Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
HIgher education has a key role to play in the developing of enterprise and entrepreneurship skills of UK graduates.
Teaching Entrepreneurial Skills to Engineers
The Higher Education Academy's website provides generic teaching materials to
encourage entrepreneurship amongst undergraduates. They can also used to enhance undergraduates employability and enable them to contribute effectively to an organisation as employees. A matrix has been provided to contextualise and link the tools and materials, along with a set of teaching notes.
The Engineering
Subject Centre has supplemented these materials
with engineering case studies. The Centre also commissioned case studies to illustrate the different approaches
to the teaching of entrepreneurship to engineering students and these can
all be seen in the listing below.
Our resource database currently contains 33 resources in the entrepreneurship section, listed in summary form below. To view the full descriptive record for each resource click the '[View full description/Comments] ' link after the title.
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Full list of 33 resources from the entrepreneurship section listed below.
An integrated approach to entrepreneurship : Engineering Subject Centre case study
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This is one of a series of case studies on the teaching of entrepreneurship within HE institutions, commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship in engineering programmes. The aim of the project was to build an understanding of the skills required to foster entrepreneurship and to identify and disseminate examples of good practice in the teaching of entrepreneurship for the benefit of the engineering community.
This case study illustrates how the use of a student team
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Author(s): Dr Perry Armstrong
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/belfast.pdf
Dark Engineering : an Engineering Subject Centre Entrepreneurship case study
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This case study illustrates elements of entrepreneurship in engineering. It traces the start-up of a company providing mountain bike parts, begun by two engineering graduates whilst undertaking PhD research. It provides ideas for use as a teaching resource and links to the matrix of generic entrepreneurship teaching materials which are available on the Engineering Subject Centre web site.
This is one of a series of case studies commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship
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Author(s): Mr Ted Sarmiento
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/dark.pdf
Developing a foundation in enterprise skills in engineering students (running your own show) : Engineering Subject Centre case study
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This is one of a series of case studies on the teaching of entrepreneurship within HE institutions, commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship in engineering programmes. The aim of the project was to build an understanding of the skills which will help to foster entrepreneurship and to identify and disseminate examples of good practice in the teaching of entrepreneurship for the benefit of the engineering community.
This case study illustrates that the introduction
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Author(s): Dr Tony Ward
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/york.pdf
Engineering enterprise : an Engineering Subject Centre Case Study
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This Engineering Subject Centre case study describes how an optional Level 3 course module (also available to MSc students in Engineering) was developed at the University of Greenwich, to encourage expression entrepreneurial skills for setting-up and running Small or Medium Technology based business as an alternative option for graduate employment. This is one of a series of case studies on the teaching of entrepreneurship within HE institutions, commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship
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Author(s): Eur Ing Dr Alec D Coutroubis
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/entre/greenwich.pdf
Engineering Subject Centre Case Studies : four mini case studies in entrepreneurship
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The four case studies in this publication illustrate the birth of an idea and show how that idea can be realised into a marketable product. Each case study deals with engineering design and development issues and highlights the importance of developing sound marketing strategies, including market research. The importance of appropriate support mechanisms for young entrepreneurs is also covered. The case studies illustrate how successful entrepreneurs deploy a range of entrepreneurial skills.
Author(s): Liz Read
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/entre-casestudies.pd…
Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards : Embedding enterprise in engineering - reality teaching through a business planning module
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This case study has been developed as part of the Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards 2004-2005, from data gathered through a demonstration of the teaching and learning materials available, interviews with the tutor and a student focus group.
This case study describes how teams of students taking the Business Planning module of the Masters in Engineering programme at The University of Sheffield solve a genuine commercial problem provided by real customers.
Author(s): Liz Willis, Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/entre.pdf
Awards:
HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards - Finalist
Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards : the ultimate problem based learning : run your own business
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This case study has been developed as part of the Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards 2009, from data gathered through observations of the teaching component; interviews with the tutor; a questionnaire to students and a student focus group.
