People

We have assembled a diverse team to deliver our Creative Spark project. You can find out more about them by clicking on their name below:

Dr Vicky Mountford-Brown

  • Lecturer in Creativity & Entrepreneurship
  • Development of educator and student resources for professional development in enterprise and entrepreneurship education. Creative Spark Project Lead (December 2020 - July 2022).

Fiona Whitehurst

  • Senior Lecturer and Director of Impact, Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University
  • ‘Virtual Createathon’ facilitator, designing enterprise and entrepreneurship curriculum

Lucy Hatt

Paul Richter

  • Lecturer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University
  • ‘Virtual Createathon’ facilitator

Matthew Gorton

  • Professor in Marketing,Newcastle University Business School
  • Development of teaching materials related to marketing and pedagogy

Elnur Aliyev

Ana Bogdanovic

  • Lecturer in Marketing, Degree Programme Director of Marketing and Management BSc Hons.
  • Development of teaching materials related to marketing and pedagogy. Joined the team in Year 4 (2021-22).

Anna Marczynska

  • Educational Resource and Event Coordinator
  • Supporting the project during events, website up-keep and communications.

Wendy Parvin

  • Senior Teacher, Adjunct Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School
  • Supporting the facilitator's design and deliver a digital 'Createathon' & support of the online toolkit for 'Createathon'

Andrea Lane

  • PhD studies at Newcastle University Business School researching the competence development of entrepreneurship educators and its impact on current practices.
  • Train-the-trainer program delivery in Baku to entrepreneurship educators from across Azerbaijan Organizer and host Creative Spark webinar series