James Crawley
James Crawley
Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Practice
My profile
Biography
At Manchester Metropolitan University I hold the role of Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Practice and Academic Lead for the Centre for Digital Innovation in the Centre for Enterprise within the faculty of Business and Law. I also have a teaching role within the department for Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability (SES). I joined MMU in 2018 and completed my PGCLTHE in 2020.
Current Project / Units
Centre for Digital Innovation: £4million Innovate UK funded project that promotes businesses within GM to develop new products and services around AI, Immersive, Cyber and Industrial Digitisation. This is a collaboration between MMU, University of Manchester, Lancaster and University of Salford and the GM colleges group.
Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship: Teaching and supervising on the Project Management Unit for NHS staff who are applying the knowledge gained over the apprentceship to enact change in their workplace .
Previous Projects
CWBGP: ERDF £9million 6 year programme supporting the growth of SME businesses in Cheshire and Warrington. I managed the project and lead on workshop delivery
Membership
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Projects
Currently managing the ERDF funded Cheshire and Warrington Business Programme in consortium with the University of Chester and Reaseheath College.
The project aims are to grow the SME sector in Cheshire and Warrington. We achieve this through delivery of one to many workshops that enable the entrepreneurs to build scalable systems in their businesses.
We also facilitate 1:1 mentoring, expert-led events, networking and coaching.