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