Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
ACE Showcase Event
Farmleigh House
Monday 23rd June 2014
:
Funded by HEA’s Strategic Innovation Fund and co-funded by Partners
CORE AIM
An Innovative Collaborative Approach to
Delivering Entrepreneurship Education on Non-
Business Programmes aimed at Creating the
Entrepreneurial Graduate
Definition of “Entrepreneurial”
“Enterprise for Life”
“Enterprise for new venture creation”
• Student Enterprise Internship Programme
• Peer to Peer Mentoring
Student Body
• Cross Faculty/ Cross Disciplinary Approaches to programme and module development
• Active Involvement with Incubation Centres/TTOs
• Role Models
Academic and Non Academic Staff
• Mission Statements
• Strategic Plans
• Capacity Building
Senior Management
Bottom-Up Top-Down Approaches
Deliverables and Success Outcomes – Phase 1
Research Phase
• Major Research Report: Entrepreneurship Education in Ireland 2009
Development Phase
• Academic: Joint Programme and Module Development on Cross Institutional/ Cross Disciplinary basis
• Modules: Level 6-9
• Programme Development: BSc/ Masters Levels
• Non-Academic Programmes:
• Irish Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
• Student Enterprise Internship Programme/ Entrepreneur in Residence Programme
Implementation Phase
• Academic Programmes: Engineering, Horticulture, IT, Health and Social Care
• Conference Papers
• Train the Trainers Programme
• Leadership Event
• Student Enterprise Internship Programme/ Entrepreneur in Residence Programme
• Effective Engagement with Industry
Student Perspective
“Other subjects you do are just about learning
things off whereas this subject you take with you
when you leave”
Exceeded Expectations
Life Skills
Self Confidence
Teamworking
What Defines ACE
Promotes Generic
Skills: Staff and
Students
Cross
Disciplinary
Cross Faculty
Approaches
Collaborative
Engagement
Holistic
Approach –
Bottom-Up
Top-Down
Commitment
Phase 2 : National Agenda –
National Platform for Engagement
The ACE initiative directly addresses the aims and
objective of the recently published National Strategy for
Irish Higher Education to 2030 in terms of its:
• Collaborative approach
• Wider Engagement with Industry
• Development of the student experience to
encompass wider generic skills as well as discipline
specific skills (Hunt 2011)
ACE – National Platform for Engagement – Achievements
• Continue to embed EEE into non-business programmes, cross faculty/cross
disciplinary basis
• Development of the first National Entrepreneurship Educators Programme
• Collaboration with QQI on Draft Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education
guidelines
• Development of Website and Online Repository
• Development of a National Network for Campus Entrepreneurship and
Enterprise Stakeholders
Entrepreneurship Education
Barbara Kelly
Head of Industry and External Partnerships
QQI, an integrated agency for quality
and qualifications in Ireland
About QQI • Amalgamation of NQAI, HETAC, FETAC and
IUQB
• A national agency responsible for external quality assurance (QA) processes underpinning qualifications across all levels of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ)
• Strategy Statement (May 2013) QQI’s mission = promotes the enhancement of quality in Ireland’s further and higher education and training system and quality assures providers
• Comprehensive Policy Development Programme
• Education-Industry: A Strategic Approach to Employer Engagement (June 2014)
Greater national focus on employer
engagement and employability
• Higher Education Strategy (2011)
• Targeted funding streams (e.g. Springboard, Momentum)
• Job Action Plans
• Pilot Employer Survey (2012)
• Draft Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education (EEE)
Guidelines (2012)
• Review of Apprenticeship Training (2014)
• Further Education and Training Strategy (2014)
• Innovative education – industry programmes
• QQI’s Education and Industry – A Strategic Approach to
Employer Engagement (June 2014)
Education and Industry – A Strategic
Approach to Employer Engagement
Key objectives
• To inform ourselves of the needs of industry
• To engage and collaborate with labour market
stakeholders
• To enhance the employability of further and
higher education graduates
• To undertake and/or participate in relevant
research activities
Actions
• Publications
• Research
• Dissemination/showcasing
• Consultation dialogues
Role of HEIs
• Teaching and learning
• Research
• Responding to the social and economic needs of society
• Facilitating social mobility
• Enhancing graduate employability
• Regional development
• Promoting entrepreneurial mind-set, creativity and
innovation
Entrepreneurial HEIs
Entrepreneurship refers to the individual’s ability to turn ideas into action. It
includes creativity, innovation and risk taking, as well as the ability to plan and
manage projects in order to achieve objectives. This supports everyone in
day-to-day life at home and in society, makes employees more aware of the
context of their work and better able to seize opportunities and provides a
foundation for entrepreneurs establishing a social or commercial activity.