This study concerns a module in which students, working in groups, set up and run their own business for
seven months. In doing so they learn about enterprise and entrepreneurship, and develop organizational,
team working, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. The students are second year
undergraduates in
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Author(s): Phil Barker, Anne Nortcliffe
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/nortcliffe-report-final.pdf
Awards: HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards - Finalist
Enterprise and business planning for engineers : an Engineering Subject Centre Case Study
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This case study presents two modules as representative examples of how mechanical engineers at the University of Sheffield gained an insight into entrepreneurship. The Enterprise and Technology core module was designed to encourage first year students to think of themselves as potential entrepreneurs, not to be afraid of the word 'enterprise', and to think of enterprise as a route to commercialise their engineering skills. The Business Planning module uses a 'reality teaching and learning' approach and is run in the final semester of the Masters in Engineering programme. This is one of a series
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Author(s): Dr Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/entre/sheffield.pdf
Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Engineers : An Engineering Subject Centre Case Study
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This is one of a series of case studies on the teaching of entrepreneurship within HE institutions, commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship in engineering programmes. The aim of the project was to build an understanding of the skills which will help to foster entrepreneurship and to identify and disseminate examples of good practice in the teaching of entrepreneurship for the benefit of the engineering community.
This case study describes a module at Coventry
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Author(s): Dr Elizabeth Read
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/coventry.pdf
From rhubarb to rolled steel : Middleton Producations Ltd : an Engineering Subject Centre case study in Engineering entrepreneurship
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This case study was produced for the Engineering Subject Centre as a resource to support the teaching of entrepreneurship in engineering programmes. The changing fortunes of a family business, Middleton Productions Ltd., provides the context for the case study. The study allows the reader to evaluate the role of the manager and the management team and its response to change. It provides ideas for use as a teaching resource and links to the matrix of generic entrepreneurship teaching materials which is available on the Engineering Subject Centre website.
Author(s): Ted Sarmiento, Dr Elizabeth Read
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/middleton.pdf
Intellectual property in the Engineering syllabus : a model for integrating key but not core concepts across the disciplines
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This is a Mini Project web page about an ongoing project between Bournemouth University School of Design, Engineering & Computing, and the Faculties of Law and Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney, jointly funded by the Engineering Subject Centre and the Law Subject Centre (UKCLE). Using the example of intellectual property and the engineering syllabus the project is aiming to develop a resource that identifies integrating intellectual property as:
• a significant strand of enterprise education;
• a model for the delivery of other areas of law, regulation
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Author(s): Ruth Soetendorp et al.
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/resources/ipminiproj/index.asp
Intellectual property in the engineering syllabus : a model for integrating key but not core concepts across the disciplines : a project funded by the Engineering Subject Centre and UKCLE
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This report is the result of an Engineering Subject Centre / UK Centre for Legal Education collaborative Mini Project addressing the importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and engineering. The report discusses the positive outcomes of workshops and networking carried out for the project; considers a model integrating intellectual property competence into the engineering syllabus, enabling engineers to participate in enterprise-related activities; and resulting web resources.
Author(s): Prof. Jim Roach, Prof. Ruth Soetendorp
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/intellectual-propert…
National mapping of support for enterprise and entrepreneurship within higher education : Engineering Subject Centre report
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The Engineering Subject Centre was commissioned by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) to undertake a subject led mapping of enterprise support across higher education in the UK. The purpose of the study was to identify programmes and modules where the learning outcomes are predominantly related to enterprise and entrepreneurship. This report discusses the key findings of the mapping exercise.
Author(s): Carol Arlett
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/resources/engsc-ncge-mapping-re…
Pumplight : a case study in engineering entrepreneurship
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The case study illustrates elements of entrepreneurship in engineering and traces the development of an initial idea for a 'Pumplight' for a bicycle through to the production of a prototype product. It provides ideas for use as a teaching resource and links to the matrix of generic teaching materials which are available on the Engineering Subject Centre website.
This is one of a series of case studies commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship in engineering programmes.
