Dispelling the 'Star Mythʼ "

Realities of Fright, Freedom, Failure and Fulfilment in

Creative Enterprise Education

Introduction"Creative enterprise education is about mindsets and context

• Portfolio Careers

• Sustainability

• Opportunities and Risks

• Understanding Skills and Options

• Flight and Failure are Valid Responses

• Reflection

Workshops"• Destinations

• Entrepreneur or not entrepreneur?

• First steps to your creative practice

• Developing ideas

•Creative graduates

Content    • Values, skills audit, capabilities and aspirations

• Do I want to be employed or self employed? What do I want to do? What can I do?

• Do I have a good idea and can I make it work? What skills does that require?

• Practical: money matters, tax is taxing, IPR, planning and managing, what next?

Feedback"• Why didn’t we do this in first year?

• Wish there was more, taught earlier!

• Opened my eyes to possibilities + will help me to be braver.

• Liked to see people I can look up to who aren’t money driven.

• My views of careers were simplistic. I hadn’t thought of problems.

• Helpful to understand that I can move outside of my ‘textiles’ box.

Luck"• “I can do it but it’s work, networks and luck!”

Conference Challenge: Where have we been lucky and unlucky?

• Downloadable Teaching Materials and Workshop Plans

• Graduate X

• Forum for Discussion

• Sharing and Collaboration Space

Task Alternative Role Models"

Values Culture Career Path Idea of Success