Post on 28-Mar-2015
Employability and Enterprise Skills Two sides of the same coin?
Dr Kelly SmithHead of Enterprise
Task 1 – What are Enterprise Skills?
1. Write down ‘Employability’ skills - one per post it note- put EMP in the corner of each post-it
Task 1 – What are Enterprise Skills?
2. Put post-it notes on Venn Diagram
Employability
EnterpriseEntrepreneurship
Task 1 – What are Enterprise Skills?
3. Are there any spaces unfilled?
4. Can you think of skills to fill the spaces?
5. Add skills on post-its marked with ENT
6. What does ‘Employability’, ‘Enterprise’, and ‘Entrepreneurship’ mean to you?
What are Enterprise Skills?
• Being creative and innovative• Identifying and researching opportunities• Persuading and communicating• Assessing needs and skills required for particular tasks• Identifying and bidding for resources: people,
equipment, funds• Promoting yourself and your ideas• Making things happen• Can relate to business, social enterprise, research, or
within employment
Benefits of Enterprise or Entrepreneurship Education
• Student’s exposure to entrepreneurship skills whilst at University increases future entrepreneurial intent
• Provides students with an additional career option
• Can improve transferable skills and make students more employable
• Increases knowledge and engagement of academic staff with enterprise-related activity
• Improves links with business and community groups
The Business Mine• Offers business, social enterprise, and self-
employment start-up support to students and recent graduates
• Available up to 5 years after graduation • Provides shared office space and mentoring
support for up to 1 year• Up to 25 Business Miners, 17 on Alternative
Placement Year, 100+ attendees at Events Series
• Bursaries and proof of concept awards• Facebook and Twitter
The Business Mine
• Propermaid Ltd. Award winning company making traditional cakes with a creative twist
• The Master Menu Ltd. Collection of take-away menus into one publication
• Concepts and Space Ltd.Interior design inspired by nature and using natural products
• NeongravyGraphic design
Graduate Entrepreneurship Project
• Partnership of 11 HEIs in Yorkshire and Humber
• Supported by Yorkshire Forward• Linked to Graduates Yorkshire employability
project• Each partner offers a suite of extra-
curricular enterprise and entrepreneurship support
• Regional activities• Including…
Graduate Entrepreneurship Project
• Enterprise promotion• Enterprise and business skills training• Pre-start and new-start support and
mentoring • Bursaries• Proof of concept awards• Boot Camp• Specialist workshops• Business planning competition• Best practise events for practitioners
The Problem
Entrepreneurial Intentions Survey 07/08Yorkshire Universities
– Likely to start own business• Aware of start-up support = 31%• Unaware of start-up support = 69%
– Unlikely to start own business• Aware of start-up support = 19%• Unaware of start-up support = 81%
Issues
• Personal definitionse.g. self-employment, freelance, sole trader, lifestyle business,
• Where to find help?e.g. Curriculum, own School, Business Schools, Careers, CETLs, Research and Enterprise Units, Incubators…
Task 2 – Where do students or graduates go for help?
1. What’s available in your institution?
2. Imagine you are a student or graduate thinking of starting up your own business- Use flip chart paper to design your ideal service(s)
Contacts
Dr Kelly SmithHead of EnterpriseUniversity of Huddersfield
k.smith@hud.ac.uk01484473765
www.hud.ac.uk/enterprise
twitter.com/KellyJStwitter.com/BusinessMinedelicious.com/KellyWdelicious.com/BusinessMine