On the 23^rd of November, we celebrated the second year of our E-Lab Entrepreneurship Essay Competition and announced the 2024 Winners at an Awards Ceremony in King’s College. The essay competition serves to foster entrepreneurial mindsets in young students and to encourage them to engage with innovative thinking. This year we welcomed over 200 entries from across 130 schools and asked the students to grapple with important questions facing those interested in entrepreneurship today. In this post, our Senior Associate Rhys Williams explains the value of the competition, the themes of this year’s essay questions, and the strategies employed by our three winners.

In September 2024, the King’s E-Lab welcomed its fourth cohort for its yearly residential programme. The residential week, which included participation from 7 Cambridge Colleges, brought together undergraduates and graduates from a range of disciplines who are eager to explore the potential of entrepreneurship for their endeavours. Jin Chen, 3^rd year art historian from Murray Edwards College unpacks her experience of the week, from interdisciplinary insights to creative collaborations.

Economics is an important part of the academic community at King’s College. The College has a yearly intake of around 35-40 economics students, both undergraduate and graduate, and the largest Fellowship in Cambridge in terms of economics. Recently, King’s MBA student Elliot Fournet attended a day with Lord Mervyn King alongside other King’s economics students, past and present, to reflect on the place, potential and future of economic knowledge in academia and beyond. Read more about the day from him here.