Registrations for the International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference 7th-9th September 2016 are now open.
NCEE, EEUK and conference host Liverpool John Moores University are pleased to invite you to the 11th International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference. This year's theme is Inspire, Innovate, Impact. We already have four exciting keynote speakers lined up. You can read all about them and find more information about what you can expect from this year's conference, here.
EEUK and NCEE would like to remind you of the call deadline of 1st June. This year you can submit and interactive 50 minute parallel session or a PechaKucha style 20X20 session.
Don’t miss the 15% discount for all early bird bookings (by June 27th). EEUK members and IEEP fellows will receive a further 25% discount. Register NOW
National Enterprise Educator Awards 2016 Now Open
The National Enterprise Educator Awards recognise excellence within enterprise and entrepreneurship education in UK higher and further education. The awards reward and celebrate those who have demonstrated an exceptional and inspirational commitment to supporting student and graduate entrepreneurship. Applicants have the opportunity to win £1000 funding! The winners will be announced as part of the International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference (IEEC) Gala Dinner on the 8th September at Liverpool Cathedral. We have three brand new categories this year that you can read all about here. The deadline for applications is 1st June so get your applications in before it's too late!
EULP Update
Anglia Ruskin University, the winners of the Entrepreneurial University of the Year Award in 2014, hosted the second module for the 2016 Entrepreneurial University Leaders Programme. The module ran over a period of four days earlier this month. Senior leaders from universities all over the UK are taking part in the programme.
The second module focused on looking at the development of good practice in developing an entrepreneurial university. Anglia Ruskin University shared examples of a wide range of their innovative work drawn from across teaching, research and knowledge exchange. Participants had the opportunity to meet a significant number of staff from the university, including their new Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin who has been in post all of five weeks! In addition, the EULP participants met with a range of external partners with whom ARU work. We would like to offer our thanks to Anglia Ruskin University and its staff for making us feel welcome and openly sharing their work with us.
The third and final module for this programme will be taking place at Universities UK in London in July. You can learn more about EULP here.
NCEE China Update
Chris Baker (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) and Dr Simon Brown (Head of Enterprise Development) visited China from 24th March to 3rd April as part of NCEE’s developing work in China. They discussed collaborative ventures such as 2+2 degrees with an enterprise component and leadership training with our partner Sino Campus and participated in a workshop on entrepreneurial leadership. Chris and Simon also met with You Sen Deputy General Secretary of the Chinese Society of Education to discuss how we can work together to bring enterprise education to primary, secondary and tertiary education and visited the newly recognised University of Applied Science in Tianjin where they met with Vice President Professor Xu Chenying and his colleagues in the Entrepreneurship Centre to discuss areas of joint working.
Entrepreneurship Education FCO Strategic Prosperity Fund Tianjin Project Report
In 2015-16 an SPF-funded project on Entreprenueurship Education (EE) was delivered by the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC). The project included a visit to NCEE. To read the report, including the project's key observations and recommendations for British education institutions, please click here.
IEEP Cohort 5 Comes to a Close
In February, Coventry University hosted the 6th and final module of the 5th cohort of the International Entrepreneurship Educators Programme. The participants have now completed the programme and we wish them the best of luck for the future and hope that they all excel in their final assessments.