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Author(s): Mr Ted Sarmiento
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/pumplight.pdf
Science, Technology and Business (STaB) Engineering Subject Centre Case Study
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This case study illustrates a module taught in the Business School at the University of Nottingham. The approach taken is experiential and the main aim of the module is to give students an appreciation and understanding of the issues involved in the commercial exploitation of scientific and technological discoveries.
This is one of a series of case studies on the teaching of entrepreneurship within HE institutions. It was commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship
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Author(s): Dr Simon Mosey, Prof. Martin Binks
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/nottingham.pdf
Technology-based entrepreneurship education
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This is an Engineering Subject Centre case study,'Technology-based entrepreneurship education', by Regina Frank and Grahame Boocock, both of Loughborough University's Business School. It introduces high growth, technology-based entrepreneurship education as a special strand of entrepreneurship education and demonstrates its implementation.
Author(s): Dr Regina Frank, Grahame Boocock
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/frank-bocock.pdf
The ‘I’ Team - ISKRA wind turbines : an Engineering Subject Centre Entrepreneurship Case Study
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This is one of a series of case studies commissioned by the Engineering Subject Centre as part of its project funded by the DfES in 2004-05 to develop resources to support the teaching of entrepreneurship in engineering programmes. The case study illustrates elements of entrepreneurship in engineering and traces the development of an initial idea for a wind turbine through to the production of a prototype product. It provides ideas for use as a teaching resource and links to generic teaching materials available on the Engineering Subject Centre website.
Author(s): Mr Ted Sarmiento
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/iskra.pdf
Employability and enterprise (Higher Education Academy)
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This is the Higher Education Academy's web page on Employability and enterprise. There are many ways of thinking about ‘employable' graduates and there are diverse views about the ways in which employability can be enhanced. These pages offer a range of perspectives, but all are based on evidence that employability and effective student learning are linked. The Academy has also undertaken a substantial amount of work on Personal Development Planning (PDP).
Author(s): The Higher Education Academy (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/employability
Entrepreneurship and higher education : an employability perspective
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This guide is part of the Higher Education Academy Learning and Employability series. It argues that entrepreneurship can be seen as a special form of employability. The briefing paper begins the task of connecting entrepreneurship - which can be seen as an add-on available to a selection of science and business students - to mainstream undergraduate and postgraduate practice.
Author(s): Neil Moreland
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/tla/emp…
Good practice in enterprise development in UK higher education
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This report examines good practice enterprise development in UK higher education. It was commissioned by a number of partners including NCGE and the Higher Education Academy. It identifies and describes examples of good practice in enterprise development and shows how successful outcomes can be achieved with activities to encourage enterprise. Fourteen case studies are included in the report.
Author(s): Ron Botham, Colin Mason
URL(s):
• http://ncge.com/communities/research/reference/detail/1050/4
Group design projects : the elevator pitch process
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This is a web page relating to group design projects featuring information about the elevator pitch process in which students give a short spoken presentation of a proposal, idea or design. Though designed for students in the School of Engineering Sciences at Southampton University, the information provided (including an explanation of the process, pictures of presentations and feedback) may be useful to other departments considering using a similar method to enhance students' enterprise and presentation skills.
Author(s): Hans Fangor
URL(s):
• http://www.soton.ac.uk/~fangohr/ses/gdp.html
Institute for Enterprise CETL
Other title: Institute for Enterprise Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
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This is the website of the Institute for Enterprise, a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) based at Leeds Metropolitan University. The Institute for Enterprise was launched in April 2005 and serves local needs (Leeds Met staff and students), as well as regional and national, in its aim to improve enterprise education.
The website includes further information, links and resources.
URL(s):
• http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/enterprise/
Learning about enterprise and entrepreneurship in science and technology subjects : Higher Education Academy subject centres workshop report
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This report covers the main outcomes from a workshop about enterprise and entrepreneurship learning in science and technology subjects. It involved the Subject Centres of Biosciences, Engineering and Information & Computer Sciences and was held at Aston Business School in Birmingham on the 4th and 5th May 2006. Iain Nixon of The KSA Partnership facilitated.
