2007 International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference
10th-12th September 2007
University of Cambridge, England
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Conference Overview
For three days from 10th – 12th September at the University of Cambridge over 260 people representing 29 nations debated ideas and exchanged experiences concerning the challenges and opportunities for shaping the future for entrepreneurship education. Overall this event has been a significant step in building an agenda for change.
The 2007 IEEC successfully achieved its aims to:
inform our understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurship education;
strengthen and build the global community;
identify the key priorities for development.
A number of critical questions were tackled by the conference relating to the policy environment; institutional capacity building; curricula innovation; professional educator development; and the mapping and evaluation of entrepreneurship education provision. A full report of the conference is available here
On the final day of the Conference, delegates participated in an electronic poll around the key themes emerging throughout the event. The aim of the poll was to provide a framework for summing up the views of participants following three days of intensive discussion and debate. The report of the results of the poll provides a very clear insight into the priorities facing the entrepreneurship education community and identifies key opportunities for shaping the future for entrepreneurship education.
Click against the speaker below to access a short video clip and hear their views
Prof Wang Xingsun Director of the Professional Development Center, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT)
Prof Torben Bager Managing Director, IDEA
Prof Madeleine Atkins Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University
Dr. Maurits van Rooijen Executive Vice-President, University of Westminster
Ian Hughes Dept. for Children, Schools and Families, UK Govt
Tim Campbell Founder, Bright Ideas Trust
Sophie Kain Founder of Priorkain
Anthony Mendes Executive Director, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, University of Illinois
Dr. William A Lucas Executive Director of MIT, Cambridge-MIT Institute
Dan Currin NCGE-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Fellow 2007
Simon Phelps NCGE-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Fellow 2007
The 2007 IEEC Conference Development Team thank all contributors and supporters for making this such an inspiring event.
The 2008 IEEC is now open for registration of interest. The provisional dates are September 8th – 10th September. Register early to avoid disappointment.
What the delegates of 2007 IEEC gained from the conference:
‘It was held at the right time and on the right theme. Excellent!’
‘Refreshed [my] understanding as an entrepreneurship educator both on a world scale as well as historical’
‘New ideas – borrowed, invented, co-inspired’
‘Sharing best practice’ and ‘with like minded people’
IEEC 2007 Delegate List
Dr David Adams Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds
Mr Will Akerman Director, Speakeasy4schools
Mr Adrian Allen Enterprise and Innovation Manager, University of Hull
Mr Karsten Andersen Business Consultant, Centre of Business and Entrepreneurship, West Zealand
Mrs Carol Arlett Centre Manager, Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre
Ms Samantha Aspinall Enterprise Learning Manager, White Rose Centre for Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Enterprise
Professor Madeleine Atkins Vice Chancellor, Coventry University
Mrs Sally Atkinson Student Enterprise Manager, University of Sussex
Professor Torben Bager Professor and Managing Director, International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA)
Mrs Ingrid Bale GY Enterprise and Regional Awareness Co-ordinator,University of Leeds
Ms Kate Barnard Officer Higher Education, Arts Council England North West
Ms Lyn Batchelor Lecturer, University of Aberdeen Business School
Ms Sheena Bell Senior University Teacher, Glasgow University
Mr Richard Beresford Lecturer, Business School - Oxford Brookes University
Ms Kate Beresford Membership and Communications Manager, UKSEC
Ms Carolyn Bew Academic Developer, ADM-HEA (Art Design Media Subject Centre)
Ms Karen Bill Principal Lecturer Enterprise + External Relations / Knowledge Transfer Fellow, University of Worcester
Professor Chris Birch Director of Enterprise & Commercial Development, Staffordshire University
Ms Chris Biscomb Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University
Mrs Jacqui Bleetman Tutor and Teaching Development Fellow, Coventry School of Art and Design
Professor Dusan Bobera Vice Dean, Faculty of Economics, Subotica, Serbia
Mr Martin Bouette Entrepreneurship Manager, University for the Creative Arts
Mr John Bound Head of Innovation Development, Innovation RCA, Royal College of Art
Ms Carl Bow Enterprise Director, Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr Tiziana Boyland Knowledge Transfer, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
Mrs Mary Bradley Entrepreneurship Developer, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI)
Ms Alison Bragg Lecturer, De Monfort University
Mr Manfred Brandner CEO, Bit Media e-Learning Solution
Mr Simon Brookes Lecturer in Enterprise, University of Portsmouth
Professor David Brooksbank Head of Department for Enterprise & Economic Development / Director: Welsh Enterprise Institute, University of Glamorgan Business School
Dr Simon Brown Senior Academic, Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Andrew Burke Bettany Chair of Entrepreneurship, Cranfield University
Ms Jill Burnett Enterprise Manager, University of West of England
Mrs Nicola Burr Project Manager, Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr Catherine Bushell Entrepreneurship Officer, Cardiff University
Dr Aldo Cammarota Ind. Expert (database) U.E, The European Commission
Mr Tim Campbell Founder, Bright Ideas Trust
Mr Roger Candy Business Partnerships Manager, Northumbria University
Dr David Chapman Deputy Director, UCL Advances
Mr Luke Chow Principal Lecturer, Wrexham Business School
Mr Edward Clack Senior Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University
Mr David Clews Subject Centre Manager, University of Brighton
Ms Sibyl Coldham Director of the Centre for Excellence in Professional Learning from the Workplace, University of Westminster
Dr Lorna Collins Director of Flying Start, National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE)
Ms Clare Concannon Key contact for enterprise, Thames Valley University
Mr Roger Cook SPEED Programme Leader, Thames Valley University
Mr Dan Corlett Entrepreneurship Development Manager, University of Birmingham
Mrs Judith Crayford Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University
Ms Tracey Crowther Student Enterprise Officer, University of Kent
Mr Nigel Culkin Head of Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development, University of Hertfordshire
Mr Dan Currin Kauffman-NCGE Global Scholar, Kauffman-NCGE Global Fellowship
Ms Susan Dalum Head of Development, IDEA (International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy)
