Resources

Enterprise UK suggests that:

‘Being enterprising is the ability of individuals, groups and businesses to respond to change, take risks, to innovate and to generate and implement new ideas and new ways of doing things. Put simply, enterprise is having ideas and making them happen.

An enterprise culture - in the form of entrepreneurial confidence, motivation, capability and ambition running through society - requires the application of talent to deliver economic and social benefit and remain globally competitive. This might be through people starting new businesses or social enterprises. Enterprise also contributes to business growth, to the delivery of public and third sector services, to the regeneration of communities, and to building the skills and confidence of individuals to seek opportunities to create wealth and achieve social impact:

• New businesses boost our economy.
• Social entrepreneurship can enrich communities.
• Enterprising employees revitalise organisations and aid business growth.
• Having a can-do attitude and the skills to spot opportunities and implement ideas benefits every one of us.

In the current global economic climate it is crucial to focus on supporting the enterprising skills and ambitions that will maintain our long-term economic prosperity. We need people who are motivated and equipped to seize new opportunities.'

(www.enterpriseuk.org/why_enterprise_matters)

The growing provision of entrepreneurship in higher education reflects the need for graduates to leave university equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to survive in today’s global competitive environment. Clearly universities and colleges have a key role to play in encouraging and developing enterprising minds.

The National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship is the best starting point for considering graduate entrepreneurship. Their website includes extensive resources to support the inclusion of entrepreneurship within the HE curriculum.

Enterprise UK was founded by the British Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Institute of Directors and the Federation of Small Businesses and is funded by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. Their website provides a range of information and resources.

The Social Entrepreneurship Awards Toolkit from UnLTDWorld provides a comprehensive guide to developing a social enterprise business with an emphasis on practical guidance and working models/frameworks that will help in planning an implementation.

HLST Resources
A selection of more than a dozen case studies on Enterpreneurship can be found in our Case Studies section.

Volume 5 Number 2 of the JoHLSTE features the paper 'Making the Case for Entrepreneurship: A Survey of Small Business Management Courses within Hospitality and Tourism Programmes'.

In 2004 HLST funded an Entrepreneurship Project, the outcomes of which included a resource guide and various case studies. Visit the Entrepreneurship Project page for more details. 

During 2006 and 2007 HLST supported the School of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester in producing a Sports Entrepreneurship Interactive Learning and Teaching Resource CD which is availble on request from HLST.

Karen Bill's Pedagogic Research and Development Project Entrepreneurial Skills and Sport Enterprises and the impact of Social Interaction amongst Sport graduates learning experience in Enterprise Education explores sport graduates' development of entrepreneurial competancies.

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