Discover practical resources for delivering enterprise education effectively. Whether you’re integrating enterprise into the curriculum, designing extracurricular activities, or supporting start-up initiatives, these tools and insights will help you inspire enterprising mindsets, foster entrepreneurial skills, and create impactful learning experiences for students and aspiring entrepreneurs. Start building your enterprise education toolkit today!
“The QAA Guidance”
Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) (2018)
“Enterprise and entrepreneurship education”. Guidance for UK higher education providers, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education: London
Required reading for:
All enterprise educators (academic; influencer; practitioner)
Why is this important?
This UK national guidance has been adopted by EEUK (2018). This report provides guidance for all those working in the sector as enterprise educators and builds upon the first version (2012). It has sections for all areas of enterprise and entrepreneurship and all the definitions you need to ensure you are aligned to UK education
practice; so if you only read one policy document, read this.
Keywords:
Definitions; graduate themes; institutional advice
“The EntreComp Framework”
The European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp) is a comprehensive, flexible & multi-purpose reference framework that is designed to help you explore what is meant by entrepreneurship as a competence.
Created by the European Commission, EntreComp identifies the competences that make up what it means to be entrepreneurial as discovering and acting upon opportunities and ideas, and transforming them into financial, cultural, or social value for others.
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EEUK’s original guide to EntreComp – essential initial reading which introduces the framework and links to relevant publications | Download |
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EEUK’s updated guide to EntreComp – more in-depth reading which introduces the framework and links to relevant publications and resources. | Download |
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The original EntreComp Framework report containing all the learning outcomes and detail needed for curriculum design or creating assessment rubrics, outlining the competences across 8 progression levels (from “new to enterprise” to expert). | Download |
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EntreComp into Action is a more accessible document providing an easy overview as well as case examples, tools and ideas on how to implement the framework. | Download |
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This report links the EntreComp framework to the need for entrepreneurial employees, showing a clear link between Enterprise Education and employability outcomes. Very useful if you need to justify Enterprise Education as a relevant tool to address graduate outcomes. | Download |
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This short paper explores the alignment between GreenComp and EntreComp in the context of Enterprise Education. | Download |
“Other Guidance”
Below you will find a small number of other guides and resources relevant to the delivery of Enterprise Education.
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This brief guide provides additional support following on from HMRC’s data collection changes which were implemented in 2024. | Download |
