Workshop D1 Higher Education and Entrepreneurship- Stimulating Entrepreneurship in, and through, Higher Education SupportingtheEntrepreneurial Potential of Higher Education University-Business Forum Berlin, 20th November 2014 Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 1 Motivation and objectives Background and motivation Study on behalf of the European Commission (EC) DG Education and Culture; from January 2014 to April 2015 Platform for further research into the intersection between university entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education (EE) Objectives EC seeks insights about drivers and barriers towards raising the entrepreneurial potential of HE institutions (within EU s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan ) Focus on novel activities or models in entrepreneurship education; 20 university cases for HEinnovate.eu platform Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 2 1
Methodology and research approach Data base Multiple case study of 20 university cases (including pilot cases) across Europe; additional validation via expert interviews Case selection in co-ordination with the commission Rationale of case selection: novelty (new EE activities) specific themes (EE curricula and extra-curricular activities) Lacking publicity ( mostly under the radar cases ) specific institutional aspects (e..g. coordination of EE across HE organization or stakeholders in EE) broad geographical coverage Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 3 Exploration of entrepreneurship education in the cases Three central domains curricular aspects of EE extra-curricular EE activities institutional aspects In particular of interest: the context of delivering EE e.g. in terms of institutionalisation, resources, and mechanisms of organisational support (+) but also regarding organisationalbarriers for scaling EE (-) Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 4 2
Today: exemplary insights from some sephe cases Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 5 Some preliminary examples from the sephe study I Curricular Entrepreneurship Education (EE) (curr) EE approach of enterprising as making ideas happen Magazine Design and Production Module ; University of Huddersfield, UK Broad concept of EE to foster entrepreneurial mindsets of students Course focus on developing a magazine as an entrepreneurial project alongside media and business planning Hands-on enterprise education with industry-specific employability focus (curr) Blending technology transfer and new venture planning Patent-based business planning course ; University of Linz, Austria Development of product/ service applications and business models for ventures Students from business build venture projects based on patents from engineering and science Interdisciplinary co-operation with patent scouts in workshops Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 6 3
Some preliminary examples from the sephe study II Extracurricular EE and Institutional Aspects (ex-curr) Integration of EE for university staff and students Professors Summer School Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit ; University of Valencia, Spain EE training course for university lecturers also from non-business faculties Corresponding support of students entrepreneurial projects with trained lecturers as mentors(motivem awards) Scalable course offered at eight Spanish HEI; combines motivation of lecturing staff to support entrepreneurial projects and business ideas from students (inst) Centralising Entrepreneurship Education across faculties IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre ; University of Sothern Denmark, Denmark Centralised independent entrepreneurship unit serving curricular and extra-curricular entrepreneurship course offers for students from all university faculties Neutral umbrella institution(idea) to alleviate inter-faculty competition and enable interdisciplinary entrepreneurship University-wide roll-out of compulsory entrepreneurship training for educators from non-business faculties Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 7 Some preliminary examples from the sephe study III Institutional Aspects(continued) (inst) Delivering EE in a PPP organisation DCU Ryan Academy DUCRA ; Dublin City University, Ireland EE in the form of a non-profit partnership organisation between Dublin City University and the Ryan family Academy offers specific study and training programmes, e.g. for social entrepreneurs and unemployed professionals, researchers, farmers etc. Tailored sector-specific entrepreneurship programmes (modules; courses) offer scope for expanding and transferring entrepreneurship across HEIs (Inst)HubforEEasajointunitforcoordinatinganddeliveringEE Leuphana Entrepreneurship Hub ; University of Lüneburg, Germany University-wide entrepreneurship education offers in cultural and humanistic science domains(e.g. Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, and Sustainability Faculties) Staff of Hub in dual roles of coordinating entrepreneurship across the university and teaching entrepreneurship courses Structure yields synergies between coordination and teaching of EE Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 8 4
Questions for Discussion What could be possible ways to join general technology transfer in HEIs with entrepreneurship education formats for HEI members and external stakeholders (e.g. using patents as a basis for generating business ideas)? How can entrepreneurship education take an active role in enabling interdisciplinary innovation/ entrepreneurship projects taking on possible challenges in co-operation across faculties at HEIs? Given that some HEIs in Europe have long-term experience with entrepreneurship education, how can successful curricular and extra-curricular formats be scaled and spread across the HEI and business community? Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 9 Back-up Slides Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 10 5
Overview of Cases I Case Theme focused (tentative foci in brackets) 1 Bucharest University (Developing a strong position for providing EE in a challenging environment) 2 University of Cambridge (Persistently innovating EE methods) 3 University of Coimbra (Developing EE in a very traditional university) 4 Dublin City University DCU Ryan Academy: lessons from a public-private partnership in entrepreneurship education 5 University of Huddersfield Entrepreneurship education across all Schools and how to train the trainers 6 Kaunas University of Technology Developing EE with a support scheme of renowned experts from abroad 7 TU Kosice (EE offers in distance learning) 8 Kozminski University Developing minds for ambitious entre-preneurship and training entrepreneur-ship teachers at other universities 9 University of Liège (ULgVentureLab: establishing an entrepreneurial ecosystem at a university) 10 University of Linz Inspiring teaching and a support network for academic entrepreneurs Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 11 Overview of Cases II Case Theme focused (tentative foci in brackets) 11 University of Ljubljana Implementing the Design-Thinking approach in entrepreneurship education 12 University of Lüneburg (Developing institutions favourable for EE over time and curricular integration) 13 University of Lund (Embedding EE in a regional context) 14 EM Lyon (Innovative methods in teaching entrepreneurship) 15 Politecnico di Milano (Lessons learned from experience-based entrepreneurship education) 16 University of Osijek Developing EE from scratch over time 17 Erasmus University Rotterdam Institutionalisation and co-ordination of EE in the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (including selected hands-on EE activities in the centre) 18 University of Southern Denmark The IDEA House : establishing EE across the university 19 Tampere University of Applied (Education in team entrepreneurship) Sciences 20 University of Valencia (Developing EE and business culture with regional enterprises) Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann 12 6