Mr Gerald Darby Manager, NESTA
Mr Paul Delbridge-Smith National Programme Coordinator: S'EEN, Specialist Schools and Academics Trust
Dr Kim Dellow Enterprise Teaching Director, Simfonec
Mr Richard Denyer Business Development Manager, Norwich School of Art and Design
Mr Christoph Diensberg Project Co-ordinator BEPART, University of Rostock
Ms Marianna Dorking Innovation Executive, Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development Business
Dr Poul Dreisler Associate Professor, Aarhus University/Business School
Ms Corina Edwards Entrepreneurship Development Officer, Swansea University
Mr Igor Egorov Director, St. Petersburg Branch, The U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship
Professor Geoffrey Elliott Director of Lifelong Learning, University of Worcester
Mr Andrew Ferguson Enterprise Development Manager, University of York
Mr Martin Fitzgerald Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Dublin
Mr Alan Fitzgerald WestFocus Marketing & IT Manager, Kingston University
Professor James Fleck Dean, Open University Business School
Dr Regina Frank Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Loughborough University
Ms Dee Frankish Business Development and Enterprise Officer, Keele University
Mr Simon Fraser Business Advisor, Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE)
Ms Jill Friant PR, Twelve Consultancy
Mr Mo Fuchun Vice Chairman, Shanghai Education Commission
Professor Allan Gibb University of Durham
Mr David Gibson National Teaching Fellow, Queens University Belfast
Professor Laurence Gillin Head Management & Entrepreneurship, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship
Ms Judy Glasman Head of School of Art and Design, University of Hertfordshire
Ms Edwina Goodwin Lecturer in Enterprise, De Monfort University
Ms Sara Gould Higher Education Project Manager, The British Library
Professor Colin Gray Professor of Enterprise Development, Open University Business School
Ms Julie Gregory Academic Enterprise Director, Ultrapreneur
Ms Clare Griffiths Business Development Manager (Entrepreneurship), University of Brighton
Mrs Bonnie Hacking Enterprise and Employability Advisor, Careers Centre, University of St. Andrews
Mr Chris Hall Hive Business Manager, The Hive, Nottingham Trent University
Ms Geraldine Hammersley Principal Lecturer, Coventry University
Dr Robert Handscombe Director, White Rose Centre for Enterprise
Professor Paul Hannon Director of Research & Education, National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE)
Mr Jonathan Harper Programme Director, SIFE UK
Mr Peter Harrington Director, Venture Simulations Ltd
Mr Paul Harrington Director, Venture Simulations Ltd
Mr Paul Harrod External Relations Team Leader, University of Bristol
Ms Christina Hartshorn Management and Enterprise Skills Manager, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
Professor Lee Harvey Director of Research and Evaluation, Higher Education Academy
Dr Misha Hebel Teacher, Cass Business School
Dr Cecilia Hegarty Entrepreneurship Lecturer, Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship (NICENT) University of Ulster
Mr Keith Herrmann Deputy CEO, Council for Industry and Higher Education
Mrs Doreen Hislop Lecturer Business Management, Scottish Agricultural College
Mr Francis Hobbs Business Creation Development Director, Kingston University
Mr Alexander Hofmann Senior Expert, Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Trade
Dr Julie Holland Chair, UKSEC
Ms Claire Hookham University of Liverpool Management School
Mr Grahame Hudson Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University
Mr Ian Hughes Work Related Learning and Enterprise Unit Leader, Department for Children, Schools and Families
Ms Emma Hunter Entrepreneurship Champion, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Habrizah Hussin Senior Lecturer, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Mr Jim Ineson Executive Director, SIFE UK
Mr Ayd Instone Ultrapreneur
Ms Yan Junqi Vice Chairwoman, Central Committee of China Association for Promoting Democracy, Council of Shanghai Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates.
Dr Alexandros Kakouris Career Office Coordinator, University of Athens
Mr Nick Kaye Executive Director, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
Mr Chen Kehong Executive Vice Chairman, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates
Mr Gregor Kempert Universität Rostock, Germany
Mr Walter Khom Product Management/Marketing, Bit Media e-Learning Solution
Mrs Anne Kirketerp Psychologist - Ph.d student, IDEA (International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy)
Dr Fumi Kitagawa Research Fellow, National Institute for Educational Policy Research Japan
Mr Thorston Klein Business Incubation Manager, Knowledge Dock, University of East London
Professor Pauline Kneale Director of White Rose CETL Enterprise at Leeds, University of Leeds
Ms Magdalena Kurowska Senior Research Assistant, Coventry University
Mr Sakari Kuvaja Director, FINPIN, Finnish Polytechnics Entrepreneurship Network
Ms Susan Laing Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Napier University
Mrs Carol Langston Lecturer, UHI Millennium Institute
Mr Morten Larsen Head of Section, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Denmark
Mrs Hilary Lewis Entrepreneurship Lecturer, University of Bristol
Dr Bill Lucas Deputy Director, Cambridge-MIT Institute
Dr Peter Lycett Senior Lecturer, Bournemouth University
Ms Claire Maclean Enterprise Development Officer, University of Salford
Dr Martha Mador WestFocus Knowledge Exchange, Kingston University
Mr Jason Maher Enterprise Project Officer, University of Bradford
Ms Sue Marriott Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes ESRC Research Placement Fellow, De Montfort University
Mr Chris Matthews Principal Lecturer Small Business, The Open Polytechnic of NZ
Ms Elin McCallum Networking Executive, Welsh Assembly Government
Mrs Susan McColl Project Officer, Yorkshire Universities
Mr Kieran McGeown Graduate Skills Co-ordinator, St Marys University College
Ms Alison McNab Director of Communities, National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE)
Dr Anthony Mendes Executive Director, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, University of Illinois
Dr Christopher Miller Principal Lecturer, University of Glamorgan
Dr Jenny Moore Enterprise Learning Coordinator, Enterprise at Sheffield
Mr David Moore Private Secretary to the Prime Ministers Advisory Committee, Queens Awards For Enterprise
Mr Stephen Moore Project Manager, University of Wolverhampton
Mr Dave Morgan Education and Enterprise Manager, UK Intellectual Property Office
Mrs Susan Morgan Entreprise Education Manager, Welsh Assembly Government
Dr Mike Mortimer Head of Subject, Thames Valley University
Professor Roger Mumby-Croft UKSEC Board Member, UKSEC
Ms Janette Munro Director of SPEED, Centre of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, Thames Valley University
Mrs Elaine Nagle National Network Coordinator: Enterprise, Specialist Schools and Academics Trust
Mr Huzefa Neemuchwala Teaching Fellow, University of Leeds
Ms Emily Neubig Program Associate, Best Practices and Research, Council of Graduate Schools
Ms Liz Newton Manager, NESTA
