Sports Summer School

Dr. Alex Smeets is the founder of Cambridge Innovation Solutions and Cambridge Funding Solutions, offering consultancy services to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and universities. He is an Associate of Cambridge Enterprise, where he contributes to its International Outreach Programme, helping global institutions learn from the Cambridge Phenomenon.

Alex is also affiliated with St John’s Innovation Centre, supporting early-stage knowledge-based businesses, and is a registered Growth Coach for the UK GrowthAccelerator service. With a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Cambridge, he has a background in R&D before transitioning to innovation, entrepreneurship, and knowledge commercialisation.

Dr Scott Annett is a Fellow of Robinson College and a Bye Fellow at Homerton College. He is currently the Senior Tutor at Robinson College, with responsibility for pastoral care, admissions and the academic performance of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is an Associate Professor in English, specialising in the interconnections between English and Italian literature.

At the moment, his research concentrates on the writing of Dante, Chaucer and Samuel Beckett. He is a CELTA qualified English language teacher, and recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Teacher and Learning in Higher Education. He is the Education Director for the Homerton International Programme.