St Mary’s University College, Belfast

Entrepreneurship Education: in St Mary’s

Frank Hennessey

Entrepreneurship Education: a definition

"All forms of education and training, both formal

and non-formal, including work-based learning,

which contribute to entrepreneurial spirit and

activity with or without a commercial objective“ETF

Progression Model

Institutional level

Training teacher educators

ITE programmes

Budapest Symposium2011

Policy is set by St Mary’s explicitly informed by our College Mission and Values

Academic,

Professional

Civic / Faith Based

Entrepreneurship Education in St Mary’s

Policy Driven

Cycle I (2007 – 2012)

Staff DevelopmentFostering Entrepreneurial LearningEntrepreneurial Teacher Tutors

Cycle II (2012 – 2017)

Curricular Innovation & DevelopmentRe – Structuring B.Ed DegreesM.Ed programme

Developing Entrepreneurship Educationin St Mary’s

St. Mary’s

GovernmentPolicy

UniversitySenate

Students

SchoolEmployees

GTC(NI)Professional

Policy

Society

STAKEHOLDERS

1.Embed E. E. within the Degree Programmes.

Critical Reflective Practitioner

Evidence based Policy & Practice

Research Informed Professional

Practice

A Binary Approach to Entrepreneurship Education (E.E.)

Certificate of Entrepreneurial Learning

2. Co-Curriculum

alongside and wholly aligned with the degree,

The Entrepreneurial Professional Teacher

RecognitionSocial Entrepreneurship

Flexibility Individual

Motivation Personal Commitment

"Education is what remains after one has

forgotten everything he learned in school." Albert Einstein

Economic & Policy Environment

The next Steve Jobs?

Organisations need Intrapreneurs

Societies will need Social Entrepreneurs

The need for Consensus- compulsion won’t work

Frank Hennessey 9

St. Mary’s Certificate of Entrepreneurial Learning

Total of 240 credits required with a minimum 60 credits drawn from each strand

Strands Personal Pedagogy

Entrepreneurial

Experience

Social Entrepreneurs

hip

Optional

ActivityPortfolio Evidence

School based reflective unit(s) of work

Entrepreneurial Experience

Report & reflection or commitment to voluntary activities

Written essay or project

Self- critical & reflective Practitioner