Jason was born in Birmingham on July 2, 1972 to Mick and Margaret. After spending his early life in various houses around the midlands, he moved to Solihull in his early teens and was cared for by his step father Mike whilst he attended Lode Heath School and Solihull Sixth Form College. Always a popular pupil at school and college he had a broad circle of friends and played tennis, table tennis and badminton to a high standard. He completed his degree and PHD in Lancaster and found his home there for the rest of his life both as a student and a lecturer. He was a talented academic who inspired his students and colleagues alike with his insights in the field on entrepreneurial learning. The following is taken from an article on the Lancaster University Management School's website the full contents of which are at http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/research/21400/dr-jason-cope/ "Jason first came to Lancaster in 1991 as an undergraduate student on the BBA in Management. As part of the degree he spent his placement year as administrator/salesperson in a growing small business. After graduating in 1995 Jason worked for a few months at Xerox (UK) Ltd. as an ‘Account Manager for Schools’ before he became a project researcher in LUMS’ Business Development Unit. He then registered for a PhD in Management, supervised by Professor Mary Rose and Professor Ged Watts. His thesis The Entrepreneurial Experience: Towards a dynamic learning perspective of entrepreneurship was a ground breaking interpretive study of small business owners and their learning. On completing his PhD in 2000 he was appointed as a lecturer in the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED) in LUMS. He stayed with IEED until 2008 and in that time established a remarkable record of achievement in terms of his research and teaching. His strength in research was a major contribution to the development of the IEED and more widely to the field of entrepreneurship. Jason was an outstanding scholar who had established an international reputation for his research, particularly in the area of entrepreneurial learning. An early indication of fulfilling this promise was evident when on completing his PhD he very quickly had solo authored publications in leading journals, including a theoretical paper (‘Toward a dynamic learning perspective of entrepreneurship’, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 2005, 29(4), 373-398). He spent a sabbatical period April – June 2004 in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury Management School. In January 2009 Jason joined the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde as a Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching.Jason served on the editorial boards of three key entrepreneurship journals – Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, International Small Business Journal and the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. He was also an active reviewer for a number of leading Entrepreneurship and Management Journals. He was also editing a special issue of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development on Entrepreneurship Education." He travelled extensively and enjoyed extreme sports, mountain biking, snow boarding, climbing and ice climbing and also dabbled with DJ-ing! He was honoured this year with a Fulbright Scholarship in Florida where he spend his final days. He is much loved and will always be remembered, he was a shinning light in the lives of all that new him.