Developing enterprising and
entrepreneurial graduates
October Teaching & Learning Seminar
Katie Wray
(Lecturer in Enterprise, SAgE Faculty Office
and Development Officer, Careers Service)
Agenda
• Enterprise and Employability at NCL
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the NCL
curriculum
• From the literature…behaviours, skills and
attributes
• Implications for educators
• Embedding Enterprise resources
• Rise Up
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
Educator Development
Including e-resources
Building educator confidence, tools
and techniques
Understanding commercial
opportunities for research
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
Champions in SAgE Schools
Raising awareness of awards and
opportunities, support for
implementation of plans, creating
teaching-research opportunities
Building Entrepreneurial
Networks for staff and
students
Enterprise &
Entrepreneurship Module
Delivery & Assessment
Extra-curricular Training
ACTION 2011: Sustainability,
workshops, events, seminars
NCEE Fellow
International
Entrepreneurship Educator
Programme (IEEP)
Katie Wray
Enterprise Coach
Currently undertaking
Chartered Management
Institute qualification
Enterprise &
Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Development
Evaluation and dissemination
Practitioner/pedagogical
research
Mentors, Coaches,
Entrepreneurs in Residence
etc
Entrepreneurial Skills Development
(Graduate Skills Framework)
(practical: intellectual property awareness,
business planning, financial awareness,
market research
Employability: opportunity spotting, risk
taking, intuitive decision making, strategic
thinking, achievement orientation etc)
Employability Statement
Newcastle University is committed to enhancing the employability of its students and
graduates through the development and support of career management, work-related
learning, enterprise and entrepreneurship in a global context. Where:
• Employability is a set of knowledge, skills and personal attributes that make
individuals more likely to gain and be successful in their chosen occupations.
• Enterprise refers to the aspects of employability that promote an innovative,
creative, resourceful and opportunistic approach to life learning and work.
and
• Entrepreneurship is the application of enterprise leading to the creation of a new
venture and the generation of new business and value.
The institution aims to achieve this by the implementation of the Newcastle University
Graduate Skills Framework and the Joint Skills Statement of the Research Councils UK,
delivering the primary outcome of graduates who can independently self-manage,
proactively interact and ethically apply their knowledge and skills in a global context.
This will be facilitated by the Learning & Teaching Strategy 2007-2012, particularly
sections A3, A4, B4 and B6.
Enterprise and Employability
• Employers are looking for evidence of entrepreneurial
skills and attitudes. A key challenge facing the UK is the
need to develop and encourage new enterprises
through business start-ups and staff spin-off
companies.
• Ken Howitt, BAM Nuttall – “These skills are needed,
this module is industry focused. At the end of the day
industry is a business that makes money and there is a
need to plan for the future. Students can use these
skills to be competitive in bidding for industry”.
2010/11 Rise Up Statistics
• Students from all Schools
• Number of unique users?
• 1387 unique users (students, PGRs and
graduates)
• Number of unique interventions?
• 2455 interventions
• Businesses started?
• 31 businesses started
Faculty Breakdown (Individuals)
45
SAgE
635
565
FMS
HaSS
Unknown
142
Faculty Breakdown
% of total students in each Faculty
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
10.1%
4.0%
5.2%
2.0%
3.4%
0.0%
SAgE
FMS
HaSS
Faculty Breakdown (Interventions)
63
1037
SAgE
FMS
1115
HaSS
Unknown
240
Where is Enterprise in the curriculum?
Most of what you hear about entrepreneurship is all wrong. It’s
not magic; it’s not mysterious; and it has nothing to do with
genes. It’s a discipline and, like any discipline, it can be learned.”
