Ms Hazel Squire
| Biography | I am a Director at Salford Business School with oversight of 6 Subject Group Areas. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and currently studying a PHD to identify the barriers faced by older entrepreneurs in order to identify the policies changes required to support them. My latest publication is a chapter on Silver Entrepreneurs in a new book entitled Entrepreneurshp Education: A Lifelong Learning Approach edited by Sukanlaya Sawang and published by Springer. https://blogs.staffs.ac.uk/business/2020/07/08/new-book-chapter-on-silver-entrepreneurs/ I was previously currently Head of Department for Staffordshire Business School. I was responsible for providing leadership, management and development for a group of business, marketing and HR staff in addition to resource management, recruitment and employee engagement. I am passionate about entrepreneurship and recently led on the university's successful application for the Small Business Charter Award. I led on a successful Ersamus `Silver Worker` project for the university with EU partners specifically looking at getting older workers back in to employment through Business Start Ups. I am keen to develop collaboration on projects in this area and especially on EU projects or ERASMUS partnerships. I am currently an assessor for the accreditation of the Small Business Charter (SBC) available to Business Schools. Currently Business Schools awarded the Leading to Grow Programme to micro-businesses, funded by BEIS to support SMES to grow following the pandemic. |
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| Research Interests | Aging Workforce (50+) Unsustainable Demand on Public Resources Inactive employment leading to Skills Shortage HR Policy Types of Entrepreneurships Economic Benefits of older workers Enterprise Education Sustainable Economy Business Start-Up Barriers to Entrepreneurship for those age 50 to State-Pension Age Poverty in Retirement Impact of Covid on Older Workforce Supply of Older-Worker Labour Networks & Education of older people Age-Related Health Issues Caring Responsibilities Time vs Return on Investment Stereotyping & Unconscious Bias Push Strategies to Employment Higher skilled/Paid Exit Labour Market Upskilling Older Workers Turn Hobbies into Businesses Increase Self-Employment Training on Entrepreneurial Mindset Inform Government Policy on Aging Workforce (50+) |
| Teaching and Learning | Enterprise in Education |