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Dr Alan Murray is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Enterprise at University of the West of Scotland and is the Enterprise Lead for the School of Business and Creative Industries, the Lead for the UWS Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs Academy and Visiting Professor at the University Institute of Technology, Angers, France. 

Alan holds a Bachelors Degree in Management and another in Business and Enterprise, a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and a PhD in Enterprise Education.  He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a graduate of world leading Babson College’s prestigious Enterprise Educator Programme.  

He has extensive industry experience in the field of enterprise.  Prior to coming to UWS he was a business adviser for the lead enterprise agency in Scotland: Business Gateway.  In this role he delivered enterprise training, advisory and consultancy support to over 1000 new and existing businesses from all sectors.  Prior to this Alan was a Regional Enterprise Manager for the main provider of enterprise support for young people: the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust.  In this capacity he assisted over 500 entrepreneurs to start and grow their own businesses.   Alan is also is an experienced entrepreneur in his own right having run his own adventure recreation business for 20 years.  

Email: alan.murray@uws.ac.uk