...Nigel Culkin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore, evaluate and share the motivations and behaviours of student and graduate entrepreneurs (referred to as SGSUs) operating from university incubators. The study aims to understand the behaviours and motivations of SGSUs to build...

...Ghulam Nabi; Rick Holden; Andreas Walmsley Purpose This paper aims to address the need for a re‐focused research agenda in relation to graduate entrepreneurship. An important theme for some years has been the effort to monitor attitudes and intentions of students towards starting up their own...

...Adrian Woods; Charles Dennis Purpose The UK government is committed to increasing the proportion of young people entering higher education. This means that graduates will make up a greater proportion of the labour market. To some extent, this applies to all businesses, but will particularly affect...

...George Solomon; Harry Matlay Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that entrepreneurship education can have on entrepreneurial outcomes. The author aims to investigate the perceived influence that various entrepreneurship education courses have had on a cohort of 64 graduate...

...Rick Holden; Stephanie Jameson; Andreas Walmsley Purpose A report conducted for the Government in 2002 concluded that public policy, although rising to the challenges presented in stimulating a stronger relationship between supply and demand in the SME graduate labour market, was essentially...

...Colin Jones Purpose This paper seeks to address the issue of how graduate skills are developed. The focus is not on which skills, but rather what type of learning environments are required within higher education to support the development of skills valued and demanded by SMEs...

... evaluates all aspects of the Graduate Teleworking Initiative (GTi) project. A range of qualitative and quantitative methods is utilised to capture the views of aspiring entrepreneurs. In addition the progress of entrepreneurs is compared with “distance travelled” methodologies developed by other EU...

... schools. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Entrepreneurialism Education Graduates Business schools United Kingdom It is often stated that evaluating the performance and relevance of entrepreneurship education programmes is a difficult and highly subjective task (McMullan...

.../approach The authors employ a longitudinal postal survey approach, involving a sample of undergraduates who responded in 1994 and in 1997. Findings Evidence suggests that the STEP has enhanced the skills, expertise and credibility of graduates seeking employment in SMEs. Prospective employers consider...

...Rick Holden; Stephanie Jameson In the context of a somewhat turbulent graduate labour market, attention is being focused on the employment of graduates in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper takes an initial “sounding” of our understanding about the transition of graduates...

... and experience. Respondents believed that HEIs should provide a more practical grounding for graduates, specifically citing financial management and business communications skills as key elements missing from the undergraduate curriculum. There was a consensus that HEIs have an important role to play...

... for participating undergraduate students and independent “host” businesses are highlighted. The long‐term implications for Shell UK Limited and the wider policy community are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Training Benefits Graduates Employment Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Organizational...