...Andreas Walmsley; Ghulam Nabi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify entrepreneur mentor benefits and challenges as a result of entrepreneurship mentoring in higher education (HE). Design/methodology/approach An entrepreneurship mentoring scheme was developed at a UK university...

... Entrepreneurship education Higher education Student entrepreneurship Though a relatively new term, the concept of an entrepreneurial ecosystem is not new. It has its roots in clusters of innovation (Engel, 2015) and regional innovation systems (Van de Ven, 1993b). As a topic of interest amongst...

... courses. Gender Higher education Entrepreneurship education Course description Course type This paper investigates the social construction of gendered subjects in entrepreneurship education (EEd), through an analysis of course descriptions from higher education institutions (HEIs...

... transfer and entrepreneurial behaviour in a conflict Sub-Saharan African context. In this way, novel insights are provided that contribute to current efforts aimed at developing a robust theoretical and conceptual foundation for EE domain. Higher education Sub-Saharan Africa Entrepreneurship...

...‐related activities to help the higher education sector become a key partner in this process through a variety of initiatives (Culkin and Mallick, 2010). Such policies are underpinned by a (political) belief that increasing entrepreneurial activity is central to the UK's drive for international...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Entrepreneurial skills Live projects Entrepreneurship education Experiential learning Higher education Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurialism Students This paper presents a study of the development of students' entrepreneurial skills over time within live projects...

...Harry Matlay; David Rae; David Rae; Lynn Martin; Valerie Antcliff; Paul Hannon Purpose This article aims to report the results of a complete survey of enterprise education in all higher education institutions (HEIs) in England, undertaken in 2010 by the Institute for Small Business...

... The authors draw on theories of intrapreneurial competencies – i.e. intrapreneurship and competence‐based innovation – and the entrepreneurship education literature. The study uses comprehensive survey data on approximately 11,000 higher education graduates, five years after graduation in 12 European...

...” in the educational system, yet it is experimentation and trial and error that are needed for creative ideas (Brown, 2007). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 France Entrepreneurialism Higher education Careers Developing the entrepreneurial intention of engineering students is important...

... of confidence in the banking and financial services industry. Public debt and its financing costs will remain at high levels for a long period. Western economies are in long‐term economic decline in comparison with the growth economies of South East Asia. Public services, especially higher education...

...Harry Matlay Purpose This paper aims to explore stakeholder involvement in, and expectation of, entrepreneurship education in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach Longitudinal telephone surveys were conducted annually over an eight‐year period (2000 to 2007...

...Paul Hannon Purpose The aim of this paper is to present the findings of a comprehensive study of enterprise and entrepreneurship education provision in England's 131 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The paper is based upon the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) mapping...

...Sara Carter; Elaine Collinson This paper is concerned with the retrospective perceptions of alumni towards the general provision of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions (HEIs). Whilst many HEIs provide some form of enterprise training for their student population, relatively...