Mrs Natalie Norton Enterprise officer, School of Management
Mrs Ann Norton Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Mrs Fiona Noyce Leadership and Entrepreneurship Manager, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
Mr Steven O Regan Business Development Manager, Roehampton University
Ms Uni Vous Ortmann Development Consultant, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Mr Frankie Owens Head of Business Development, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Dr Gary Packham Deputy Head - Dept for Enterprise and Economic Development, University of Glamorgan Business School
Ms Kate Pascoe Senior Lecturer,University of Northampton
Mrs Sara Pates Enterprise Development Officer, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Thomas Patton Head of Careers, St Marys University College
Dr Andrew Penaluna Director of Digital Media, Art and Design, Swansea Institute of Higher Education
Mr Nenad Penezic Vice President, Serbian Chamber of Commerce
Mr Simon Phelps Kauffman-NCGE Global Scholar, Kauffman-NCGE Global Fellowship
Mrs Sharon Philips Regional Development Manager, University of Sussex
Ms Marina Pickles Student Enterprise Manager, Loughborough University
Dr Luke Pittaway Senior Lecturer in Enterprise, University of Sheffield, Management School
Dr Janice Pittis Deputy Director (Business Development), University of Essex
Mr Richard Pitts Community Volunteering Unit Manager, University of Westminster
Ms Julie Powell Project Manager, Roehampton University
Mrs Bridget Price Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
Ms Alison Price CETL Director, The Institute for Enterprise
Dr Kanes Rajah Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Greenwich
Mr Shahid Rasul University Teacher in Entrepreneurship, Bradford University School of Management
Mrs Jane Redhead Programmes Manager, Learning Dynamics
Ing Nadežda Redlich-Michalská Advisor General, Department for Vocational Education, Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic
Dr Clive Reeves Manager - Knowledge Transfer, Scottish Enterprise
Mr Bjorn Reite Project Manager, Business Innovation Programs
Mr Mark Richardson Head of Worcester Business School, University of Worcester
Professor Jim Roach Deputy Dean (Education), Professor of Knowledge Transfer, Head of Enterprise and Director of University KTP Centre, Bournemouth University Business School
Mr Ian Roberts Principal Lecturer, School of Design, MMU
Mr Richard Roberts NCGE Board Member, Barclays Bank
Mr Ian Robertson CEO, National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE)
Ms Harriet Robinson Business Development Manager - Enterprise and Employability, King's College London
Mrs Thessalie Robinson Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University
Ms Elena Rodriguez-Falcon Deputy Director, White Rose CETL of Enterprise, University of Sheffield
Mr Muhammad Azam Roomi Director of Research / Senior Lecturer, University of Bedfordshire Business School
Ms Tara Rooney Lecturer in Marketing, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Dublin
Mrs Ciska Roorda Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands
Miss Jenny Rutter Creative Industries Officer, FRESH Creative Industries Network, Preston City Council
Mr Sven-Erik Sahlen Development adviser/ Project leader, Orebro Regional Development Council
Mr Tim Savage Entrepreneurship Learning Director, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
Dr Jonathan Scott Research Fellow, Aston University
Mr Glen Senior CEO, The Small Business Company
Dr Kerstin Siakas Assistant Professor, Alexander Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr Jane Silver Professional Fellow Enterprise Education, Salford University
Dr Hannah Simcoe-Read Subject Coordinator Entrepreneurship, University of East London
Mr Greig Sinclair Student Enterprise Manager, Glasgow University
Professor Slavica Singer Head of Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship, J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek
Dr Marjorie Smelstor Vice President, The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Mr Graham Smith PR, Twelve Consultancy
Dr Kelly Smith Head of TE3, University of Birmingham
Professor Ruth Soetendorp Professor, Bournemouth University Business School
Mrs Marion Sommer-Schmidt Verein Innovationen in der Bildung e.V., Berlin, Germany
Dr Robert Sowell Vice President, Council of Graduate Schools
Ms Therese Squires Principal Lecturer, School of Design, MMU
Mr Weiye Sun Tianjin University of Technology, China
Mr David Taylor Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS)
Ms Frances Taylor Marketing Executive, The British Library
Mr Lei Tian Assistant Director, Student Affairs Administration Department, Education Commission of Shanghai Municipal People's Government
Mr Gareth Trainer Assistant Director, Careers Service, Newcastle University
Mrs Marju Unt Director, Estonian Euromanagement Institute, Estonia
Professor Maurits Van Rooijen Executive Vice-President, University of Westminster
Professor Spyros Vassiliadis Professor of Economics- Enterpreneurship Courses Co-ordinator, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ms Vijay Vij Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University
Ms Glenis Wade University of the Arts
Mr Pol Wagner Director, Institut Universitaire International, Luxembourg
Mr Gerald Walk Senatsverwaltung fur Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, Berlin, Germany
Ms Sarah Walmsley Business Liaison Officer, Preston City Council
Mr Xing sun Wang Director, Professional Development Center, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Ms Amanda Weir Business Advisor, Liverpool John Moores University
Mr Steven Whaley Business Director, University of Westmister
Mrs Eileen Wicks Enterprise Programme Co-ordinator, University of Teeside
Dr David Wilkinson Consultant, The Institute for Enterprise
Ms Emma Williams Enterprise Manager, University of Wales, Newport
Ms Tiziana Wilson Senior Lecturer, Coventry University
Mrs Karen Wilson Advisor, European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER)
Mr Peter Winter Pro-Vice Chancellor (Enterprise), Loughborough University
Mr Paul Woolnough Knowledge Exchange Funding Co-ordinator, Chichester University
Ms Katie Wray Development Officer, Careers Service, Newcastle University
Ms Sally Wright Student Enterprise Co-Ordinator, University of Sussex
Mr David Zhang Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates
Ms Maroila Zymla Project Officer, Higher Education Entrepreneurship Group (HEEG)
International Speakers
Marjorie Smelstor, Ph.D. Vice President, Special Projects
Marjorie Smelstor is vice president of Kauffman Campuses and Higher Education Programs for the Kauffman Foundation. Smelstor has extensive experience inside and outside the academy. She was a university administrator for twenty-five years, holding the positions of assistant vice president, dean, provost, and interim chancellor at institutions in
Texas, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Missouri. She has published more than 100 articles, reviews, and a book, and won teaching awards from universities and student organizations. She has lectured nationally and internationally and was a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Croatia.
