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A renowned leadership development course is being delivered in Scotland for the first time by Strathclyde Business School.

Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Fellowship programme is designed to immerse participants, known as Saltire Fellows, in entrepreneurial thinking and strategic leadership, to help them take their business or career “to the next level”.

The six-month programme is led by Entrepreneurial Scotland in partnership with entrepreneurship education specialist Babson College in the US. Strathclyde University’s entrepreneurship faculty has designed an immersive two-week programme that builds on the modules delivered by Boston-based Babson, and includes field trips, case studies and introductions to others in Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Entrepreneurial Scotland said is allows the Saltire Fellows “to gain a deeper understanding of Scotland’s context, Scotland’s potential and of course, Scotland’s vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem”.

0 Some of this year’s cohort have returned to Scotland to take part

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The Glasgow-based body also said some of Scotland’s most “progressive” businesses and individuals – from sectors including law, finance, food and drink, social enterprise, tech and life sciences – are participating in the current programme, and set to graduate next month.

This year’s cohort also has more female than male participants, while two have returned to Scotland specificallytotakepart.diamondlee has more than 20 years’ experience as a fund manager in England and Hong Kong, and Kate Mckay has been working as a lawyer in London.

They are joined by seven entrepreneurs looking to gain the knowledge and skills they need to scale up their businesses. They include Natalie Magee, a young entrepreneur who is MD of a marketing collateral business; Kirsty Thomson, chief executive of The Circle and founder of consultancy Along Came Kirsty, who has 20 years’ experience in the voluntary sector; and Nick Livingston, who runs the 7 Saints

“Delivering worldclass entrepreneurial education here is integral to supporting Scotland becoming the most entrepreneurial society in the world.”