.Emily shares how she combines the

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May 14th, 2024 26m 40s

Kavi Jagadamma is a senior lecturer in physiotherapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He is also one of four directors at Health Design Collective, a social enterprise which co-creates shoes for people with long-term health conditions.K

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May 7th, 2024 30m 9s

Duncan Graham and Karen Faulds are both chemistry professors at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. They were part of the team which founded the diagnostics spin-out company D3 Technologies in 2007.Duncan and Karen share what they learned

‘It's a lot more than just the product’ with Anne Muir

Apr 30th, 2024 26m 50s

Anne Muir is Director of Portfolio at EOS, an organisation that invests in university spin-out companies. Prior to that she was Head of IP and Commercialisation at the University of Dundee.Anne talks about what she has learned from a long caree

‘You just have to be willing to walk that path’ with Dr Anton Puzorjov

Apr 23rd, 2024 35m 42s

Anton is the founder of Quas Drinks, a company he set up in 2021 whilst completing a PhD in synthetic biology at the University of Edinburgh. A serial entrepreneur, he established his first venture while still a Masters’ student but closed the

‘It's not who you know, it's who knows you’ with John Storm

Apr 16th, 2024 27m 51s

John Storm is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen Business School, as well as being an independent consultant. He lived and worked in China for 10 years and continues to work with companies all over the world.John shares how he uses

'Not every academic wants to start their own company' with Catriona Liddle

Apr 9th, 2024 26m 10s

Catriona Liddle is Head of the Scottish Centre for Food Development and Innovation at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. Before this Catriona spent over 20 years as a product developer in the food industry. In this episode Catriona shares

I’ve learned more from my failures than from my successes - Andy Porter

Apr 2nd, 2024 31m 11s

Professor Andy Porter is a part-time academic and director of the Scottish Biologics Facility at the University of Aberdeen. He also holds exec and non-exec positions in several life science and drinks businesses in Scotland.In this episode And

Learn fast, fail fast with Dr Genevieve Patenaude

Mar 26th, 2024 28m 12s

Dr Genevieve Patenaude is an environmental scientist (formerly University of Edinburgh) and CEO of environmental mapping company Earth Blox. In this episode Genevieve shares how she evolved from academic to entrepreneur and what she has learned

Why taking the first step is a victory with Dr Marc Reid

Mar 19th, 2024 35m

Dr Marc Reid is a chemist, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, podcast host and author based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.In this episode Marc shares the story of his first business venture, Pre-Site Safety, and what he learned from it i

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The Academic Adventures Podcast Trailer

Mar 12th, 2024 6m 16s

This podcast is all about people who have embraced the opportunity to combine their academic work with entrepreneurial ventures.This is a short introduction to the series. It includes a taster of some of the upcoming interviews, the story and t

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