The new academic year started with confirmation of receiving funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for a project titled ‘Researching the Effectiveness of Entrepreneurial Education in HEI’S: Measurement, mechanism and contextual factors’ (71974093). The project is being led by Dr Junhua Sun from Nanjing University, who I have previously worked with as part of a similar project researching how inspiration and educational characteristics moderate the relationship between entrepreneurship education and the development of an entrepreneurial mindset. I am acting as a foreign expert on the new project and am looking forward to getting involved and supporting the research.