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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Dec
Pages: 7
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Delivery, Student Engagement and the Implementation of Good Practice in Entrepreneurship Education: Learning from the UK's New Entrepreneur Scholarship Initiative
Lam, Wing
Industry and Higher Education, v24 n6 p467-473 Dec 2010
This paper presents and discusses the results of a research-informed teaching project carried out to identify key factors in the content and delivery of a successful UK government initiative, the New Entrepreneur Scholarship (NES), from 2001 to 2008. The aim of the project was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing appropriate changes to undergraduate and postgraduate entrepreneurship programmes. The findings highlight deep-rooted issues concerning entrepreneurship education and research. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure, and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Learner Engagement, Scholarship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Evaluation, Employment Potential, Mentors, Focus Groups, Marketing, Accounting, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Motivation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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