Delivering excellence in enterprise education

This guide outlines the fundamentals of delivering high-quality enterprise education to students and aspiring entrepreneurs. It brings together learnings gained through the ‘Improving Enterprise Education in Scottish Universities’ project, which was led by Teodora Handrea at Edinburgh Innovations and the University of Edinburgh and funded by Scottish Enterprise through the Ecosystem Fund.

Drawing on the authors experiences working in higher education, they identified that many staff are time poor with increasing pressures and priorities. This resource brings together key definitions, understanding and opportunities with the aim to raise awareness and knowledge of the value that embedding enterprise and entrepreneurship can add not only to your area of education, student experience and research, but also the contribution it can add to your own professional development.

This report delves into the evolving role of enterprise and entrepreneurship educators within the UK’s higher education system. The report draws from surveys conducted in 2020 and 2023, with key findings presented according to the following three questions posed - 1. Who are the current enterprise and entrepreneurship educators? 2. What is the current reality, or lifeworld, of enterprise and entrepreneurship educators? and 3. What do enterprise and entrepreneurship educators need to know and what skills do they need to be effective in their role.

This EEUK report explores the history of entrepreneurship education (EE) in the United Kingdom (UK). It explores the key phases of the development of entrepreneurship education from 1860 to 2020, taking a social constructionist approach while providing an analytical structure and chronology of the UK’s EE history.

Reliable evaluation is crucial for evidence-based SME and entrepreneurship policy but remains underdeveloped. This OECD report provides guidance on improving evaluations through practices like using control groups, setting clear objectives, and accounting for business survival.