The report includes a summary of a debate about what enterprise and entrepreneurship means and to determine where the boundaries lie in the different subject communities.
Author(s): Iain Nixon
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/Entre/workshopreport.doc
Learning to work
Other title: Enhancing employability and enterprise in Scottish further and higher
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Learning to Work is a guide published by the Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education. It aims to enhance employability and enterprise in Scottish further and higher education. This paper presents ideas for learners, educators and employers to work together to create new and better learning experiences.
Author(s): Scottish HE and FE Funding Councils (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications/pubs_other_sfefcarchive/learni…
National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE)
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This is the website of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE), a UK based organisation formed in 2004 to raise the profile of entrepreneurship and encourage students and graduates in the direction of self-employment or business start-up. The website provides further information about the organisation including its aims, membership and activities.
Author(s): National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.ncge.org.uk/
National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) : Research and Policy Community
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This is the web page about the entrepreneurship research on the website of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE). It provides access to the NCGE’s commissioned research projects and provides resources to enable and disseminate research in the subject.
Author(s): National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.ncge.com/communities/research/
The project team leadership programme
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This ACBEE case study details the development of a 'Project Team Leadership Programme' between Collaborating for the Built Environment and Henley Management College. The Programme concentrated on developing future leaders for the construction industry, and the principles of collaborative working across the industry. The case study on the CEBE website examines the strengths and weaknesses of the programme and talks about the next steps which are being developed by the Education Working Group.
Author(s): Nigel Finn, Be Education & Training Working Group (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.cebe.heacademy.ac.uk/learning/acbee/pdf/Be%20_Project…
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise
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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise celebrate and recognise the activities of businesses or individuals who make outstanding contributions to enterprise culture in the UK. Up to ten Awards are granted each year and a single Lifetime Achievement Award may also be given. Nominations for the new Awards may be made up to 31 October each year and details on the procedure are to be found on the website.
URL(s):
• http://www.queensawards.org.uk/
The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI)
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The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) is one of thirteen UK Science Enterprise Centres. UNIEI aims to be a centre of excellence in the development of enterprise and entrepreneurial skills, innovation and the commercialisation of research. UNIEI offers postgraduate courses designed for students with a first degree in science, engineering, technology or medical sciences.
Author(s): Nottingham University Business School (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/enterprise/
White Rose Centre for Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Enterprise (CETLE)
Other title: White Rose CETLE
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White Rose Centre for Enterprise (WRCE) was set up in October 1999 with £2.9M funding from the Government's Science Enterprise Challenge fund. It involves the White Rose Universities - Leeds, Sheffield and York - with Sheffield acting as the lead institution. It now forms part of the HEFCE CETL initiative and is known as the White Rose Centre for Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Enterprise (CETLE) or White Rose CETLE.
Working with academic colleagues in science and engineering, the Centre aims to increase the entrepreneurial skills and competency of graduates, postgraduates
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Author(s): The University of Sheffield (Corporate Author), The University of Leeds (Corporate Author), The University of York
(Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.wrce.org.uk/
White Rose CETL Enterprise : Enterprise learning library
Other title: White Rose CETLE
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This is the webpage of the White Rose Centre for Enterprise (WRCE) Enterprise Learning Library at the University of York. York are one of three partners in the White Rose CETL Enterprise. Resources from the webpage will be available at the start of the academic year 2007.
Author(s): The University of York (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.york.ac.uk/enterprise/cetle/resourcedb.cfm
Young enterprise : United Kingdom
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This is the website of Young Enterprise, a UK registered charity that runs a range of business and enterprise education programmes for young people. The Young Enterprise programme range offers students the opportunity to run a real company through "Company Programme", "Team Programme" and "Graduate Programme"; and to learn about aspects of business from the first hand experiences of volunteers in "Primary Programme", "Project Business" and "Entrepreneurship Masterclass". Further information may be found on the website.
Author(s): Young Enterprise (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/pub/