Outside the academy, Smelstor spent five years at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City where she created and led the award-winning Corporate Academy. She also created the Truman Center for the Healing Arts as a part of the Corporate Academy. Smelstor has led strategic planning efforts for a number of organizations, including the Mayo Health System, and has been a consultant in healthcare and higher education.
Smelstor has a Ph.D. and M.A. in American Literature and Mass Communications and Public Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A., magna cum laude, from the College of Mt. St. Joseph in Cincinnati.
About the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City is a private, nonpartisan foundation that works with partners to advance entrepreneurship in America and improve the education of children and youth. The Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Information about the Kauffman Foundation is available at www.kauffman.org. »
Dr. William A Lucas Executive Director of MIT, Cambridge-MIT Institute
Dr. William A. Lucas is Executive Director at MIT of the Cambridge-MIT Institute. Since CMI’s start in 2000 he has been developing metrics for assessment of university programs with a focus on extending and testing a theoretical model of entrepreneurial intention to guide assessment of a range of entrepreneur education programs across the UK. He is
also involved in supporting the use of the new assessment methods by US universities, conducting research on mathematics pedagogy and project-based experience in engineering education, and identifying organizational practices that increase the economic value of university research. He has been at MIT for 12 years, and his past career includes university teaching and research at State University of New York at Buffalo, a year as Visiting Professor at the George Washington University, six years at The Rand Corporation, and government service as the Associate Administrator of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration. »
Prof Wang Xingsun Director of the Professional Development Center, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT)
Prof Wang Xingsun has worked in higher education for 28 years and is currently the Director of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade Professional Development Center (SIFTPDC).
From 1995 to 2004 he was the Vice President of Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT), the only university in Eastern China that specializes in international business
higher education. His responsibility included learning and teaching, international cooperation, etc. Since his retirement from the post of VP he has set up and led SIFTPDC, the first public training platform established by a university in China to provide profession training to the college students and post-graduate training (including entrepreneurship training) open to all the graduates in the country. Prof Wang was invited to be the Director of Shanghai World Expo Human Resources Development Center when it was founded in 2004 and resigned in 2007. The Shanghai World Expo will be held in 2010 and that will the first World Expo held in a developing country. During his term of office he successfully established wide collaborations with the government bodies and event management enterprises of various countries, led the training programs and had therefore been rewarded twice by the relative authorities. Prof Wang was also an outside board member of Shanghai International Airport Co. Ltd for years, and has been the Deputy Director of the National Research Association for Business English subordinate to the China Foreign Trade Society and the Head of Shanghai Training Center of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the second training center of UNIDO in the world. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire, UK, in 2005 for the work he has done to support the collaborative provision over a number of years.
Recently Prof Wang has concentrated his attention on entrepreneurship education and been actively engaged in the establishment of the Entrepreneurship Incubation Center of Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, under the leadership of the Shanghai Municipal Education commission and The Shanghai Collegiate Graduate Job Promotion Commission. »
EU Speakers
Prof Torben Bager Managing Director, IDEA
Managing Director of the International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy (since 2005) and professor at the University of Southern Denmark (since 1997).
The International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy is a nation-wide network of universities and colleges, aiming to strengthen entrepreneurship teaching and entrepreneurial activities in Denmark.
His research interests fall into three main areas:
• neo-institutional organisation theory, historical institutionalism and the evolution of organisational populations
• economic sociology, immigrant business and globalisation
• entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial forms of management, firm growth and entrepreneurship teaching.
The first area has been explored through a series of studies on the evolution of Danish, Nordic and European business associations and cooperatives within the agro-food sector. The second area has involved registry and survey studies on the dissemination of immigrant businesses in Denmark and the ways they are embedded in local and global networks. The third area has involved studies of management forms and competence building in young growing firms and comparative analysis of entrepreneurial activities in Denmark and other countries (linked to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor program). »
Karen E. Wilson Advisor, EFER
Karen Wilson serves as an Advisor to the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER) and is the founder GV Partners, which was established in 2004 with the goal of supporting the creation, evolution and sustainability of new ventures. Prior to founding GV Partners, Karen worked in the venture capital industry. Previously, she worked as
part of the senior management team at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland and, before that, served as the Executive Director of the Global Initiative at Harvard Business School. Her past experience also includes management consulting, primarily in financial services, as well as investment banking. Over the years, Karen has served on a number of non-profit boards and coached many start-ups. Karen received, with honors, a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Management from Carnegie Mellon University as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School. »
Morten Larsen Division for Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs
Morten Larsen is a special advisor at the Division for Entrepreneurship under the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs. Her has previously served in the Research and Analysis Division and has been stationed at the OECD in Paris. He has been engaged in entrepreneurship research and policy development for the Danish Government for the past
4 years. He has worked intensively with benchmarking entrepreneurship performance and framework conditions in Denmark against other countries. A special area of focus has been entrepreneurship education, where he has worked for both the Danish Government and the OECD. He is currently engaged in preparing a major benchmarking exercise at the university level in Europe for the European Commission. »
UK Speakers
Dr Julie Holland Chair of UKSEC
Dr Julie Holland teaches entrepreneurship and innovation management to non-business school undergraduates and postgraduates at Loughborough University.
Before joining Loughborough's Business School in April 2005, Julie was Director of the East Midlands NHS Innovation Hub, the region’s knowledge transfer management and commercialisation office
for primary and secondary care NHS trusts.
