Victoria, by creating NACUE has achieved a major national breakthrough in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education. She has shown that the voice and capacity of the university student body can carry considerable weight in meeting the challenge of the personal entrepreneurial development of the individual student across all disciplines. Under her initiative NACUE has become a major national player in this field. August 3, 2010, Allan Gibb
Victoria has shown incredible passion for student entrepreneurs and has managed to bring a large number of people with her on the journey. Her drive and determination were critical in getting NACUE started, but the fact that the organisation now has taken on a life of its own is even more impressive. Victoria embodies the spirit of the young entrepreneur and as a founding sponsor of NACUE, it's been a pleasure to work with her. August 26, 2010, Lars Lindstedt , Software Economist Microsoft
Since meeting Victoria I have been incredibly impressed at her drive and determination to make a difference to the world of young entrepreneurs in the UK. In a short space of time, under her leadership, NACUE has become a great force in the drive to get the UK to be a more entrepreneurial nation. She has led the organisation to steer enthusiasm for entrepreneurialism from the bottom up through university societies and really understands the value and need to do this. She is great to work with and inspiring to listen to. August 23, 2010, Stuart Anderson , Executive Director , Shell Livewire
Victoria is an inspiring person who has become the voice of student entrepreneurs in UK. Her excellent management skills and natural leadership qualities has turned a modest social enterprise into the largest student entrepreneurial organisation. Working with her personally, I have seen her inspire many young entrepreneurs, develop national policies for entrepreneurship and making sure that NACUE continues to provide the highest calibre of service that our patrons have learned to expect. August 19, 2010 , Waqas Baggia , Advisor - Strategy & Corporate Relations , National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs
Victoria is inspirational. The formation of NACUE and the training and networking she provided produced an amazing transformation in UK student entrepreneurship. She's started a movement and I know she'll do it again in the future. August 15, 2010, James Pipe , President , Fish on Toast - University of Southampton Entrepreneurs
I have been, and continue to be delighted to collaborate with Victoria on the promotion and encouragement of entrepreneurship in the UK. I am very impressed with what Victoria is achieving with NACUE, and her professionalism, drive and enthusiasm make her a pleasure to work with. August 12, 2010, Kevin Farrar , IBM Global Entrepreneur & IBM Academic Initiative Lead, UK & Ireland , IBM
Victoria is the force behind NACUE. As the founder and CEO of NACUE, she has transformed the organization, which was virtually unknown just a year ago, into the main driver of entrepreneurship across UK. There are few leaders who can get the best out of their subordinates and there are still fewer leaders who can not only get the best out of subordinates but also motivate them to work voluntarily. Victoria belong to this 2nd category of rare breed of leaders. Her relentless pursuit for excellence and her enthusiasm to get work done rubs off others and inspires them to greater works. Wishing her all the best in all her future endeavours. August 9, 2010, Sujit Nair , Marketing and PR officer , National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs
I have known Victoria since the very beginnings of NACUE, and have found her to be an invaluable source of information and inspiration. Thanks to Victorias drive and commitment the organisation has grown at a phenomenal speed and as well as being a lobby group for young entrepreneurs, it also offers an excellent range of events, as well as day-to-day support, for new and established entrepreneurs societies across the UK. I wholeheartedly recommend both Victoria and NACUE. August 9, 2010, Pauline Seston , Entrepreneurship & Employability Consultant , Brunel University
Victoria is one of the most inspiring individuals I have worked with, not only is she incredibly well networked but she has a vision to grow and expand NACUE and to encourage entrepreneurship. The British Library has benefited immensely from working with Victoria. August 4, 2010, Gaby Rose, Business Engagement Director at the British Library
Victoria is a remarkable woman - probably one of the most energetic, proactive, and capable entrepreneurs I have come across. No task is too big for Victoria - her passion, drive and courage is an inspiration to me and I am fortunate to have the pleasure of working closely alongside her as a Strategic Partner of NACUE. August 3, 2010, Rajeeb Dey , Founder & CEO , Enternships.com
Victoria brings exceptional drive and determination to everything she undertakes. Founding NACUE was a significant achievement, building it into an international organisation, comprised of a strong network of entrepreneurial people and organisations, in a short time, is a superb demonstration of her ability. She is able to achieve a huge amount of work by being focused and organised. She works effectively with others by empowering them to take ownership and responsiblity for necessary tasks. She leads her team through a balance of encouragement and setting stretching targets. August 3, 2010
Bonnie Hacking , Enterprise & Employability Adviser, University of St Andrews
Victoria is one of those amazing entrepreneurs that is a true game changer. She has a strong vision and ability to engage all those around her. Her passion for enterprise and support for others is unwavering. NACUE has achieved great heights in its short time and I have no doubt it will continue to be a major facilitator and inspiration for many students, nationally and internationally. August 3, 2010 , Hannah Gilmartin , Student Advisory Board , National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs
"Victoria is one of the most driven entrepreneurs I know. She has done a terrific job in building Oxford Entrepreneurs' reputation as one of the leading entrepreneurs societies in Europe. With her boundless amounts of energy and determination I have no doubt that Victoria will continue to develop great initiatives and look forward to seeing her flourish in her new role at NACUE." May 17, 2009
Rajeeb Dey , Founder , Enternships.com
"You meet few people of any age with the vision, flair and boundless energy of Victoria. Combine it with her relative youth and ability and you can't fail to be impressed. A person who will go far in life, whatever she decides to do post-education. January 8, 2009.
