Day Three: Becoming ‘Fit For The Future’: Global and Stakeholder Perspectives

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Day Three considered the broader global and stakeholder context influencing the shaping of the entrepreneurship education landscape and outcomes. We deepened our understanding of this landscape across Asia and across the USA:

1. Presentations from China and perspectives on activities in other countries
2. British Council – linking Chinese and UK Universities in Entrepreneurship Education
3. Views from the Kauffman Foundation

The Conference continued to showcase more new and innovative techniques, methods and approaches to the delivery and embedding of enterprise and entrepreneurship education. These sessions were primarily about sharing experiences and learning from each other. They were active and inclusive to provide maximum opportunity for the cross-fertilisation of ideas.

Later in Day Three came the focal point of the Conference. We considered what actions need to be taken in ‘Becoming Fit For The Future’ from the perspective of our key stakeholders: Government, business and industry, entrepreneurs, students and graduates, and educational leaders.

Key Questions for Day Three to address:

• What can we learn from a better understanding of global contexts?
• How do we deliver valued outcomes to our stakeholders: students, institutions, employers, Government?
• What approaches and ideas are innovative and interesting? How can we learn from these and adapt them to our own environments?
• What actions need to be taken in becoming ‘Fit For The Future?

Session Time	Session Title
Session D: (Plenary)	The Changing Global Landscape
08.45 – 09.00	Introduction to Day Three (174 KB)
09.00 – 10.30	Reflections in a global context: Professor Richard Williams, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds (2182 KB) Dr John Law, British Council (538 KB) Dr Tony Mendes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (715 KB)
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 – 11.30	Enterprise in Further Education: Perspectives from the UK Richard Beresford, Oxford Brookes University (36 KB) Dr David Stephenson, Cornwall College (59 KB)
Session E (Parallel Workshops)	Entrepreneurship Teaching and Learning: Best Practice Sessions (see Workshops section of the website)
11.30 – 12.15	Track 1: Postgraduate Enterprise EducationTrack 2: Assessment of student learning on enterprise programmes Track 3: Employability and stakeholder engagement Track 4: Embedding enterprise education in the curriculum Posters and The Games Room
12.15 – 13.30	Buffet Lunch and Exhibition
Session E (Parallel Workshops)	Entrepreneurship Teaching and Learning: Best Practice Sessions (see Workshops section of the website)
13.30 – 14.15	Track 1: Postgraduate Enterprise EducationTrack 2: Assessment of student learning on enterprise programmes Track 3: Employability and stakeholder engagement Track 4: Embedding enterprise education in the curriculum Posters and The Games Room
Session F: Plenary Closing Session	Becoming Fit for Future: stakeholder perspectives
14.30 – 15.30	‘Soap Box’ presentations from stakeholder communities followed by open debateVoting on Key Conference Questions and Panel Response
15.30 – 15.45	Conference Closing SessionDelegate Awards for Conference Contributions
16.00	Conference Closes. Delegates depart.