Julie is Chair of UKSEC, the national network for enterprise educators. She is also mentor for the national training programme for UK knowledge transfer professionals and is chair of the regional knowledge transfer CPD steering group. »
Prof Madeleine Atkins Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University
Madeleine Atkins studied law and history as an undergraduate at Cambridge University before qualifying as a Secondary teacher. She taught for four years in a large comprehensive school in Huntingdon before returning to higher education to complete her PhD at Nottingham University.
Following various post-doctoral research positions, she became
a lecturer in education management at Newcastle University, developing a keen interest in the use of new technologies to support effective learning. Having held the positions of Head of Department, Dean and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Newcastle University, Professor Atkins became Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University in September 2004.
Professor Atkins is a member of HEFCE's Strategic Advisory Committee for Business & Community. Nationally, she is a Board member of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship and a member of the UUK Employability, Business and Industry Policy Committee (EBIPC). Regionally, she is a member of Advantage West Midlands' Council for Innovation and Technology. »
Ian Hughes Dept. for Children, Schools and Families, UK Govt
Ian has led the DfES/DCSF Work Related Learning and Enterprise Unit since July 2003. Job purpose: ‘Guide and develop Ministers’ policies on enterprise education, work-related learning, and business links with schools, working intensively with a wide range of external delivery partners’. Ian leads the £400m enterprise education strategy. His remit includes
employer partnership with schools, work experience, teacher placements in business, and business mentoring. Latest focus is on 14-19 reform - especially WRL, enterprise and employability skills in the new Diplomas.
Previous jobs included Implementation Team leader for infant class size reduction; ‘first contact’ with newly-created local education authorities; Prince’s Trust Volunteers Director of Government Relations; ‘Millennium Bug’ protection in LAs and schools (that went well..); child protection policy; Private Secretary to Secretary of State.
Born 1956; economics graduate, career civil servant since 1979. No kids, one cat. Favourite things include: living in Ladywell, London; food and drink, reading, travel, watching rugby, cricket, football (Spurs), music (mostly rock); and his wife Angela Overington, who ‘does’ policy on the school curriculum.
Despite his sedentary lifestyle nowadays, Ian is Vice-Chairman of the London Management Board of the Civil Service Sports Council – voluntary work organising sporting and recreation opportunities for civil servants in London (and, from time to time, in the Caribbean - well, someone has to do it). »
Dr. Maurits van Rooijen Executive Vice-President, University of Westminster
Dr Maurits van Rooijen is executive vice-president of the University of Westminster, London. His main responsibilities include international strategy, institutional development.
Dr Van Rooijen joined the University of Westminster in 1993, after previously working at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and in an academic position at his alma mater,
Utrecht University.
In 1998 he had a sabbatical to take up the position of acting PVC (executive vice-president) of the Victoria University, Melbourne and from 1999-2005 a part-time secondment was arranged with Leiden University for similar position.
He has held academic visiting and honorary appointments in the UK (Hull, Cambridge, University of London), USA (University of Pennsylvania), Europe (Bergen, Hanover, Vienna) and China (GDUFS and Beijing Union University). His academic publications are in the field of sustainable town planning and he produced a large number of publications in the public history domain.
In September 2007 Dr Maurits van Rooijen is expected to become president of the Compostela Group of Universities, a very large consortium of universities. He is also vice-president of the European Access Network, an organisation dedicated to underrepresented groups in Higher Education and vice-president of WACE, an international organisation based in Boston, USA, dedicated to work-integrated learning. Other international organisations he is involve in include Global Fellowships Program (Washington DC), Inruda (role of universities in developing areas, based at UCLA, California), Japan-Europe Cultural Foundation (Osaka, Japan), EAIE (Amsterdam). »
Tim Campbell Founder, Bright Ideas Trust
Tim Campbell became the first person to win ‘The Apprentice’. The experience has inspired him to achieve greater things and motivate others. Apart from the male grooming business to be launched later this year, he has set up The Bright Ideas Trust (B.I.T.) - an initiative to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. His goal is to raise at least
£1 million annually to fund new businesses and promote entrepreneurial enterprises run by disadvantaged young people who have ideas but don’t know how to put them into practice.
He personally set aside early ambitions to be a DJ and pool champion as well as a motorcycle GP racer. He eventually buckled down and secured a good education, supported financially by working for London Underground Limited in a variety of positions for seven years. This helped pay for his first degree in psychology. He later went on to post graduate study of human resource management.
He learned many of his people skills as a station assistant working on platform duty and was finally a Marketing & Planning Project Manager when the television opportunity came his way. Tim was about to launch into business on his own when he saw the advertisement for the BBC television reality show ‘The Apprentice’ which eventually changed his life. He became a Project Director of a subsidiary of Amstrad plc – developing, marketing and managing the sales of a new health and beauty product.
He did well and was expected to rise further in the business. Therefore, it was a tough decision leaving the comfort zone of Amstrad where he was highly regarded. It was a surprise to many when he announced he was giving up his £100,000 a year job to start a male grooming business as well as a The Bright Ideas Trust.
The enterprise also has the backing of the Conservative Party. Opposition Leader David Cameron, MP admires Tim’s spirit of adventure and grounded approach. »
Allan Gibb Professor Emeritus, University of Durham England
Allan Gibb, former chair and Director of the Small Business Centre at Durham Business School, has been engaged in the field of Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise development for over 30 years. He has worked in over 80 countries around the world, has been adviser to many governments, governmental organisations and non- government entitities and
has worked with all of the major international development organisations. He has wide expertise ranging from the field of education at all levels, to small and medium business creation, development and internationalisation, to large company restructuring and intrapreneurial development. He has published widely on issues ranging from enterprise education to entrepreneurial restructuring and management development. He has been actively engaged in the training and education of entrepreneurs, staff of agencies of all kinds and government officials. A major area of his work is focused upon the development of the entrepreneurial capacities of individuals and the design of entrepreneurial organisations. http://www.allangibb.com/ »
David Clews Subject Centre Manager Brighton University Faculty of Arts and Architecture
David Clews is a registered architect and has worked in Higher Education since 1987. He has designed and delivered and directed undergraduate and postgraduate courses at University of Kingston, London Metropolitan University and University of Brighton. He has been a reviewer and visiting lecturer at schools of architecture and design throughout the
UK and in Finland, India, Japan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. He is an Independent assessor for the Architects' Registration Board and a member of the Visiting Board of the Royal Institute of British Architects and has been an external examiner at The Bartlett School of architecture, UCL and currently at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and University of Kingston School of Architecture and Design. He is an executive member of the Design Educators' Association (DEED) and of the Group for Learning in Art and Design (GLAD). In 2004 David become manager of the Higher Education Academy Art, Design, Media Subject Centre (ADM-HEA). The Subject Centre is currently completing a major research project examining entrepreneurship education in art, design and media in UK Higher education. The Creating Entrepreneurship report will be published in October 2006 and make recommendations for the development of entrepreneurship education in art design and media to government and key agencies. The project is supported by several agencies including NESTA and NCGE. »
Bob Handscombe UKSEC Board Member
Bob Handscombe is currently Director of the White Rose Centre for Enterprise, an organisation that catalyses entrepreneurial activity across the White Rose Universities (Sheffield, Leeds and York). He is also chairman of UK SEC (the national network of enterprise centres). For many years he has been involved in teaching, research and consultancy
in the Management School at Sheffield.