Simon Biltcliff, CEO, WEBMART UK
"As an active member of both Oxford Entrepreneurs society and its Advisory Board, I watched Victoria revolutionise and professionalise the organisation within the first 6 months of her annual reign as President. She is hardcore, in the very best sense of the word. Victoria knows where she's going, why she's going there and how she's going to get there. I am excited by what she is going to achieve with NACUE over the coming years." May 20, 2009
David Langer, CEO, Groupspaces.com
"She has proven herself to be dedicated, driven, highly enthusiastic, very enterprising, a natural leader, gracious in character, and above all, intelligent. She demonstrates a focus on both process and results and shows a great deal of initiative. I have found her to be refined, articulate, diplomatic and genuine, possessing strong leadership skills. Victoria is one of the most promising young women I have had the pleasure to meet." March 2007
Jodi White, Former President, Public Policy Forum
"Victoria possesses four vitally important qualities: intellectual brilliance, an immense capacity for work, a firm commitment to excellence, and a capacity for leadership. She has shown herself to be a person of integrity. She is ambitious, determined and well organised; has excellent communication skills, the confidence to articulate her opinions, and the capability to intelligently substantiate them; and, she absolutely refuses to settle for mediocrity." March 2007
Gord DiGiacomo, Lecturer, University of Ottawa
"Ms. Lennox stands out amongst her peers as an individual who will'make a difference'." March 2009
Monica Gattinger, Public Administration Programme Coordinator, University of Ottawa
A Canadian-born graduate from Oxford University, Victoria has developed expertise in building enterprise networks, enterprise education and entrepreneurship policy. Founder and Chair of the Trustee Board of the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (NACUE), Co-founder and Chair of iCUE, Co-founder of Enterprise Alliance UK, and Entrepreneur in Residence at London Metropolitan Business School, Victoria is leading the grassroots youth entrepreneurship movement in the UK. In addition to advising policy makers in Canada, the UK and EU around entrepreneurship networks and policy development, Victoria also provides consulting and evaluation support to universities to enhance their entrepreneurial outputs and build student-centered enterprise ecosystems. Victoria was awarded the 2009 SFEDI Enterprise Support Network Builder Award and Overall Enterprise Champion of the Year Award, was recognised as a Champion of Entrepreneurial Britain and Top 30 Under 30 by Real Business Magazine, and was noted as One to Watch by Spectator Business. Victorias academic, vocational and policy interests lay at the nexus of entrepreneurship, governance and policy.
National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs - Founder & Chief Entrepreneur. A national organisation that educates, empowers and connects university enterprise societies and student entrepreneurs to stimulate university enterprise. Since its founding in December 2008, NACUE already engages over 70 university enterprise societies across the UK, works with 80 universities, and represents in excess of 40,000 entrepreneurial students. Visit: www.nacue.com
Enterprise Alliance UK - Co-Founder. The Enterprise Alliance UK is the voice of enterprise education, research and support in the UK. It makes the case for enterprising learning and practical development for all students by representing the interests of the membership of NACUE, the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise Educators UK membership to expand enterprise education and development in the UK. Visit: www.enterpriseallianceuk.co.uk
Policy Strategy, Development, Implentation and Evaluation - Currently supporting Industry Canada's Small Business & Tourism Directorate with strategic policy issues and Canada's entrepreneurship strategy. Also leading on the formation of the APPG for HE & FE enterprise in the UK and feeding into consultatations for government policy.