Entrepreneurship in higher education, especially non-business studies,
European Commission, 2008
Entrepreneurial higher education institutions are designed to empower and
support staff and students to demonstrate enterprise, innovation and creativity
in research, teaching and the pursuit of knowledge across boundaries. They
contribute effectively to the enhancement of learning and discovery in a
societal environment characterised by high levels of uncertainty and
complexity and they are dedicated to creating public value via a process of
open engagement, mutual learning, discovery and exchange with all
stakeholders in society – local, national and international.
Gibbs 2013
Challenges
• Leadership and governance
• Managing Resources
• Organisational capacity
• Collaboration with external stakeholders
• Timetable demands
• Expectations of learners
• Complexity of the labour market
• Entrepreneurial pedagogy
Draft Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Education Guidelines
• How were the guidelines developed?
• Objectives
• Benefits
• What is entrepreneurship?
• What is an entrepreneurship ecosystem?
• International policy context
• Key criteria for the Review of EEE activity
• Templates & tools
• Practical examples
Next step – evaluation
• Quality enhancement
• Evaluation – implementation and impact
• Involving stakeholders
• Focus groups
• To update and revise
• Ensure fit for purpose
• Mainstream across HE sector
Evaluation – Key questions
• Extent of usage
• Impact
• Benefits/outcomes
• Content
• International comparability
• How best to promote entrepreneurial HEI’s?
• Recommendations for enhancement
Contact details
Barbara Kelly
Head of Industry and External Partnerships
ACE Showcase Event
Farmleigh House
Monday 23rd June 2014
:
Funded by HEA’s Strategic Innovation Fund and co-funded by Partners
Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Learning
- Embedding in your teaching
Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Fiontar
Peter Tiernan, Education Studies
• Ireland’s first ever accredited module in entrepreneurship education for educators
• Aimed at non-business disciplines; academics and non-academics
• 20 Participants from 17 Irish HEIs nominated by each HEI’s President
• Emphasis on integrating EE into own teaching & leading integration in own HEI
Pilot module funded by HEA, developed and delivered by DCU in conjunction with
ACE Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative - DKIT, CIT, DCU, DIT, IADT, ITB, ITS, NUIG
Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Learning
- embedding in your teaching
Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Fiontar
Peter Tiernan, Education Studies
Pilot module funded by HEA, developed and delivered by DCU in conjunction with
ACE Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative - DKIT, CIT, DCU, DIT, IADT, ITB, ITS, NUIG
Level 9, 10 ECTS
Blended learning
3 workshops
14 webinars
3 online learning objects
Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Learning
- embedding in your teaching
Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Fiontar
Peter Tiernan, Education Studies
Pilot module funded by HEA, developed and delivered by DCU in conjunction with
ACE Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative - DKIT, CIT, DCU, DIT, IADT, ITB, ITS, NUIG
Participants’ Proposals
4 Focussing on specific disciplines
7 New modules
8 HEI-wide initiatives
9 UG-focussed initiatives
10 Developing pre-existing
modules
13 Promoting cross-
disciplinary approach
• New standard module for:
– B. Applied Science Food &
Business Management
– Diploma in Food Studies
– BA Textiles, Fashion &
Design
• Engagement with food
entrepreneurs
• St Angela’s Enterprise
Week
• Initial teacher education
– B. Ed in Home Economics &
Economics
– Network for Teaching
Entrepreneurship trained 16 B.
Ed students
• More innovative pedagogical
practices
Case Study: St Angela’s College, Sligo
Ronan McArt
Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Fiontar
Peter Tiernan, Education Studies
Pilot module funded by HEA, developed and delivered by DCU in conjunction with
ACE Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative - DKIT, CIT, DCU, DIT, IADT, ITB, ITS, NUIG
Aim & Objectives
Project Aim:
To create a network of sustainable Student Enterprise Societies for both engaging students and facilitating their participation in campus based entrepreneurship activities.
Key Objectives
• To pilot a student society model across 5 HEIs within the ACE partnership.
• To collaborate and develop a common society infrastructure, sharing experiences and capturing the learning
• To capture the learning and disseminate to other HEIs.
Key deliverables:
• A study visit to NACUE (National Association of College and University
Enterprise) Student Enterprise Conference in Sheffield in February 2014
• A series of workshops, hosted by partner HEIs, focused on capacity
building, sharing good practice and peer to peer learning
• 4 Student Enterprise Societies established
• A toolkit of resources to share with other HEIs, who are interested in
developing Student Enterprise Societies.
Aim of the Project
• To develop appropriate modules to provide a
mechanism to progress exemplary and award
winning undergraduate student enterprise
projects to pre start up and/or start up stage,
while earning credits for the learning
outcomes attained.
Methodology
• Review of current offerings nationally and internationally under - learning outcomes,
content, assessment, learning hours, delivery mode and learning resources.
• Stakeholder consultation – lecturing and enterprise support staff, commercialization
specialist, New Product Development and entrepreneurship students, enterprise support
bodies – enterprise Ireland and County/City Enterprise Boards, NIMBUS, Tec Gateway,
Innovation and entrepreneurship lecturing staff UCC.
