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2006 NCGE International Entrepreneurship Educators

Conference

Session A: Where are we now?A Reflection of the UK

Paul D. HannonNational Council for Graduate

Entrepreneurship, UK

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The Mapping of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education

in Higher Education Across England

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• Why did we do this?

• What did we do?

• How and when?

• What did we find?

• What has this achieved?

• What is next?

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Why?• Huge growth in activity, resource and engagement but

no overall picture of scale and scope• Unclear connections between concept, purpose,

outcomes and practice• A lack of coherent and consistent set of data • Desire for a better understanding and insight of the

student enterprise landscape – who is doing what, where, who with/for and why

• Particularly to support the development of regional strategies for growing enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education

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What?• Survey based on an online template: 3 main

areas:1. All credit-bearing enterprise and entrepreneurship

provision• Current and planned programmes/modules; student profiles

and target participants; leading faculty; primary learning outcome

2. All extra-curricula enterprise and entrepreneurship support

• Provision and engagement across 24 options; target participants; volume/frequency of engagement; leading faculty; funding sources

3. 28 Institutional Characteristics

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How and when?• Immense task – diverse sector• Personal institutional templates - protected• Online data entry direct by specific HEI staff –

editable at any time• Supported by personal visits by NCGE Directors

to key HEI contacts and RDAs; backed up by research team (Aston University; UCE)

• Started in February 2006; Completed July 2006• Website live in August 2006

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What did we find?

• All findings based on self-reported data provided voluntarily by 94% of all HEIs listed in the study – in essence, this is a census survey.

• See LIVE FEED FROM WEB…………

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Some Observations from the 2006 NCGE Mapping Study

- 7% students in enterprise; 1.9m in HEIs in study- Institutional student penetration rates ~1%- ~900 programmes/modules currently offered- 64% of all provision led by Business Schools; 7-8

times higher than nearest other faculties- Substantial rate of growth in provision, doubling every

few years- HEIs will introduce over 1 new provision next year to

add to the current average provision of 8 per annum

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- Twice the level of UG:PG participation- Twice the level of provision in extra:in

curricula- Learning Outcome focus on ‘about’- Lack of targeting in key policy areas: female

and ethnic students, social and creative enterprise

- Reliance on specific funding sources: HEIF- Lower levels of support for faculty staff

development

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Who/What does this help?• Nationally, provides NCGE and Govt with an

easily accessible dataset – most accurate and up-to-date data available

• Regionally, provides RDAs and regional associations with comparable data

• Institutionally, provides a benchmarking framework

• Provides a comprehensive evidence base• Enables strategic-level discussion and planning

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What has been achieved?• A high level of positive response to the potential and

need for the template – has galvanised HEIs• A baseline and an experience upon which to build –

leading to qualitative assessments of good practice and impact

• A living dynamic record of provision• Strong interest in many areas – govt, RDAs, HEIs• Supports an outcomes-led emphasis to development

and enables explicit links to practice• Future potential for time series analysis – trends,

patterns of growth/change; and for extension into other contexts

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What do we do next?• Refine and develop the template and the

process – a great start, but can improve• New RDA Task Group to action the survey in the

regions of England• Commitment to regular annual survey• Exploit the data to determine actions for change

– good practice, professional and institutional development

• Many opportunities for partner collaboration

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THANKYOUvisit our website at:

www.ncge.org.uk