Making Career Progression

LJ Silverman - I get to spend my waking hours alongside the best and brightest socially driven entrepreneurs at LSE, leading the entrepreneurship centre at the School here in London as well as our global start-up hubs. I manage LSE Generate which is a community of innovators who can engage with our programme, seek mentorship, funding and a home where they can be equipped to go out and solve some of society's most pressing problems. Prior to LSE I ran my own careers and recruitment consultancy focussed on climate change and before that I worked in TV. Many moons ago, I studied languages at Cambridge Uni. I am passionate about parent-tech, and any innovation that clearly contributes to a better tomorrow. I also quite like my kids, anything female-foundery, spider plants before they got cool, mulled wine in a mug and Liverpudlians.

Dr Jenny Brady is a specialist enterprise educator, supporting researchers at every stage to identify and act upon personal, societal and commercial impact of their research. Her expertise enables researchers to become fully immersed in the available opportunities to further their careers, their enterprising behaviours and to nurture entrepreneurial intentions. Prior to joining Newcastle University in 2010, Jenny was the lead Business Coach and Mentor at Leeds Beckett University and lecturer for the MBA at Leeds University’s Business School. She has developed and delivered training for multiple HE institutions across the UK. For several years, Jenny was the owner of a multi-award winning gift and jewellery boutique and currently runs an online children’s clothing company.