Leadership Development in

Entrepreneurship Education (LDEE)

Next Steps…

Dr Zoe Dann, Dr Tammi Sinha,

Dr Philip Ely , Dr Tim Meldrum

University of Portsmouth & University of Winchester

Workshop Outline

1. Rationale for research

2. Methodology

3. Key findings

4. Exploring the key themes across our institutions

5. World cafe - exploring your position on entrepreneurship education across

the 4 themes - HOW TO PUSH THIS FORWARD IN THE HE SECTOR

6. Next steps & questions

7. References

1.Rationale

• TEF (2016)

• CABS Small Business Charter (2014)

• Enterprise for All (Lord Young, 2014)

• University economic impact agenda (Witty, 2013)(Wilson, 2012)

• QAA Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Education Guidelines (2012)

• Growth and demand (Kuratko 1995; Katz,1999;)

• REF - Impact case studies

• Employability imperative

2. Methodology

Methodology Methodology Methodology Methodology

1. Defining our

Language & meaning

in

Entrepreneurship

education

2. Sharing

practice of leading

Entrepreneurship

education

3. Visioning our

entrepreneurial

future

4. Making it

happen

0.5 day workshop

Expert Panel

1 day workshop

Leadership Cohort

+ Guests

1 day workshop

Leadership Cohort

+ PBS

0.5/1 day workshop

Leadership Cohort

5. Celebrating

achievements

1 day workshop

Leadership

Cohort

Frameworks, materials, findings and research outputs 10 x Digital narratives of

enterprise educators

3. Key Findings

1. Enablers for realising visions of an entrepreneurship education:

structural e.g. access to resources through sponsors and networks; and behavioural in the use of

entrepreneurial behaviours such as ‘bricolage’ (Fisher, 2012), ‘creativity’ (Ward, 2004) and

‘intrapreneurship’ (Pinchot, 1985).

2. Barriers to implementing visions of entrepreneurship education:

largely institutional and structural including examples of inflexible curricula that fail to allow students to

develop self-belief, entrepreneurial skills, mindsets and behaviour;

3. Key Findings

3. Tensions

Arise out of academic/practitioners, theory/practice paradoxes that have been difficult to synthesise,

the paradox of ‘command-and-control’ structures of universities and a need for staff to act

entrepreneurially.

4. Competency model of Leadership of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education

Institutional knowledge (of resources and power base), the adoption of paradoxical thinking, the

recognition of abundance and the adoption of entrepreneurial behaviour.

4. Key Themes for Practice

1. Implementing a programme of development of entrepreneurship education and

change within our respective institutions;

2. Influencing universities structures to enable the entrepreneurial curriculum;

3. Developing leadership competency through structured learning, action learning,

and in a Community of Practice / Inquiry;

4. Building legitimacy for the discipline through affiliation with external bodies,

researching and disseminating findings of entrepreneurship education.

Theme 1 - Implementing a programme of development of

entrepreneurship education and change within our respective institutions

UoW

- No formal structure;

- Small Business Charter - in planning stage.

- Audit of modules include entrepreneurship

education entrepreneurship, creativity, design

and innovation;

- More attention needed, identification of

projects to enable engagement. eg HATDex

(indiegogo.com) platforms for student, Incuhive;

- Young Enterprise and outreach

UoP

- Enterprise & Employability Strategy

- Main driver - Small Business Charter. Silver

Award Achieved Nov 2015;

e.g. recruitment of Professor of Small Business

& Entrepreneurship, Enterprise Development

Manager;

- Degree apprenticeship launches 2016.

- New research/practice activities in Humanities,

Languages, Business School;

- Mentor development

Theme 2 - Influencing universities structures to enable the

entrepreneurial curriculum

UoP

- University Strategy - 100% students have

career enhancing activity by 2020;

- ⅖ Associate Dean Students with

entrepreneurship expertise;

- Enterprise Manager on Faculty L&T

Committees;

- Local Business School Strategy - increase

opportunities for students;

- Degree apprenticeships commencing 2016;

- Curriculum Innovation Fund (PBS);

- Faculty funds for student enterprise bursaries;

- Recruiting Entrepreneurs in Residence;

UoW

- WRAP projects, pop up activities, business

competitions,

- Employability co-ordinators within all faculties.

- Leading nationally with Degree

Apprenticeships (intrapreneurship),

- Small Business Charter (in development)

Theme 3 - Developing leadership competency through structured learning

/ Action Learning / Community of Practice / Community of Inquiry

University of Portsmouth

• 5 workshops 2015

• University of Winchester - participation in

workshops

• Business in the community conference

(BiTC)

• Application retreat - Senior Fellow in

Higher Education Workshops

• Planned workshops in 3rd quarter 2016

• TIER Teaching Innovation and Excellence

Retreat

University of Winchester

• KAOSPILOT - developing

transformational education programmes

• Improvement Community of Practice:

Human dimensions of change - enabling

colleagues to engage in this agenda

• PRiME Chapter for UK

• Writing retreats for HEA fellowships

• Lean HE Hub workshops

(intrapreneurship)

Theme 4 - Building legitimacy for the discipline through affiliation with

external bodies, researching and disseminating findings of

entrepreneurship education.

Year Research/PhDs Conference Papers Press Open Access

2014

Leadership Development UoP CCI

Conference, July 2014, ZD & SB

Local Press

Article Linkedin Group

2015 PhD in

Entrepreneurship

Education starts 2015

Learning and teaching conference,

PBS, July 2015

British Academy of Management

PBS 2015

CoP TS, CW, NW

Social Media: Twitter #LDEE

2016 PhD completion in

Academic

Entrepreneurship 2016

European Conference of Innovation

and Entrepreneurship, Finland

CABS L&T Conference

Access to workshops materials:

Access to workshop materials, vignettes and

reports, BERG(UoP), LFTE websites http://tinyurl.com/gnwuock

World Cafe - next steps

How do we implement a programme of development of

entrepreneurship education and change?

How do we influence universities structures to enable the

entrepreneurial curriculum?

How do we develop leadership competency through structured

learning and / or a Community of Practice?

How do we build legitimacy for the discipline?

http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/photo/worldcafe

Workshop artefacts

References

Dann Z, Meldrum T, Sinha, Ely P (2015) LDEE Summary report Fisher, G. (2012), Effectuation, causation, and bricolage: a behavioral comparison of emerging theories in entrepreneurship research, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36(5), pp. 1019-1051. Katz, J. A. (2003), The chronology and intellectual trajectory of American entrepreneurship education: 1876–1999, Journal of business venturing, 18(2), pp. 283-300. Kuratko, D. F. (2005), The emergence of entrepreneurship education: Development, trends, and challenges, Entrepreneurship theory and practice,29 (5), pp. 577-598. Pinchot III, G. (1985), Intrapreneuring: Why you don't have to leave the corporation to become an entrepreneur. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship. Poole, M.S & Van de Ven, A. (1989), Using Paradox to Build Management and Organizational Theories in Academy of Management Review, Vol.14 No.4 Ward, Thomas B (2004), Cognition, creativity, and entrepreneurship, Journal of business venturing 19.2, pp 173-188. Witty, A (2013), Encouraging a British invention revolution: Sir Andrew Witty's review of universities and growth. Wilson,T (2012), A Review of Business-University Collaboration; Lord Young (2014), Enterprise for all