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Institutional development · Leadership and governance · United Kingdom

University of Manchester names Lee Pugalis Director of Masood Entrepreneurship Centre

The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Lee Pugalis to lead its Masood Entrepreneurship Centre, which sits within Unit M, with an aim of making entrepreneurship central to the student experience.

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Why it matters: University of Manchester students are the stated focus of the new director's ambition to make entrepreneurship a defining feature of their experience.

The University of Manchester announced that Professor Lee Pugalis has been appointed Director of the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre.

According to the university, he will lead the centre into its next phase as part of Unit M.

The university said his ambition is to make entrepreneurship a defining feature of the Manchester student experience.

Editor’s view

Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor

Students at the University of Manchester are the group directly affected: the centre's new director, working within Unit M, has set out an aim of making entrepreneurship a defining part of their experience.

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