Student Enterprise in the Steel City Sheila Quairney Business and Enterprise Manager, SHU and Martyn Benson Business Adviser/Business Coach, RYE and RIDO

Objectives and Prior Work Evidence the enterprise activity and ethos of support for business start up at Sheffield Hallam University Analyse the course subjects and business ideas of the clients ie students and recent graduates 2007-2009 Prior work: Reports on business intentions of students Review of users of the ‘business surgery’ service Review of ‘Enterprise Challenge’ entrants

Approach To study the ‘Entrepreneurial Intentions’ reports and to select relevant information. To analyse the course subjects and business ideas of the ‘clients’ who met with the Business Adviser. the ‘Enterprise Challenge’ competition entrants.

Results Analysis of Adviser Sessions 2007/9: Total no. of course subjects seen : 87 Total no. of Business Ideas seen : 115 Average correlation of course with idea: 62% Enterprise Challenge Competition 2007/9: Total number of course subjects represented :128 Total number of broad business categories : 42 Average correlation of course with idea: 32%

Results (2) Adviser clients: 75% male and 25% female 2007: 127 clients with 75 business ideas - 84% correlation with study subject 2008: 95 clients with 65 business ideas and 46% correlation with study subject 2009: 72 clients with 70 business ideas and 56% Enterprise Challenge entrants: 63% male and 37% female

Value Research has identified and recorded: Course subjects of potential business owners Business ideas considered Partial correlation of subjects to business ideas Trends in types of business ideas considered Has identified: Need for longitudinal study

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