BA (Hons) Business Team Entrepreneurship A Learning Community UWE L&T Conference June 2018 Adrian Rivers Programme Lead Adrian.Rivers@uwe.ac.uk

Basic Concepts Team Company Projects Modules Size Matters Not students But team entrepreneurs Not classrooms But an open plan office Not teaching But learning Not teachers But coaches Not simulations But real ventures Not control But self-organising Started in Finland 1990s 10 Countries 10,000 users Launched in UK @ UWE 2013 Size Matters

Communicable & Distinctive Enabling Framework Language: “Creative Conversations” “Where Are You At” “5Es” “Forest and Back”

Team Company Modules Projects Learning in Teams

Learning through Projects Team Company Modules Projects Learning through Projects

Assessment drives behaviour & Sets expectations Tight<>Loose Electives Flexibility 60% Practice 40% “Theory” “Vertical Projects” Team assessment Learning Contract Self-Managed Learning Entrepreneurs manage own learning Working with others Leadership/Followership/Coaching Entrepreneurs lead & collaborate Development of ventures/projects Collective whole Entrepreneurs create/develop ventures Teams become Learning Communities

Physical Space

Virtual Space

Virtual Space

Co-creation

Recognition & Celebration

Outcome: Evangelists

BA (Hons) Business Team Entrepreneurship A Learning Community L2020 Feb 2017 Adrian Rivers Programme Lead Adrian.Rivers@uwe.ac.uk