Two more programs added
We now have added two more confirmed venture creation programs - one in USA and one in Belgium. In Oregon we have the Technology Entrepreneurship Program, where students get the opportunity to start real-life...
Good overview of how to build the entrepreneurial university
If you are working on building the entrepreneurial university in your region, you are probably many times in great need to explain the what, why and when of creating a entrepreneurial university. Then this...
Towards a new paradigm for education
It is not only within entrepreneurship education that people discuss the need for new methods and approaches to teaching and learning. Sir Ken Robinson argues that the entire educational system needs to go through...
Entrepreneurship as a method
In a recent article by Neck and Greene at Babson College they outline what they call a new research frontier of entrepreneurship as a method. This complements the existing three research frontiers of the...
Philosophers come to help us
If you are a practicioner of action-based entrepreneurship education at a university you might have been confronted with critics stating that practice (of That kind) does not belong in a university setting (or any...
Visit by distinguished professor Alain Fayolle for thesis defence
This week has been exciting for our research group, as Karen Williams-Middleton has passed her thesis defence and is now PhD in Entrepreneurial behaviour. Opponent was Professor Alain Fayolle, who is a world leader...
Entrepreneurship = Freedom
In a recent article by William Scott Green on the subject of legitimacy of entrepreneurship education, he concludes that entrepreneurship can be regarded as a fundamental freedom for the individual - the ability to...
Comparison of VCPs in UK
On the link below you can find an interesting comparison of two VCPs in United Kingdom. Thanks to Nigel Adams at University of Buckingham for bringing our attention to it. Interesting findings are: Common...
Good introduction to entrepreneurship education
Allan Gibb is an influential researcher within entrepreneurship education. His article from 1998 is a good introduction to the subject of educating entrepreneurs. Among other things, he emphasizes the need for entrepreneurship education to...
VCP found in the UK
Our journey towards trying to map out all the VCPs in the world just started. After a phone call with a member of NACUE* (The National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs), we got a tip...