The European Commission now published the final report, case studies and executive summaries in English and German language of the study “supporting the entrepreneurial potential of higher education” (sepHE). All publications have an ISBN number.
The links are as follows:
Final Report: http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/supporting-the-entrepreneurial-potential-of-higher-education-pbNC0416002/
Appendix with case studies: http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/supporting-the-entrepreneurial-potential-of-higher-education-pbNC0416003/
Executive summaries in English and German: http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/supporting-the-entrepreneurial-potential-of-higher-education-pbNC0416069/
Case studies include the Universities of Cambridge, Coimbra, Huddersfield, Lií¨ge, Linz, Ljubljana, Lüneburg, Lund, Osijek, Rotterdam, Southern Denmark as well as Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Dublin City University, Kaunas Technical University, Technical University of Kosice, Kozminski University, EM Lyon, and Milan Polytechnic University.
The findings show that European universities perform a wealth of approaches to entrepreneurship education (EE). However, impediments to develop EE further remain. The study found six principal challenges and possible solutions: (1) Overcoming reservations against EE; (2) Assuring sustainable finance for EE; (3) Assuring curricular EE quality; (4) Assuring quality of extra-curricular EE activities; (5) Universities’ networks with external stakeholders often lack scope and strength; (6) Measuring outcomes and impact of EE.
empirica co-ordinated this study on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate-General Education and Culture. The University of Wuppertal’s Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovations Research (iENTIRE) was a partner in this study. Four renowned experts in the field of entrepreneurship education guided the study: David Audretsch (Indiana University, US), Paul Hannon (Swansea University, UK), Paula Kyrö (professor for education and entrepreneurship, Finland), and Jonathan Potter (OECD).
