Many congratulations to the presenters who were awarded Best in Track at IEEC2024. Thank you to our Track Chairs for their support and expertise. 

Track 1: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education Research
(Chairs: Catherine Brentnall, Andreas Walmsley)

Nurturing the Playful Entrepreneur: A Framework for Preschool Entrepreneurial Education

Trudie Murray, Breda Kenny, Helen McGuirk and Thomas Cooney – Munster Technological University

Track 2: Extra and Co-curricular Enterprise Education
(Chairs: Ruth Rowe, Robert Wilson)

Extra-Curricular One Day Competitions – Insights and Lessons from a Realist Evaluation

Catherine Brentnall – Manchester Metropolitan University

Track 3: Supporting Start-up, Growth and Scale-up
(Chairs: Marian Evans, Jon Powell)

Supercharging Startup Support through Alumni Communities

Marek Tokarski and Grace Norman – Durham University

Track 4: Sustainability and the Role of Enterprise Education
(Chairs: Sian Campbell, Suneel Kunamaneni)

Using enterprise education to promote sustainable business

Carol Fitzsimons – Young Enterprise Northern Ireland

Track 5: Enterprise for the Future of Work
(Chairs: Dean Maragh, Lloyd Williams)

QMUL Women Entrepreneurs Retreat, combining business coaching with stress relief practices for sustainable success

Jacqueline Steinmetz – Queen Mary University of London

Track 6: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Teaching and Curriculum
(Chairs: Salman Ahmed, Neil Coles, Mhairi Threlfall, Tom Williamson)

Using the SEDA Professional Development Framework to create a Train-the-Trainer Approach to Entrepreneurial Education at Queen’s

Patricia Durkin – Queen’s University Belfast