A debate has been initiated by Leigh Sear, Lester Lloyd-Reason and Roger Mumby-Croft on the ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) website on the subject of Enterprise Education: Embedding Practitioner Experience.
The Context
Over the last ten years, there has been an increasing level of academic and policy interest in the role of higher education institutions as agents of economic and social development, through not only their research and teaching activities but also their engagement with individuals and businesses in the wider local and regional economy. For example, a recent report from the Council for Industry and Higher Education, the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship and NESTA in the United Kingdom notes that ‘HEIs have increasingly become more involved in regional economic and social development (through closer business, industry and third sector collaborations …) and activities such as the commercialisation of intellectual property’(NESTA, 2008, p. 10).
Some experts in the field have given their thoughts on the Debate Piece here, if you would like to join the debate please email chris@isbe.org.uk and your comments will be placed on the website.