He is a PhD Chartered Engineer. His career began in UK industry where he had experience of management and international technology transfer. From this he developed his interests in enterprise and technology transfer first at Salford University and then at Sheffield where his office was involved with research collaborations, setting up of business units and spin out companies and the identification, protection and exploitation of new technology.
He has made numerous enterprise study visits to US and European centres and presented papers at international conferences in Europe and USA. His latest book, about managing change and written with Eann Patterson of Michigan State University, is entitled 'the entropy vector'. »
Prof Paul D. Hannon Director of Research and Education, NCGE
Paul is a graduate entrepreneur and has helped shape enterprise and entrepreneurship support and development in the UK during the past 20 years. He is a successful creator and innovator of local support initiatives for enterprise and entrepreneurship stimulation for 6 years in the private and public sectors. Paul is also an experienced entrepreneur
with 10 years as the co-owner/director of a small growing firm in the food industry.
Paul is currently Director of Research and Education at the newly formed National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship to encourage more UK graduates to seriously consider creating their own new ventures, and to support UK Universities in creating entrepreneurship opportunities for their students and alumni.
Paul is a member of the EU expert group on entrepreneurship education in higher education; the first Vice-President for Entrepreneurship Education at the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship; the UK's first Professor of Incubation and Enterprise at the University of Central England, Birmingham; the first Kredietbank Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at Limburg University in Belgium; and a successful academic at Durham University for 8 years researching and developing new and innovative approaches to enterprise and entrepreneurship. »
Ian Robertson Chief Executive, NCGE
Ian founded and led a learning/technology company in 1989 after leading a research project into the use of new technology in learning in the mid 80's. He also lectured in Computer Science at University whilst setting up the business.
In 1991 he won Britain's biggest business enterprise competition - Flying Start - live on television from 1300
companies.
Ian went on to expand the business in Europe, Latin America and several locations in Asia and between 1997 and 2002 raised in excess of £15m.
Working in Asia, Latin America and Europe for the past 15 years, he lived in Asia for over 7 years; the last 4 in Japan and in 2001 negotiated, set up, and was Chairman and CEO of a joint venture with Sony. The joint venture was personally launched by Noboyuki Idei (then CEO of Sony Corporation) at the British Embassy in Tokyo. Sony has now sold its share and the company is preparing for a Japanese listing in 2008.
Ian also set up a technical support operations in Hong Kong and Thailand to service the other companies. During the 90's the UK part of the company - now franchised - sponsored over 300 schools to acquire Language College status as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme.
Ian was also one of 12 Asia Pacific Advisors to the UK Government on trade.
In returning to the UK in 2004, as a shareholder and director of the various companies, Ian was invited to become the founding Chief Executive of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship which aims to make enterprise and new businesses a core part of University and graduate culture. »
Priorities for Action
Access the full report of the conference here. This will provide clear priorities for action for shaping the future for entrepreneurship education as drawn from all facets of the 2007 IEEC. Our debate was stimulated through invited keynote contributions from the US (Kauffman and MIT), China, Denmark and UK; and complemented by workgroups facilitated by leading and experienced faculty and practitioners.
Below is an initial summary structured around 4 main themes, each commenting on current experiences, development challenges and priorities for change.
1. Policy and Concept
Current experiences and future aspirations
IEEC07 reaffirmed that the government policy environment has been instrumental in the growth of entrepreneurship education in higher education across many countries
Existing policy initiatives are providing some higher education institutions with funding to sustain operations
Further education in the UK has no explicit policy for supporting entrepreneurship education
Growing activity and experience in schools is not connected to post-compulsory support for entrepreneurship education
Unclear connection of entrepreneurship across broader policy priorities, e.g. employability
Development challenges and opportunities
There is concern for the sustainability of entrepreneurship education developed around short-term project funding
Future growth in provision is likely to be affected by changes in the policy environment. Future uncertainty threatens future growth.
There is an unlevel playing field for exposure to entrepreneurship education depending upon the region, institution, or discipline
There is a strong need to connect entrepreneurship education across the education system
There is a need for clarity and coherence about the nature of the desired outcomes sought from entrepreneurship education
Holistic approaches are to be encouraged
Current indicators and performance measures do not encourage change in institutional culture or behaviour for improving the environment for entrepreneurship education
Priorities for Action
National strategies for connecting entrepreneurship education provision across schools, vocational and higher education to deliver clear desired economic and social outcomes
Adjust indicators and measures to affect institutional change
Building effective impact measures
2. Institutional Development
Current experiences and future aspirations
High numbers of higher education institutions engaged in a number of leading countries. Others – such as China, Eastern Europe currently growing their provision
Huge variations in institutional commitment, leadership and support for the provision of entrepreneurship education across the campus
Development challenges and opportunities
Institutional change is fundamental to long term sustainability and innovation
Creating strong leadership to champion the development of entrepreneurship education across the institution
The need for recognised exemplars and role models
Greater opportunities for learning across institutions and countries
Demonstration of need across institutions
Overcoming cultural barriers and obstacles and creating ‘can-do’ risk-taking attitudes
Priorities for Action
Offer institutional strategies
Create reward/award systems
All-campus cases and models
Exchanging experiences with Kauffman Campus Project Leaders
Create handful of exemplary institutions with support for leadership development in building entrepreneurial universities and institutional cultures that are conducive for entrepreneurship
3. Curricula and Pedagogy
Current experiences and future aspirations
Much general provision driven by business and management schools, or by dedicated centres external to faculty/school structures
A wide range of pedagogies are available but not widely disseminated or used
Development challenges and opportunities
Embedding entrepreneurship into learning outcomes and assessment practices/outputs
Exchanging of pedagogies and assessment practices across faculties
Priorities for Action
Capturing more of existing practice, publication and dissemination through workshops and educator programmes (see below)
4. Educator Development
Current experiences and future aspirations
Many new educators entering the area at all levels in the education system from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences
New opportunities for educator development are beginning to emerge but these are small and embryonic in development – USA, UK, Denmark
There is a demand for professional development and learning
Some faculty seek to legitimise their activity through recognition
Development challenges and opportunities
Extending the scope for learning and development across the entrepreneurship education community from novice to expert.
