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

2. 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 UWE 2013
Size Matters

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

4. Team Company
Modules
Projects
Learning in Teams

5. Learning through Projects
Team Company
Modules
Projects
Learning through Projects

6. 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

7. Physical Space

8. Virtual Space

9. Virtual Space

10. Co-creation

11. Recognition & Celebration

12. Outcome: Evangelists

13. BA (Hons) Business Team Entrepreneurship
A Learning Community
L2020 Feb 2017
Adrian Rivers
Programme Lead