Strathclyde Business School Newsletter
January 2022

OBE for Professor Eleanor Shaw in the New Year Honours List

Professor Eleanor Shaw, Associate Principal and former head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Business School, was named in the New Year Honours List.

A photograph showing Eleanor Shaw smiling

Professor Eleanor Shaw was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to entrepreneurship and education.

Professor Shaw has more than 25 years’ experience in delivering entrepreneurship education around the world and has helped transform the University’s approach to entrepreneurial teaching, research and innovation to drive inclusive economic growth in Scotland and the UK.

Her ethos of ‘entrepreneurship for all’ has been adopted throughout the University, and she championed the successful introduction of the University’s flagship entrepreneurship programme, Strathclyde Inspire, which will see the development of a state-of-the-art Entrepreneurship Hub in the heart of Glasgow City Innovation District.

Strathclyde Inspire has already created a £7.5 million investment fund for companies started by students, staff and alumni, and has introduced Senior Enterprise Fellows from business and industry – innovation leaders who are encouraging and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Professor Shaw said, “I am truly humbled to be recognised in the New Year Honours List. As my colleagues, friends and family know, I am deeply passionate about entrepreneurship and education. I am grateful for the many opportunities I have had to work alongside so many talented, entrepreneurial colleagues and I am proud of everything we have achieved so far.

“This award is testament to all the entrepreneurial people, including students, from whom I have learnt so much. Throughout my career they have motivated and encouraged me, and I want to publicly thank them and also my family for their support.

“I will continue to champion entrepreneurship and education and I am committed to providing all young people with the opportunity to unlock and explore their entrepreneurial potential and to use that potential for good. I firmly believe that entrepreneurial thinking and actions will contribute much to helping us identify innovative, workable solutions to some of the most challenging problems we face.”

Professor Zoe Shipton, an expert in Geological Engineering, has been awarded an OBE for services to geoscience and climate change mitigation.

She is internationally recognised for her expertise in geoscience and climate change mitigation and is currently Deputy Head of the University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, having previously been Head of Department there and a Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Engineering.

Professor Sir Jim McDonald, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University, said, “I am absolutely delighted to see more Strathclyders being recognised in this way. As a leading international technological university that is socially progressive, we are home to outstanding people who are committed to making a positive impact for our students, our city and the global communities we serve.

“Professors Shaw and Shipton embody the University’s founding ethos of ‘useful learning’ and I know the entire University community will join me in congratulating them on this richly-deserved recognition.”