Building professional and academic qualifications
Interdisciplinary approaches
Exchanges across institutions and countries
Priorities for Action
Building a wider number of programmes and access points for educator development
Wider promotion of opportunities for development
More partnerships with key stakeholders to support educator development
UKSEC
UKSEC is a network of over 90 of the UK's most entrepreneurial Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) all of whom are committed to maximising entrepreneurial potential and capability. Their aims and activities respond to government policy, by unlocking the entrepreneurial capability within their members and training the next generation of graduate entrepreneurs. http://www.enterprise.ac.uk
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth. The Foundation focuses its operations and grantmaking on two areas: entrepreneurship and education. http://www.kauffman.org
The Higher Education Academy
The Higher Education Academy’s (HEA) mission is to help institutions, discipline groups and all staff to provide the best possible learning experience for their students. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
ISBE is the UK network for individuals and organisations driving small business and entrepreneurship research, enterprise support and advice, entrepreneurship education, and for those who formulate, deliver and evaluate policy in this area. http://www.isbe.org.uk
East of England Development Agency
The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is one of nine regional development agencies (RDAs) set up by the government in 1999. In very simple terms, the job of EEDA is to make the East of England a better place to live, work, visit and invest. http://www.eeda.org.uk
Institute for Enterprise, Leeds Metropolitan University
The Institute for Enterprise was launched in April 2005 as one of the 74 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funded Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). The new Institute aims to make Leeds Met the first choice for students seeking enterprise education across the whole range of academic subjects and become a world class regional university; central to this aspiration is the Institute for Enterprise. http://www.lmu.ac.uk/enterprise
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University prides itself on the many ways it encourages people to develop the skills, knowledge and expertise they need to respond to a rapidly changing business environment. Sheffield Hallam's Enterprise Centre is at the centre of creating opportunities to help SHU students and graduates become truly enterprising. http://www.shu.ac.uk
Day 1: Monday 10th September
The Changing World for Entrepreneurship Education Development
Day One will set the scene for a positive developmental three-day agenda which will aim to inform and influence UK-wide policy and action for enterprise and entrepreneurship education. We will focus on the changing policy environment for enterprise and entrepreneurship education; update delegates on the latest UK government policy developments; consider the ‘continuous journey’ of enterprise education across sectors; and take a global view of policy and practice from international contributors. The programme will be forward-looking, drawing upon the experience, expertise and knowledge of speakers from North America, China and Europe as well as highly regarded UK experts to inform the discussions and debate of the subsequent days.
3 Key Questions for Day One to address:
What are the significant challenges? What is changing in the policy environment and how does this affect the future for entrepreneurship education viz a viz institutions; educators; learners?
What needs to change? How can the experiences of other countries help improve institutions/educators in the delivery of entrepreneurship education in the UK? What has been the essence of their success?
What can/should we all do? What will the global experts do to share their expertise, build links, give access to useful tools, advice, opportunities to the conference community?
Session Timing
Session Title
Session Leaders/Speakers
Session A:
(Plenary)
The Changing Policy Environment: Challenges and Opportunities from Across the Globe (Part I)
11.00 – 11.10
Welcome Addresses and Introduction to the 2007 NCGE/UKSEC Conference: One Year On
- University of Cambridge (invited)
- Ian Robertson, CEO, NCGE
- Julie Holland, Chair, UKSEC
11.01 – 11.25
The Many Perspectives of the Changing Policy Environment for Entrepreneurship Education
- Paul Hannon, Director, NCGE
11.25 – 12.45
International Perspectives on the Changing Policy Environment: USA; China; Denmark
- Marjorie Smelstor, VP of Kauffman Campus Initiatives and Higher Education Programmes, Kauffman Foundation, USA;
- Prof Wang Xingsun, Shanghai Association for Promoting Employment of College Graduates, China;
- Torben Barger, Director, IDEA, Denmark
12.45 – 14.00
Lunch
Session B:
(Plenary)
The Changing Policy Environment: Challenges and Opportunities from Across the Globe (Part II)
14.00 – 14.30
Are we meeting the Entrepreneur Challenge in the Changing Landscape?
- Tim Campbell, Founder, Bright Ideas Trust
14.30 – 15.30
Institutional Challenges to Succeeding in the Changing Policy Climate
- Prof Maurits van Rooijen, VC, University of Westminster, UK;
- Prof Madeleine Atkins, VC, Coventry University, UK;
- Ian Hughes, Department for Children, Schools and Families, UK
15.30 – 16.00
Break
Session C:
(Plenary)
The Changing Policy Environment: Challenges and Opportunities from Across the Globe (Part III)
16.00 – 17.00
Identifying the Priorities for Change to Shape the Future for Entrepreneurship Education:
International Expert Panel Debate
Marjorie Smelstor International perspectives on the changing policy environment USA, China, Denmark
Ian Hughes Institutional Challenges to Succeeding in the Changing Policy Climate
Ian Hughes
Maurits Van Rooijen Institutional Challenges to Succeeding in the Changing Policy Climate
Maurits Van Rooijen
Prof Madeleine Atkins Institutional Challenges to Succeeding in the Changing Policy Climate
Prof Wang Xingsun International perspectives on the changing policy environment, USA, China, Denmaark
Tim Campbell
Torben Bager Institutional Challenges to Succeeding in the Changing Policy Climate
Torben Bager
David Moore The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion
Day 2: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Growing the Capacity for Entrepreneurship Education Across Institutional Contexts
Day Two will showcase new and innovative techniques, methods and approaches to the delivery and embedding of enterprise and entrepreneurship education. The day will be primarily about sharing experiences and learning from each other and all sessions will be active and inclusive to provide maximum opportunity for the cross-fertilization of ideas. There will be plenty of ‘Open Space’ for discussion and debate and opportunities to try out new tools and techniques in the ‘Games Room’.
