Entrepreneurial Training for Enterprise Educators Erasmus Project

Project Title

Entrepreneurial Training for Enterprise Educators

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship)

Project Summary

We believe that everyone involved in enterprise and entrepreneurship education should have first-hand practical experience of entrepreneurship that they can use to improve the design and delivery of their provision. Entrepreneurial Training for Enterprise Educators (ETEE) is a response to this, informed by research undertaken on behalf of the European Commission as well as consultation with our target audience and the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The overall objective of ETEE was to improve and enhance enterprise and entrepreneurship provision of HEIs and other organisations so that it delivers more powerful impact for the end-users, through the design and development of a training programme for enterprise educators: those people who have the greatest influence and responsibility in the design and delivery of enterprise provision, the academic staff who embed enterprise in their teaching, and professional service staff who deliver extra-curricular activities.

To achieve this, partners designed, built and tested the ETEE Training Programme, with the close engagement of stakeholders and potential beneficiaries, to achieve a need-driven solution. ETEE:
– Is aligned with the EC Entrepreneurship Competency framework (EntreComp) to ensure ETEE incorporates the essential competencies identified within EntreComp;
– Gives participants first-hand practical entrepreneurial experience by including ‘real world’ elements such as selling, pitching, and idea development;
– Promotes and supports the capacity for creativity and innovation;
– Enables participants to incorporate EE within validated, assessed modules and courses;
– Provides the content and resources to genuinely influence the quality of enterprise provision;
– Includes the ETEE Canvas to give structure to the programme and clear outputs for all participants
– Develops the entrepreneurial confidence of participants through a challenge-based approach;
– Supports the development of a sustainable ETEE alumni network for long term sharing of good practice.
– Supports the development of a network of educators within and beyond organisations

The below list project target groups were identified at the early stage of the project implementation as groups who will integrate the project activities and benefit from the project products:
• Higher Education Institutions – Enterprise Educators developing and delivering EE in the curriculum. Academic staff;
• Higher Education Institutions – Staff working outside or alongside the curriculum in enterprise/careers departments;
• Staff at Enterprise support organisations (such as incubators)
• Staff developing and delivering Enterprise Educators in VET Institutions;
• Entrepreneurs and start-up experts;
• Students;

Throughout the project lifetime, we have directly and indirectly engaged with approximately 6,000 beneficiaries across the ecosystem. We achieved this through consultation and feedback activities, training activities, a combined Communication and Dissemination Plan, a significant Exploitation Plan, 4 Multiplier Events and activation of our joint networks together with the momentum generated around the ETEE project itself.
There are 4 Intellectual Outputs in the ETEE project, which cover the development work required such as research, consultation, best practice gathering across the EU and initial scoping work for the ETEE Training Programme, then the ETEE Programme Outline created the skeleton and user journey and provided an early opportunity to request feedback from the community to enhance our outputs. The design, construction and testing of the full ETEE Training Programme fully populated the ETEE Programme, and finally, there is a Trainers Pack to enable independent use of ETEE. These outputs were carried out by our partnership, together with a high level of involvement from all stakeholders including our target groups, the business community, experienced entrepreneurs, senior leaders within HEIs and staff representatives from all groups.
The impact is expected to be more engaged, positive, experienced and innovative staff working to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem so it may thrive and flourish. For HEIs there will be an increase in capacity for innovation, improved cooperation with business, increasing numbers of entrepreneurs and successful businesses started, and better cooperation internally. The potential long-term benefits from ETEE are a better-skilled young workforce, with high-quality, relevant employability and enterprise skills, an increase in entrepreneurs and successful start-ups, greater cooperation between academics and businesses (including start-ups), the best quality enterprise and entrepreneurship provision globally – across all of Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 229837 Eur

Project Coordinator

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY LBG & Country: UK

Project Partners

• VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS
• Amery Brothers Ltd
• INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA
• INNCREASE SP ZOO