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Exploring the impact of socially driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills

Davies, Lauren; Line, Tilly

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Lauren Caple Lauren.Caple@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Tilly Line



Abstract

The growing interest in social enterprise has arguably changed the enterprise education landscape with HEIs increasingly embedding social enterprise into accredited programmes and developing extracurricular activities aimed at engendering social entrepreneurship. In parallel, students appear to be increasingly motivated to engage in socially-driven projects, i.e. those that aim to produce benefits to the local community or wider society.

This research explored students’ motivations both for the creation of social enterprises and engagement with socially-driven projects. The research also sought to identify whether there are significant differences in the development of enterprise skills for students engaging in socially-driven projects compared to those participating in entrepreneurship education.

Presentation Conference Type Other
Conference Name International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference 2019
Start Date Sep 5, 2019
End Date Jul 5, 2019
Deposit Date Jul 21, 2022
Keywords enterprise skills; education; educators; IEEC; Entrepreneurship; HE; FE; Higher Education; Further Education
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9690006
Publisher URL https://www.etctoolkit.org.uk/eerpf-project-outcomes-eeuk-funded/socially-driven-enterprise-education-exploring-the-effectiveness-of-socially-driven-projects-in-developing-students-enterprise-skills-eerpf/
Related Public URLs https://ieec.co.uk/2019-oxford-brookes-university/
Additional Information I co-presented the findings of a funded project exploring the impact of socially-driven enterprise education. The project was funded by Enterprise Educators UK under the Enterprise Education Research & Project Fund in 2018.