... of their employability as they progressed through their studies. The students surveyed were in receipt of a comprehensive programme of enterprise and employability activities embedded within their programme. Findings Qualitative results showed that Marine Sport Science students’ articulations of employability...

... perspective. The findings inform the value of the EE experience and its impact on both self-employability and wider employability career choices. This study will be of relevance to both enterprise support agencies and government policy makers. Design/methodology/approach This research study considers...

...Professor Harry Matlay; Robin Bell; Heather Bell Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of an experiential learning approach, available to students in all disciplines that combined a hands-on entrepreneurial and enterprise experience with professional consultant...

... prior to undertaking a business start-up. The findings inform discussions about family role models and contribute to the development of enterprise education pedagogy. It is found that individuals attachment to business and family business values are strongly formed concepts that motivate and steer...

... key factors of influence for the approaches to teaching and learning. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the assumption that sustaining enterprise education involves developing educator capacity, networks of collaborating educators from different institutions and subject disciplines...

...Professor Harry Matlay; Sarah Preedy; Paul Jones Purpose – The employment market means students need to be equipped with wide-ranging enterprising skills and experience. With small- and medium-sized enterprises crucial to the health of the UK economy providing graduates with the skills to start...

...Professor Harry Matlay; Colette Henry Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore current entrepreneurship and enterprise education policy in the UK. The way is which such education is defined and conceptualised in current policy discourse is discussed. The key question addressed...

...Professor Harry Matlay; David Rae; Naomi Ruth Woodier-Harris Purpose – Enterprise and entrepreneurship education (EEE) is seen as a major contributor to economic growth and development in the post-2008 environment we term the “New Era”. The role of EEE in enabling graduates to develop...

..., how it should be realised, and what the responses are to related educational initiatives. The current work focuses on the conclusions teacher students draw about entrepreneurship/enterprise education and what kind of entrepreneurship/enterprise education is presently a part of teacher education...

... in businesses” play in the economy. The encouragement and facilitation of business and enterprise and the creation of robust businesses is a key economic driver (Scottish Government, 2008 ; HM Treasury, 2008) embedded within the social fabric of individual communities (Poutziouris, 2006 ; Kets de Vries et...

... institutions in Malaysia and other developing countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the current structure of entrepreneurship education at the different educational levels. Findings Enterprise education should not be equated solely to any specific institutions but throughout all...

.... Specifically, it explored: United Kingdom Business Schools Masters degrees Master of Business Administration Curricula Higher education Entrepreneurship Enterprise Internationalisation Learning RQ1. What is the typical profile of the international students’ prior education and work...

...Harry Matlay; Rosemary Athayde Purpose The purpose of the paper is to present evidence on the impact of enterprise education on young people still at school in London, UK. The study was designed to measure the effect of participation in a Young Enterprise (YE) Company Program on young people's...

... The findings reveal a positive impact in terms of enhanced attitudes towards the attainability and attractiveness of an entrepreneurial career. The findings reveal that the business challenge provided the students with a significant enhancement in generic enterprise skills including team working, leadership...

...Harry Matlay; Matthew C. Draycott; David Rae; Katie Vause Purpose Although the assessment of enterprise education activities has been widely highlighted as a key area of concern, it continues to be under represented in the literature. Questions remain as to how educators seeking to monitor student...