Enterprise Educators UK

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Gain Creators / Outcomes

Educators will introduce new ways of teaching entrepreneurship.
Educators will be up to date with the latest developments in entrepreneurship education, practice and policy.
Educators will have a growing peer network that will enable them to learn from other educators.
The value of educators’ work will be recognised inside and outside their institutions, for example through the National Enterprise Educator Awards.
Educators will have reduced price access to the major annual International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference, IEEC.

Gains / Needs

Educators need:

to develop new techniques for teaching entrepreneurship,
to learn about policy changes and practical developments related to entrepreneurship education inside and outside the curriculum,
to develop their peer networks,
recognition for the value and excellence of their work.

Target Group

Educators in higher and further / vocational education

Implementation Method

This is achieved by selling membership of EEUK and the associated member benefits to budget holders with a responsibility for entrepreneurship education. Member benefits are promoted via website, newsletter, blog, word of mouth and social media.

Enterprise Educators UK

Enterprise Educators UK’s purpose is to enable entrepreneurship educators to learn from each other, increase their effectiveness, undertake research and raise awareness of their work through: one day events; conferences; networking; newsletters; funded research; social media; awards; and representation to policy makers. More details: www.enterprise.ac.uk

Activities

Sustained activity is needed to promote the value of membership and to enable activities to take place.

Resources

Finance is needed and is gained from membership fees. Finance is used to fund activities but members of the board of directors also contribute to the running of the organisation and delivery of activities on a pro bono basis. EEUK is a non profit company limited by guarantee.

Pain Relievers / Solutions

Activities that bring entrepreneurship educators together, either face-to-face or virtually so that they can learn from each other.
Awards and news stories that recognise the value of the work being undertaken by entrepreneurship educators.
Funding to enable educators to undertake research into entrepreneurship education.
Representation to policy makers to raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship education.

Pains / Challenges

Entrepreneurship educators work in small teams with little access to formal or informal expertise and training.
The value of entrepreneurship education is often not recognised by those responsible for funding it.
Career pathways for entrepreneurship educators are not always clearly defined.
Policy makers have limited understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship education.
In many universities funding for entrepreneurship education is via short term projects or funding and therefore the activity is hard to sustain.

Additional information:

Enterprise Educators UK has been networking, supporting and developing enterprise education for over 14 years. This national network, which is run by a board of directors elected from the membership, brings together over 1000 enterprise and entrepreneurship educators and practitioners from over 100 UK Higher and Further Education Institutions.

Our purpose is simple - to support our members to increase the scale, scope and effectiveness of enterprise and entrepreneurship education and our vision is to be internationally acknowledged as the leading independent membership network developing and empowering enterprise educators.

Several of our members have provided quotes related to the value and benefit of membership. The quotes can be found here.

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Dave Chapman

Their International Enterprise Educators annual conference (www.ieec.co.uk) has consistently provided inspiration along with a diverse toolkit of practical frameworks, hints and tips that inform my entrepreneurship teaching.