Enterprise & Investment Readiness Programming, Events & Curriculum - From conceptualising, implementing and evaluating complex international enterprise conferences, fairs and symposiums and roundtables to evaluating university enterprise curriculum, running investment-readiness masterclasses, Lennox conceptualises and coordinates successful enterprise programming and events. Current projects include:Islington Enterprise Fair, Enterprise Bootcamps, National Student Enterprise Conference, STEM Enterprise Eventsand the National Varsity Pitch Competition.
Building Enterprise Networks - Lennox is an efficient and effective builder of enteprise networks. Within 8 months she built a national network of over 80 universities and 35,000 students across the UK; brokered the formation of Enterprise Alliance UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Enterprise Education; and, founded Oxford Women in Business and the UKIBC Next Gen Network in Oxford. She is the winner of the prestigious 2009 SFEDI Builder of Enterprise Networks Award. Currently, Victoria is building the Sandbox Canada Network.
Victoria provides advisory support to policy makers in Canada, the UK and EU in developing entrepreneurship networks and entrepreneurship policy development. Victoria also provides consulting, evaluation and teaching support to universities to enhance their entrepreneurial outputs and build student-centered enterprise ecosystems.
SERVICES
Consulting
Audits & Evaluations
Lecturing & Workshop Facilitation
Writing
Events Concept through to Execution
Keynote Speeches
Partnerships and Network Building
Collaborative Methodologies
Organisation Building
EXPERTISE
Enterprise networks, higher education enterprise; youth entrepreneurship; early stage start-ups; collaborative governance; global governance; policy analysis and development; NGO governance; international development; social investment mechanisms; social entrepreneurship; diplomacy; social entrepreneurship
CURRENT PROJECTS
Events
Teaching
28/08/10 - NACUE CEO Steps Down - Your Hidden Potential
(http://tinyurl.com/3xscz4)
27/08/10 - Lennox Steps Down as CEO of NACUE
(http://tinyur;/cp,/33g79hf)
09/08/10 - NACUE Profiled in the Telegraph (http://tinyurl.com/36y68vj)
13/05/10 - Lennox & NACUE Profiled in the Independent
(http://tinyurl.com/2a6tw3u)
12/05/10- NACUE Profiled in City AM (http://tinyurl.com/3yk4gw4)
28/01/10 -Academics & Students Entrepreneurs Join Forces - Real Business (http://preview.tinyurl.com/yg7gu8r)
12/11/09 - Victoria lennox, Founder & Chair of NACUE- Fresh Business Thinking (http://tinyurl.com/yhrfcx2)
2/11/09 - Young & Gifted - Capital Enterprise (http://tinyurl.com/y8bcfs9)
28/10/09 - Oxford Business X Inspires - Henmans LLP (http://tinyurl.com/ygdcq9t)
27/10/09 - Nominate a Young Entrepreneur - Spectator Business (http://tinyurl.com/yls9l7j)
23/10/09 - Champion of Entrepreneurial Britain - Real Business Magazine (http://tinyurl.com/yg9zyq3)
21/10/09 - Lennox Speaks Alongside Sir Paul Judge - Cambridge University (http://tinyurl.com/yg4zujz)
20/10/09 - Can MBA's lead us out of the Recession?- Business Because (http://tinyurl.com/yh695kg)
16/10/09 - Knowledge Over Ignorance - Said Business School (http://tinyurl.com/yg8ru2g)
15/10/09 - Need Help with your Startup? - The Gateway Online (http://tinyurl.com/ykpcrsj)
11/10/09 - Teaching the Teachers - Entrepreneurial Cardiff (http://tinyurl.com/yhas2gw)
29/09/09 - I Felt Like a Spy for the Otherside - Entrepreneur Country (http://tinyurl.com/yh84nmv)
22/09/09 - The University Challenge - To Start a Business - Real Business Magazie (http://tinyurl.com/nsloxv)
13/08/09 - UK Entrepreneurs Join Together - TechFluff.tv (http://tinyurl.com/yzscq3z)
