Overview
Profile summary
Sarah teaches across a range of Business modules with a specialism in enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation. Her research to date focusses on; the role, value and impact of enterprise education (both in and extra curricular), the development of entrepreneurial identity and intention, social enterprise and female entrepreneurship.
Sarah is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of Enterprise Educators UK, Member of the Enterprise Educators UK Advisory Council and a Certified Management and Business Educator for the Chartered Association of Business Schools. Sarah is currently the External Examiner for the University of Lincoln's BA (Hons) Business with Entrepreneurship programme.
Professional memberships
Certified Management and Business Educator, Chartered Association of Business Schools.
Senior Fellow of Advance HE.
Fellow of Enterprise Educators UK.
Roles on external bodies
Member of Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development - https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jsbed
Board Member for EEUK Advisory Council
Supervised research degrees
Sarah is looking to supervise further PhD students in the areas of; enterprise and entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial identity and entrepreneurial intention, social enterprise and female entrepreneurship.
Please contact Sarah at [email protected] to discuss. I am cuurrently supervising two doctoral candidates at University of Plymouth in the topic areas of social enterprises and social media communication.
Teaching interests
Sarah teaches across a range of Business modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level, specialising in the teaching of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.
Undergraduate:
STO6004 - Enterprise, Innovation and Creativity
PBS6000 - Honours Project
PMA6002 - Innovation and Creativity in Projects (PM degree apprenticeship)
Postgraduate:
LDS704 - Innovation and Enterprise: Inspiring Change (Senior Leader L7 Degree Apprenticeship)
PBS7000 Capstone Project
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Development of Entrepreneurial Identity and Intent in the early years of Higher Education
Preedy, S., McLuskie, P., Walmsley, A. & Smith, K., 16 Sept 2025, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 31, 9, p. 2271-2294 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extracurricular Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education
Beaumont, E., Preedy, S., Walmsley, A. & Smith, K., Jan 2025, In: Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. 8, 1, p. 3-10 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Prelims
Preedy, S. & Beaumont, E., 2025, In: Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research. 19, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Social Business Modelling
Preedy, S., 3 Nov 2025, Social Entrepreneurship in Practice: Learn How to Create and Manage a Successful Social Enterprise. 1 ed. Kogan PageResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Written Evidence for Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry into Female Entrepreneurship
Preedy, S., Mar 2025, Women and Equalities Committee, UK Parliament.Research output: Other contribution
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Activities
- 2 Supervision
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How Stakeholders’ Perception of Value Proposition Communication Impacts the Financial Sustainability of Social Enterprises
Preedy, S. (Supervisor)
2023 → 2027Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision › Internal
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Listening Beyond the Individual: Online Community Dynamics, Collective Meaning, and Implications for Authentic Social Listening for Businesses in the context of LGBTQ+ Community
Preedy, S. (Supervisor)
2024 → 2027Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision › Internal
Theses
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An Examination of Students' Entrepreneurial Learning through Extracurricular Enterprise Activities
Preedy, S. (Author), DUCKETT, H. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Jones, P. (Other Supervisor) & Maas, G. (Other Supervisor), 2018Student thesis: PhD
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