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Capacity Buildingin the Higher Education SectorDr Emer Ní BhrádaighLecturer in Entrepreneurship & Academic Social Entrepreneurship Champion, Dublin City University, Ireland
EC Social Entrepreneurship Conference
Strasbourg 16 – 17 January 2014
Outline
• Republic of Ireland Context
• DCU’s Social Entrepreneurship Mission– Ashoka U Changemaker Campus– Enactus Social Entrepreneurship Competition– Menter Iontach Nua - MSc in Management
(Innovation in Social Enterprise)
• Capacity Building Recommendations
Irish Context
• Vibrant voluntary sector– Overreliance on state funding– Rationalisation of sector
• Government recognises importance
of social enterprise in job creation– Social Enterprise in Ireland:
Sectoral Opportunities and Policy Issues (July 2013)– ACE: Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship in higher education
network (funded by Higher Education Authority)
DCU’s Social Entrepreneurship Mission
• ‘Ireland’s University of Enterprise’• Graduate Attributes• U-Start & U-Change student
accelerator programmes• Volunteer Expo & Civic Engagement• 6-month Enterprise Education
Training Programme for Irish Higher
Education (non)Academics
DCU Ashoka U Changemaker Campus
• Network of 25+ campuses USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, IRL
• Culture of Social Entrepreneurship– Volunteering; civic engagement; student social enterprises,
visiting lecturers– Intergenerational learning photo competition– Embedding social entrepreneurship
in modules and degree programmes
Enactus Student Competition
• 36 countries Azerbaijan to ZimbabweEU: DE, FR, IE, NL, PL, UK
• Social entrepreneurship and financial & environmental sustainability
• National competitions & World Cup• Corporate sponsors• HeadstARTS DCU
MSc in Management (Innovation in Social Enterprise)
• Part-time 2-year taught Masters for sector leaders
• Shorter Level 6 training in corporate governance
• Networking
• INTERREG (East Ireland & Wales)
Capacity Building Recommendations
• Targetted education & training for sector– Finance; strategic thinking, creativity, entrepreneurship, fundraising– Embed entrepreneurship and financial sustainability in relevant
non-business discipline– Incubate for-profits and social together
• Higher education sector– Accredit student extra-curricular activities– Student aspirations and empowerment
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