4 Key Questions for Day Two to address:
How do we embed entrepreneurship education across campus, subjects, learners?
How do we deliver valued outcomes to our stakeholders: students, institutions, employers, govt?
What approaches/ideas are innovative/interesting that we can learn from and adapt to our own environments? Who can help?
What will help to develop future leaders in entrepreneurship education?
Session Time
Session Title
Session Leader/Speakers
Session D: (Plenary)
Growing the Institutional Capacity for Successful Graduate Entrepreneurship
08.45 – 9.00
Introduction to Day Two
Paul Hannon
Julie Holland
09.00 – 10.00
The NCGE/Kauffman Global Fellows Scholarship: a US/UK collaboration for graduate entrepreneurship
Delegates can select a maximum of 6 40 minute sessions to attend
Each session will conclude by identifying 3 points relevant to the Key Questions
The themes are: E1 / F1: Developing entrepreneurship curriculum and pedagogy;
E2 / F2: Developing student-led approaches to entrepreneurial learning;
E3 / F3: Cross-campus and cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship education;
E4 / F4: Delivering entrepreneurial outcomes/impact; educator development
E5 / F5: Diverse approaches to supporting entrepreneurial learning
E6 / F6: Enhancing the educator’s tool-kit
E1 / F1
Developing entrepreneurship curriculum and pedagogy
Session Chair:
Session Rapporteur:
This session aims to share examples/ideas of innovative approaches to entrepreneurial teaching and learning within the curriculum and will explore:
overcoming institutional resistance;
enhancing internal visibility;
useful contacts/networks/links;
improving your practice
10.00 – 10.40 / 14.00 – 14.40
- Simon Brown and Alison Price, Directors of 2 UK Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) – Sheffield Hallam University and Leeds Metropolitan University;
10.50 – 11.30 / 14.50 – 15.30
- Mike Mortimer, Centre for Enterprise, Thames Valley University;
Marjorie Smelstor is vice president of Kauffman Campuses and Higher Education Programs for the Kauffman Foundation. Smelstor has extensive experience inside and outside the academy. She was a university administrator for twenty-five years, holding the positions of assistant vice president, dean, provost, and interim chancellor at institutions in
Dr. William A. Lucas is Executive Director at MIT of the Cambridge-MIT Institute. Since CMI’s start in 2000 he has been developing metrics for assessment of university programs with a focus on extending and testing a theoretical model of entrepreneurial intention to guide assessment of a range of entrepreneur education programs across the UK. He is
Prof Wang Xingsun has worked in higher education for 28 years and is currently the Director of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade Professional Development Center (SIFTPDC).
Managing Director of the International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy (since 2005) and professor at the University of Southern Denmark (since 1997).
Karen Wilson serves as an Advisor to the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER) and is the founder GV Partners, which was established in 2004 with the goal of supporting the creation, evolution and sustainability of new ventures. Prior to founding GV Partners, Karen worked in the venture capital industry. Previously, she worked as
Morten Larsen is a special advisor at the Division for Entrepreneurship under the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs. Her has previously served in the Research and Analysis Division and has been stationed at the OECD in Paris. He has been engaged in entrepreneurship research and policy development for the Danish Government for the past
Dr Julie Holland teaches entrepreneurship and innovation management to non-business school undergraduates and postgraduates at Loughborough University.
Madeleine Atkins studied law and history as an undergraduate at Cambridge University before qualifying as a Secondary teacher. She taught for four years in a large comprehensive school in Huntingdon before returning to higher education to complete her PhD at Nottingham University.
Ian has led the DfES/DCSF Work Related Learning and Enterprise Unit since July 2003. Job purpose: ‘Guide and develop Ministers’ policies on enterprise education, work-related learning, and business links with schools, working intensively with a wide range of external delivery partners’. Ian leads the £400m enterprise education strategy. His remit includes
Dr Maurits van Rooijen is executive vice-president of the University of Westminster, London. His main responsibilities include international strategy, institutional development.
Tim Campbell became the first person to win ‘The Apprentice’. The experience has inspired him to achieve greater things and motivate others. Apart from the male grooming business to be launched later this year, he has set up The Bright Ideas Trust (B.I.T.) - an initiative to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. His goal is to raise at least
Allan Gibb, former chair and Director of the Small Business Centre at Durham Business School, has been engaged in the field of Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise development for over 30 years. He has worked in over 80 countries around the world, has been adviser to many governments, governmental organisations and non- government entitities and
David Clews is a registered architect and has worked in Higher Education since 1987. He has designed and delivered and directed undergraduate and postgraduate courses at University of Kingston, London Metropolitan University and University of Brighton. He has been a reviewer and visiting lecturer at schools of architecture and design throughout the
Bob Handscombe is currently Director of the White Rose Centre for Enterprise, an organisation that catalyses entrepreneurial activity across the White Rose Universities (Sheffield, Leeds and York). He is also chairman of UK SEC (the national network of enterprise centres). For many years he has been involved in teaching, research and consultancy
Paul is a graduate entrepreneur and has helped shape enterprise and entrepreneurship support and development in the UK during the past 20 years. He is a successful creator and innovator of local support initiatives for enterprise and entrepreneurship stimulation for 6 years in the private and public sectors. Paul is also an experienced entrepreneur
Ian founded and led a learning/technology company in 1989 after leading a research project into the use of new technology in learning in the mid 80's. He also lectured in Computer Science at University whilst setting up the business.
