Dr Simon Brown

Chair of Enterprise Educators UKDirector Southampton Business

School

A Policy Dialogue on Enterprise Education in Sri Lanka

4th March 2010

The Role of Educators in Developing Enterprise Education

Enterprise EducatorsAre best placed to;• Share practice• Create learning• Explore opportunities• Showcase the power of enterprise education

By• Focusing on key issues• Working together!

Issues• Student engagement – curriculum

• Student engagement – extra curricula

• Staff confidence & expertise

• Pedagogies

• Assessment

• Networking in teaching

• Evaluation

National Support in the UK

We achieve this by providing;

• Regular Best Practice events share experiences - good and bad;

• Annual Conference to explore issues and policy• Newsletters and communications keep network

informed• Research informed teaching - essential to be

underpinned by research• Celebration of success and members

Best Practice EventsBest Practice Events are a flagship

activity of Enterprise Educators UK

• Excellent professional development

• Learning and networking opportunities

• Satisfy the needs of our diverse membership

Communicating is essential

• Regular newsletter

 

• Website

Supporting Research• Disseminate findings• Supporting through membership and

encouragement to publish or disseminate via appropriate conferences

• Encouraging publication of enterprise education research through the quality journals

Working in partnership is essential

• IEEP

• IEEC

• Awards

International EntrepreneurshipEducators Programme

• Programme: “enterprising outcomes”

• Seeking Mastery of Enterprise

• About to launch third cohort

• 6 modules

• Accreditation Options

International EntrepreneurshipEducators Conference

• The IEEC aims to: – inform our understanding of the challenges

and opportunities facing entrepreneurship education;

– strengthen and build the global community;

– identify the key priorities for development.

Celebrating Success

• In 2007 we established the first enterprise educator award – the SIFE Award for the best SIFE University Adviser

• In 2009 we awarded the1st

• Enterprise Educator awards