Competitiveness of European economy requires citizens and particularly young people to be innovative, creative, flexible and courageous to face challenges in a dynamic and volatile economy. Young people need to become ‘entrepreneurs’: they should be able to turn ideas into action, successfully develop new commercial and social ventures and be innovator in the organizations where they work. Entrepreneurship skills include creativity, innovation and risk taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives.The entrepreneurial mind-set, is not a personal characteristic, the entrepreneurial mind-set and skills can be developed through learning and experience and can be achieved within the education system. Thus, European Union has set as a strategic objective to enhance creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship at all levels of education and training (Education and Training 2020).Entre.Mode project aims to stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills of higher education teaching staff and company staff and develop an entrepreneurial mind-set and related skills to higher education students. The results of the project are: 1-Awareness raising 2-Development of HEIs–companies partnerships for the promotion of entrepreneurial education of higher education students3-Capacity building of higher education teaching staff and companies’ trainers, to organise entrepreneurial learning and support the acquisition of related skills and competences4-Development of entrepreneurial mind-set, skills and competences to higher education students, during their internships5-Developing an integrated model of entrepreneurship skills acquisition that invites different levels of learning, using online serious game.6-Building a community of practice7-Developing learning analytics that enable us to track learning progress and adapt the Enter.Mode program to personal and organisational needs
- to develop an integrated approach and model for entrepreneurship education that is applicable throughout Europe. More specifically, the project rests on 5 pillars, each of which invites a different level of learning:1.in-company internships of HE students and complementary serious game2.building capacities3.community of practice 4.OER knowledge base5.creating HEI - company partnerships, with a view to experiment and validate the internship model, and ensure its sustainability.
The competitiveness of the European economy requires citizens, particularly young people, to be innovative, creative, flexible, and courageous to face challenges in a dynamic and volatile economy. Young people need to become ‘entrepreneurs’: they should turn ideas into action, successfully develop new commercial and social ventures and be innovators in the organisations where they work. The entrepreneurship skills include creativity, innovation, risk-taking, and the ability to plan.
<< Background >> The competitiveness of the European economy requires citizens, particularly young people, to be innovative, creative, flexible, and courageous to face challenges in a dynamic and volatile economy. Young people need to become ‘entrepreneurs’: they should turn ideas into action, successfully develop new commercial and social ventures and be innovators in the organisations where they work. The entrepreneurship skills include creativity, innovation, risk-taking, and the ability to plan. << Objectives >> - to develop an integrated approach and model for entrepreneurship education that is applicable throughout Europe. More specifically, the project rests on 5 pillars, each of which invites a different level of learning:1.in-company internships of HE students and complementary serious game2.building capacities3.community of practice 4.OER knowledge base5.creating HEI - company partnerships, with a view to experiment and validate the internship model, and ensure its sustainability. << Implementation >> The project consortium included 14 partners from 8 EU countries. The project lasted 30 months and has been implemented within six WPs.WP1. ManagementWP2. PreparationWP3. Development of the internship modelWP4. Capacity building for teachers and trainers WP5. Development of a serious gameWP6. Development of HEIs - company partnershipsWP7. Quality assuranceWP8. Evaluation WP9. Dissemination and sustainability << Results >> HEIs–companies’ partnerships for the promotion of entrepreneurial education of HE students during their internshipsCapacity building of HE teaching staff and companies’ trainers to organise entrepreneurial learning and support the acquisition of related skills and competencies.Development of entrepreneurial mindset, skills, and competencies to HE students.An integrated model that invites different levels of learning using the serious online game.Building a community of practice