Lauren Caple

Background

About Lauren Caple

I am an innovative and collaborative professional with a passion for purpose led business, including sustainability and equity, diversity and inclusion. Currently working as a Senior Lecturer / Team Coach within higher education, I thrive on building strong relationships that create value and in empowering others to realise their potential. I became a fellow of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education in 2015, having completed the International Entrepreneurship Educators Programme. In 2018 I was elected by my peers in the sector to the Board of Directors at Enterprise Educators UK, the leading independent membership network for enterprise educators. I completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic and Professional Practice at UWE in 2020, achieving Fellowship with Advance HE. In January 2023 I became one of the EDI Leads for the College of Business & Law, focusing on addressing the Black-White Awarding Gap, an area I am very passionate about. I am also currently leading a project funded by Enterprise Educators UK exploring the intersection between enterprise education and education for sustainability. This follows a project funded through HEIF in collaboration with colleagues in the College of Arts, Technology and Environment, delivering a climate action project with young people. I am also an EDI Champion, which involves promoting and signposting UWE's EDI initiatives within my programme team. Before joining UWE I worked as an Entrepreneurship Advisor within Cardiff Metropolitan University where I supported the delivery of the Welsh Government's Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy. In September 2017 I was selected as one of 10 enterprise educators to participate in a study visit to Japan to share best practice in enterprise education. Here I presented at the British Embassy on Cardiff Met's approach to enterprise education as well as the Welsh Government support for entrepreneurship.