Peter F. Drucker
FMS
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BMS8033 Business for the Bioscientist UG (2001/2)
MMB8001 Biotechnology & Enterprise PG (2008/9)
New module development for Dentistry (2012/13)
Cross cutting enterprise module for 2012/13
SAgE
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CEG8004 Enterprise for Construction UG/PG (2005/6)
MEC2008 Professional Skills UG (2005/6)
SPG8015 Introduction to Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (2008/9)
SPG8016 Business Enterprise in Science & Engineering (2008/9)
CSC1015 The IT Professional UG (2010/11)
CSC2015 Software Project UG (2010/11)
ACE8055 New Food Product Devt (2010/11)
Biology (New Module for 2012/13)
Cross cutting enterprise module for 2012/13
• Chris McLarnon, MWH “This is about design
and selling; in industry you need to present to
clients and get their buy-in through a sales
pitch. It takes students outside their comfort
zone to look from the point of view of a client”.
HaSS
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BUS2011 Business Enterprise UG (1999 – 2010/11)
NBS8033 Business Enterprise PG (2005/6)
ICS8029 Art & Enterprise (redeveloped for 2011/12)
MUS3095 Music Business (redeveloped for 2011/12)
SEL3324 English: Cultural Placements (redeveloped for
2011/12)
• Cross cutting enterprise module for 2012/13
How can you tell an entrepreneur?
What kinds of;
- behaviours
- skills
- personality characteristics (attributes)
do you associate with an entrepreneur?
From the literature…
Source: Gibb, A (2007) Entrepreneurship: Unique solutions for Unique
Environments. Is It Possible to Achieve This with the Existing Paradigm?
International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education 5: 93-142.
Entrepreneurial
behaviours
Entrepreneurial
Attributes
Entrepreneurial
Skills*
Opportunity seeking
Self confidence
Problem solving
Creative problem solving
Achievement orientation
Persuading
Grasping/organising opportunities Autonomy
Negotiating
Taking initiatives
‘Natural’ leadership
Strategic thinking
Managing interdependence
‘Fixer'
Articulating ideas
Ambition
Determination
Selling
Seeing things through
Getting things done
Rapid use of judgement
Hardworking
Proposing
Decision making under
ccccccuncertainty
Taking calculated risks
Commitment
Holistic task management
Social networking
Action oriented
Social skills
Perseverance
Strong ego
*to be differentiated from transferable skills such as communication, presentation, report
writing, analytic, synthesising, team leadership etc.
Is it just about starting a business?
Implications for educators?
– What we teach (curriculum context and content)
– How we teach (pedagogic development)
– Our own skills development (as educators)
– Development of the skills of others (stakeholders)
– The structure and culture of our organisations
(the way we organise and incentivise)
Embedding Enterprise Resources
• Academic Website (hot of the [e]press!)
• Toolkit Series
– World Café – Creativity, ideas generation, constructive
conversations
– XING – Commercial development of an idea to reach a
goal
– Ketso – Hands-on toolkit for creative engagement
– Colourblind/Belbin – Team role characteristics and
team interaction
– Cobra – BIFs and BOPs (How To)
World Café
XING™
Ketso™
Belbin®
Colourblind
Cobra
Business Information
Factsheet
Business Opportunity
Profile
RadFan
ScratchBikes
Rise Up – welcome!
Whether you want to develop enterprising skills, discuss an idea, work
for yourself or grow your business, Rise Up offers you expert guidance,
training, resources and opportunities to help you explore and develop
your entrepreneurial side…
Rise Up. Join the entrepreneurial revolution.
Start Up Support
– Business Coaching and Advice
– Grants
– Elevator – Ideas Incubator
• Equipped workspaces
• Cobra
Student Society
Newcastle University Entrepreneur
Society
Entrepreneurs in Residence : EiRs
Angie McLean
Jane Nolan MBE
Prof Max Robinson
Rise Up Enterprise Programme
Launches Thursday 2nd February 2012
Rise Up Pitch
Support
Sustainability
Success!
Next workshop: 19th October
Next pitch:
26th October
Further opportunities
Networking events
Breakfast clubs
Collaborations
Newsletter
Rise Up Interns
Contact
Careers Service, Level 1, King’s Gate
0191 222 7748
riseup@ncl.ac.uk
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/riseup/
Twitter: @NURiseUp
Facebook page: Rise Up
A thought from Katie:
There is ALWAYS ‘room in a programme’ and
‘relevance to a subject area’