Over Reading Week, Feb. 14 to 23, an Odette School of Business class on Enterprise Development Consulting led by professor Francine Schlosser took a study abroad trip to Oxford, U.K.

The course was delivered in tandem with professors Verena Kreichbaumer and Deborah Pearce from the Faculty of Science at Oxford Brookes University (OBU). UWindsor students worked with Oxford bio-scientists to provide consulting on a new venture being incubated at the OBU Bio-Innovation Hub.

The UWindsor students also developed a workshop about the 10 most important business tips for entrepreneurial innovators, which they delivered to OBU bio-science students.

Prior to the pandemic, Drs. Schlosser, Kreichbaumer, and Pearce collaborated on annual study abroad trips to both Oxford and Windsor.

“It’s exciting that the 2025 UWindsor-Oxford Brookes collaboration re-ignited an international, multi-disciplinary teaching collaboration that began 10 years ago,” says Schlosser.

The class had the opportunity to see the sights, including a walking tour, several colleges, a tour of the BMW Mini assembly plant, and exploring the Ashmolean Museum.

Students received scholarships from the University of Windsor’s Go Global STEPs program to participate in this opportunity. Go Global STEPs is a Global Skills Opportunity project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada and jointly administered by Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada. The trip was also sponsored by the Odette School of Business.

Schlosser says the trip would not have been possible without this funding: “We hope to find a private donor to support this exchange in the future.”