Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship in GEES

Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship Project 2005

As you may be aware, entrepreneurship is high on the agenda and the education sector is being encouraged to support students in developing their skills in this area. In 2005, the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for GEES was awarded funding from the DfES to support entrepreneurship in our disciplines in HE. We see ‘entrepreneurship’ as a very broad term encompassing a set of skills that includes creativity, opportunism, taking risks, problem-solving, research and enquiry, and team working. The funding provided an opportunity for the GEES disciplines to showcase and build on their good level of support in the area of key skills, employability and work-related learning (including dissertation, mapping and other ‘real-life’ projects). The project identified existing resources and expertise and provided materials for staff to integrate into their curriculum specifically in the area of entrepreneurship.

Resources

• Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship Resource Pack
• Higher Education Academy Entrepreneurship Webpage

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