Education + Training: Volume 55 Issue 8/9

Entrepreneurial assets and mindsets: Benefit from university entrepreneurship education investment

Marina Z. Solesvik, Paul Westhead, Harry Matlay, Vladimir N. Parsyak

Universities provide entrepreneurship-specific education (ESE) to equip students with the entrepreneurial alertness and risk-taking assets required to pursue entrepreneurial…

Psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions among secondary students

Anabela Dinis, Arminda do Paço, João Ferreira, Mário Raposo, Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to test a model of entrepreneurial intentions among secondary students based on their psychological characteristics. Furthermore, this seeks to…

Development of entrepreneurial intention in higher education and the effect of gender – a latent growth curve analysis

Sanna Joensuu, Anmari Viljamaa, Elina Varamäki, Erno Tornikoski

The objectives of this study are threefold: first, to analyze the development of intentions of individuals over time; second, to explore potential gender differences in intention…

Moving beyond the business plan in enterprise education

Colin Jones, Andy Penaluna

The purpose of this paper is to approach the debate surrounding the role of business plans in enterprise/entrepreneurship education from a different perspective; that of the…

Interdisciplinary professional education: Training college students for collaborative social change

Monica Nandan, Manuel London

The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale for developing interprofessional competencies among graduates from professional and graduate programs, so that they are well…

Entrepreneurship education in HE: are policy makers expecting too much?

Colette Henry

The purpose of this paper is to explore current entrepreneurship and enterprise education policy in the UK. The way is which such education is defined and conceptualised in…

Evaluating the state of enterprise training for postgraduate researchers in the UK

Dina Williams, Kelly Smith, Naveed Yasin, Ian Pitchford

– The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the state of enterprise education and skills training at postgraduate level at UK higher education institutions (HEIs).

The process of impact of entrepreneurship education and training on entrepreneurship perception and intention: Study of educational system of Iran

Ali Dehghanpour Farashah

Conventional wisdom as well as many studies confirm that entrepreneurship education increases entrepreneurial intention but there is a lack of research on some aspects including…

Heroic and humane entrepreneurs: identity work in entrepreneurship education

Ulla Hytti, Jarna Heinonen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the identity work of postgraduate students participating in an entrepreneurship training programme for life sciences. The paper aims to…

Reflections on the omission of social capital from enterprise education and business start training

Simon Bridge

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the case for the inclusion, in enterprise education, of training and/or guidance in the acquisition and use of social capital.

Entrepreneurship education: an evaluation of the Young Enterprise Wales initiative

Paul Jones, Anne Colwill

The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the impact of the Young Enterprise Wales (YEW) programme on its participants. YEW represents the Wales region of the…

How does enterprise and entrepreneurship education influence postgraduate students’ career intentions in the New Era economy?

David Rae, Naomi Ruth Woodier-Harris

Enterprise and entrepreneurship education (EEE) is seen as a major contributor to economic growth and development in the post-2008 environment we term the “New Era”. The role of…

Introduction: "Illuminating enterprise and entrepreneurship education"

Harry Matlay