05/05/09 - Call me one of Thatcher's Children Anyday - City AM (http://tinyurl.com/yjcodkh)
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Latest News
Aug, 28 2010 - Lennox profiled in Your Hidden Potential - http://tinyurl.com/3xscz4l
Aug 27, 2010 - Lennox steps down a CEO of NACUE & takes place as chair on Board of Trustees - http://tinyurl.com/33g79hf
August 24, 2010 - Lennox speaks on Australian radio show Srew It and Do It - SYN 90.7FM
August 8, 2010 - NACUE profiled in the Telegraph http://tinyurl.com/36y68vj
August 2, 2010 - Lennox sits on Guardian's online panel on graduate entrepreneurship
June 25-26, 2010 - Lennox attends G20 Youth Entrepreneurship Summit in Toronto
June 3-4 - Lennox Attends Fed-Prov Roundtable on SMEs
May 26, 2010 - NACUE Venture Academy Deal Day (Cambridge)
May 26, 2010 - Start Now! NACUE + Doug Richard (London Met Uni) May 13, 2010 - Lennox and NACUE profiled in The Independent - http://tinyurl.com/2a6tw3u
May 13, 2010 - NACUE Profiled in City AM - http://tinyurl.com/3yk4gw4
May 11-12 - NACUE Presents at the World Economic Forum's Entrepreneurship Education Roundtable
May 10, 2010 - NACUE and School for Startups at Leicester Uni
May 5, 2010 - NACUE NVPC Awards Gabooom National Title
May 5, 2010 -NACUE called a "phenomenon in its own right" - http://tinyurl.com/2frkrtg
May 3, 2010 - Lennox leads the way in the launch of the International Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (I-CUE)
May 1-2, 2010- Nacue 2nd Annual Leaders Training Conference at UCL
April 28-29, 2010- NACUE Venture Academy in Cambridge
April 12, 2010 - NVPC Finalists Attend Bootcamp _eoffice Soho
April 11, 2010 - Lennox recognised as Top 30 Under 30 by Real Business - http://realbusiness.co.uk/3030_vision/
April 11, 2010 - HEFCE Awards NACUE £40,000 Grant
April 10, 2010 - Lennox becomes London Metropolitan University's Youngest Entrepreneur in Residence - http://tinyurl.com/yyshavn
April 9, 2010 - South East NACUE Presidents Meet in London
April 6, 2010 - 25 student start-ups graduate through the 3-day Enterprise Bootcamp
March 27-28 - NACUE Student Enterprise Conference a Success
March 26, 2010 - LabMinds Wins NVPC STEM Semi-Final
March 20, 2010 - Lennox interviewed by Cooperatives Magazine for feature article
March 19, 2010 - NACUE runs NVPC Distruptive Innovation Sem-Final _TATA Lolodon - won by Move-it!
March 18, 2010 - NACUE partners with Capital Enterprise to run the Islington Enterprise Fair
March 17, 2010 - NACUE runs final STEM Enterprise event at Southampton Uni
March 8, 2010 - NACUE runs STEM Enterprise Event at Reading Uni
March 6, 2010 - NACUE Midlands Conference & Startup Exhibition at the Univrsity of Nottingham a Success!
March 1, 2010 - NACUE + School for Startups Dazzle at the Hull Uni
Feb 26, 2010 - NACUE launches National Leaders Training Conference
Feb 24, 2010 - NACUE runs Enterprise Bootcamp at Oxford University
Feb 23, 2010 - NACUE speaks at 'Enterprise in the Regions' Conference
Fen 19, 2010 - NACUE runs STEM Enterpise Event at Southampton Uni
Feb 16, 2010 - NACUE's national survey to help young entrepreneurs
Feb 15, 2010 - Lennox undertakes study on Israeli Innovation System
Feb 15, 2010 - NACUE LaunchesIslington Enteprise Fair - March 18th
Feb 15, 2010 - NACUE runs STEM Enterprsie Event at Reading Uni
Feb 10, 2010 - NACUE London Regional Forum a Success
Feb 10, 2010 - NACUE runs STEM Enterprise Event at Oxford Uni
Feb 8, 2010 - NACUE & School for Startups train 280 at Birmingham Uni
Feb 4, 2010 - NACUE runs KEEN 3-Day Enterprise Bootcamp
Jan 27, 2010 - Lennox Co-Founds Enterprise Alliance UK at House of Parliament
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