Courses
Trailblazers: Design-thinking for enterprising women and gender minorities
Dream of starting a business, making a difference, or sharpening your entrepreneurial edge? Let this course be your launchpad. Be guided by specialists, inspired by entrepreneurial women, all whilst developing your skills in establishing a business or community venture.
The course is delivered by certified gender-aware advisors and provides a safe space to explore your knowledge and ideas, and plan where you want to go next.
ADHD + Enterprise: Thriving as neurodivergent creators and changemakers
ADHD + Enterprise is a free, in-person course in Edinburgh for anyone with ADHD who wants to explore entrepreneurship, creativity, or community projects. Through hands-on activities, peer support, guidance from Procrastination Station CIC and energising movement sessions with Axe Boom Boom, you’ll build confidence, develop practical ideas, and learn how to work with your brain — not against it.
Runs across three sessions in May, June, July 2025.
Apply by 12noon, Friday 23rd May (first session 28th May 10am-2pm)
AMPLIFY: Women in creative practice
AMPLIFY is a supportive development programme for women and gender minority staff in the School of Arts and Creative Industries. It fosters confidence, leadership, and entrepreneurial thinking through peer connection, creative reflection, and practical guidance. From building side hustles to freelancing and future planning, AMPLIFY helps participants own their skills, expand their networks, and shape empowered career paths.
AMPLIFY – Empowering women and gender minority creatives to lead, connect, and grow through confidence, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.
First Startup Huddle for women and non-binary people was hosted in July 2024
We are hosting the first Startup Huddle for women - a global first. We are already hosts to the Edinburgh chapter of the Global Entrepreneurship Network's Startup Huddles and look forward to exploring ways to support peer learning for women and non-binary people.
Join a trusted support network, where you can grow your connections and share and receive support, advice and tools that can directly impact the growth of your business!
WES Leadership Course - June-Sept 2024
The Leadership course is designed to assist women to grow their leadership skills, progress their careers and play their part in the University achieving sustainable growth. The training will help participants increase their confidence in leadership by enabling them to strategically analyse their role against the University vision.
Support will be provided to develop, implement and evaluate strategies to achieve University goals using models and tools.
Case Studies
Advancing gender equality: case studies of impact
We want to amplify the incredible work emerging from our community which addresses some of the themes from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
These short case studies highlight the important work already underway supporting SDG5 and if you know of others we should be including please get in touch.
Further Reading
Some thought-provoking content
The worst explanations for not appointing women to FTSE company boards
OECD Report on Entrepreneurship Policies Through a Gender Lens. Action areas key to improving women’s entrepreneurship
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in the COVID-19 Recovery Report
World Economic Forum: This is why we need a global gender parity sprint
A MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE FOR
WOMEN’S ENTERPRISE IN SCOTLAND
Case studies from our community which address themes relating to SDG5
SDG5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Catalysing change and innovation, the SDG5 Living Lab is a collaborative powerhouse propelling gender equality forward through education, entrepreneurship, and research excellence.
