Ian RobertsonChief Executive

A Sustainable Model for Developing Enterprise Education and Graduate Entrepreneurship: UK Approach

A Policy Dialogue on Enterprise Education Sri Lanka4th March 2010

Vision

Background and Importance

Role and Structure

Definitions

Making It Happen

A Higher Education environment driven by:

►Entrepreneurial Institutions

►Entrepreneurial Staff

►Entrepreneurial Stakeholder Partnerships

►Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Leading to:

►Entrepreneurial Graduates

►Entrepreneurial Lives and Careers

►Entrepreneurial Organisations and Communities

The Vision for UK Higher Education

Background:

►Launched by Gordon Brown in 2004; started 2005

►US Experience

►UK Catalyst to Make Things Happen

Importance of Entrepreneurial Capacity in HE:

►Potential impact on competitiveness and social cohesion

►Globalisation: uncertainty and complexity

►Universities need to be globally competitive

► Graduates need to be globally competitive

►Pressures on the public purse

Background and Importance

Role:

►To embed a culture of entrepreneurship across HE

►To increase the number of graduate start ups and students considering starting a business

►To increase HE Industry collaboration

►The development of Entrepreneurial Universities

Structure:

►Independent company supported by government

►Chaired by DG British Chambers of Commerce

►Government provides £1m - £2m grant

►NCGE leverages £2 for £1 of govt funding

Role and Structure

DEFINITIONS

 

The Enterprise Concept focuses upon the development of the enterprising person and the enterprising mindset through a demonstration of enterprising skills, behaviours and attitudes across a diversity of contexts. These include intuitive decision making, the capacity to make things happen autonomously, networking, initiative taking, opportunity identification, creative problem solving, strategic thinking, and self efficacy. The focus is on creating entrepreneurial ways of doing, thinking, feeling, communicating, organising and learning.

The Entrepreneurial Concept focuses upon the application of these enterprising skills and the entrepreneurial mindset in setting up a new venture, developing/growing an existing venture or designing an entrepreneurial organisation. The context might be business, social enterprise, charitable purpose, non-governmental organisations or public sector bodies. Entrepreneurship ‘makes it happen’.

The Innovation Concept is the product of the Entrepreneurial Concept. Innovation is defined as creating and exploiting opportunities for new ways of doing things resulting in better products and services, systems and ways of managing people and organisations. The successful pursuit of innovation is a function of individual enterprising endeavour and entrepreneurial organisation capacity.

Entrepreneurship is a necessary pre-condition for Innovation

THE WORK OF THE NCGE

 

Focused mainly upon direct support for enhancing the entrepreneurial capacity of students in UK Universities:

►Promotion and Awareness Creation (workshops, start up activities)

►Network Development (building links with influencers/stakeholders)

►Monitoring of Need and associated Provision (mapping, research, barriers)

►Developing Intelligence (website, portal)

►Teacher development and Education (educators programme, materials)

►Policy Shaping (policy papers, conferences, stakeholder seminars)

While NCGE will continue to enhance the capacity as per above the major thrust is on Phase 2.

Phase 1

2005- 07

 

Creating the conditions for long term sustainability of entrepreneurship education and associated activity in HE.

Internal - support for:

►Integration with university strategy

►Leadership and management development

►Curriculum embededdness; Pedagogical innovation; Champions

►Development from research

►Multi disciplinary approach

►Staff rewards, accreditation, status

External - support for:

►Closer links with industry and public sector

►Active engagement of entrepreneurs

►IP and Knowledge exploitation; incubator development

►Attracting professors and fellows of practice

► Sponsorship and partnership

►Graduate and academic entrepreneurship

Phase 2

2008 -

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

NCGE ACTIVITY OUTPUTS IMPACT PARTNERS

UENs

University Enterprise Networks

Public, private, university partnerships in key economic sectors

5,000 Skills Assists500 new collaborations400 new businesses368 new jobs286 new innovations

Greater Ind/ HE collaborationIncreasing UK competitivenessMore innovative universities

59 partners: 27 universities 18 companies 14 public sector bodies

Entrepreneurial University Leadership Programme

International programme for future leaders of HE

In 2010, 23 senior-level participants from 6 countries

Entrepreneurial leaders of entrepreneurial universities

Oxford University plus Leadership Foundation for HE, CIHE, international contributors

THE Entrepreneurial University of the Year

Times Higher and NCGE annual award for British Universities

Most prestigious HE award after University of the Year Recognised criteria for an entrepreneurial university

More entrepreneurial universities National and internal role model for other institutions

Times Higher

Policy and Research Informing policy and shaping the environment for entrepreneurship

Thought leadership publicationsBi-Annual Mapping of Enterprise in HE

Stimulating change in entrepreneurship support and practice

NESTA, CIHEHEARDAsISBE

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

NCGE ACTIVITY OUTPUTS IMPACT PARTNERS

IEEPInt. Entrepreneurship Educators Programme

UK programme for leaders of entrepreneurship education in HE and FE

2009 – 2012,80 trained educators; 50 HEI/FEC2 Leads to an MA

1 Embedding entrepreneurship across all disciplines 2 Leads to more entrepreneurial graduates

EEUK, HEA, Kauffman Foundation

3EPEuro Entrepreneurship Educators Programme

European programme for leaders of entrepreneurship education in HE and FE

2010-2013: 180 trained educators across Europe

NCGE leading the embedding of entrepreneurship education across Europe

A number of EU member and accession states

Enterprise Champions 12 dedicated enterprise champions in 12 universities in north west England

2008-2013: 7,800 Skills Assists700 New Businesses500 New Jobs

Increase number of graduates in self employment or businessSupport culture change

NWDA, NWUA,12 NW HE institutions

Academic Entrepreneurship

National programme to enhance the impact of research and Intellectual Property

More research and teaching staff engage in commercialisation

More ventures, IP exploitation Increased economic growth

Doug Richards, Unico, Praxis

International Conference & Awards

IEEC (Int. Ent. Educ. Conf)National Ent Educator Awards

300+ educators; 40+ countries3 national awards: in-curricula, extra curricula, student society

Dissemination and recognition of best practice

EEUK

STUDENTS & GRADUATES

NCGE ACTIVITY OUTPUTS IMPACT PARTNERS

Make It Happen National programme to channel unemployed graduates into self-employment or business start-up

6,000+ graduates engaged3,250 on start-up progs1,350 in business by 03/2011

More graduates economically activeMore graduate start-ups

HSBCBusiness Link

Flying Start National programme to engage students in entrepreneurship

20,000+ supported online3,000+ actively engaged35 student societies supported

Increased student motivationIncreased enterprise capacitiesMore student start-ups

HEIsStudent Ent Soc

Thank You