• Survey undertaken with all postgraduate students in CIT and all PhD candidates in UCC to
ascertain attitude towards commercialization of research and necessary supports.
• Mapping against QQI EEE guidelines
• Internal module validation process for New Venture Learning and Innovation &
Entrepreneurship modules.
• Approval and feedback through national ACE committee and local CIT ACE group.
• Compilation of teaching resources for each module
Outputs Module Title Level Target Audience Status
New Venture learning Module
5 credits at level 8 Enterprising student with a
viable business idea.
Approved and piloted with CIT
Student Inc Programme
New Venture Commercialization
Module
5 credits at level 8 New Product Development or
other similar modules and the
focus is on development of a
commercialization plan
Pending approval/programmatic
review
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
for the postgraduate researcher
5 credits at level
9/10
Research student, and in
particular the need to equip
researchers with innovation
and enterprise skills to meet
the challenges of a changing
economic environment.
Approved and will be delivered as one
of the modules on the Ed4life
structured PhD programme in CIT.
Entrepreneurship Education for Non Business Students IT Sligo
Semester 6 Module:
Innovation and Creativity in Social
Sciences
– Full semester 30 credits
– 13 weeks
– Third year placement option
– Self selected teams
– Cross disciplinary students/staff
Early Childhood Care and
Education/Creative
Design/Performing Arts
Experiential learning model-entrepreneurship for life workshops-
guest entrepreneurs
-idea generation, social media marketing, finance, governance,
business planning, presentation skills
Assessment
Interview an entrepreneur
Rocket Pitch
Poster Presentation Enterprise/Innovation week
Write business plan
Presentation Dragon’s Den
Student voices
Real world experiences
“you forget a lot of the modules you do in college but you won’t forget
these modules. It was really beneficial.”
“I didn’t think it would be as real life as what it was”
Transferable skills
“doing the presentation skills workshop felt like torture at the time, but I did
overcome my fear”
Networking/engaging with industry
“when we were invited by the lady from Enterprise Ireland to use her board
room for meetings with clients, we felt so important!
Why does Semester 6 work?
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - Community of
Practice
Visible leadership/Senior management
support
Cross disciplinary Staff buy in
Appointment of dedicated coordinator
Entrepreneurial mind sets
Collaborative working Innovation Centre
Partnership/support of ACE
Allocated mentors
Flexible assessment methods
Evaluation
FUN
SPARK Social Entrepreneurship Student
Enterprise Competition 2014
7 Institutes of Technology 40 students
Diverse concepts - cookery app for intellectual disability
clients/LGB residential service/video modelling for pathways to
employment/community outreach centre
Promoters- Irish Association of Social Care Educators - ACE
Judges-Fr Peter Mc Verry/Enactus/Social Enterprise Ireland
Political support - Minister Sean Sherlock TD/Senator Susan
O’Keefe
Winners of the 2014 competition
Rita Mirembe IT Blanchardstown
Daine Ihirwe IT Tallaght
ITSligo-ACE-Foroige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship NFTE
Student Entrepreneurship Scholarship
What is the scholarship?
• Pathway from second to third level
• Choice of any programme offered at IT Sligo
• Financial benefit €1500
• Wrap around supports:
o Mentoring
o Access to specialist services, IP, Innovation Team
o Community of Practice - Enterprise Society
o Forbearance for attendance at trade fairs etc.
Benefits for student
• Networking
• Profile
• Specialist support
• Supportive ecosystem
• Personal development
Benefits for IT Sligo
Marketing-partnership
NTFE/ACE
Profile as entrepreneurial HEI
Community of practice
“I learned one main lesson that I will carry with me for the rest of
my days that if you have a good idea and a sense of mission
nothing can stop you.” IT Sligo student
CEEN – Campus Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Network
(rebranding of ACE)
• A national network for promoting and developing entrepreneurship and
enterprise, at third level.
• It will do this by:
– Providing a vehicle for a national dialogue between academia, industry and
voluntary and public sectors
– Promoting excellence in the field by stimulating research, developing new
pedagogy, evaluating and disseminating best practice and creating an evidence
base around ‘what works’;
– Facilitating networking and collaboration within and between HEIs
– Demonstrating the economic business case for continuous investment.
Future CEEN Priorities
• On-going collaboration with QQI on EEE guidelines
• National Educators Programme – Level 9 Module
• The Engaged Student Project
• Website and Online Repository
• Establishment of National Professional Body for Entrepreneurship Educators
• An Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Policy for the Third Level sector
Afternoon Workshops
• WK1: Entrepreneurship Education Guidelines – Next
Steps (QQI)
• WK 2: ACE National Entrepreneurship Educators
Programme (DCU)
• WK 3: Student Led Enterprise – Exemplars from ACE
HEIs
ACE Showcase Event
Farmleigh House
Monday 23rd June 2014
:
Funded by HEA’s Strategic Innovation Fund and co-funded by Partners
