1. Enterprise Training in Higher Education
Professor Tim R. Dafforn, Chief Scientific Advisor

2. My background Lectured in the UK HEI system for 16 years
Including lecturing on enterprise for the last 10 years both locally and nationally
Founder of 2 companies so also have an interest in employing good people
Director of Knowledge Transfer for 200 academics at the University of Birmingham
2014 Entrepreneur in Residence for Synthetic Biology in BIS last year
2015 Chief Scientific Advisor BEIS (BIS)

3. What do we have to play with?

4. Quality of UK Universities.

5. Is that all there is to HE?

6. Academic Economics (Post war)

7. Changing world in the New Millennium?

8. Academic Economics (Post 2006)
Universities

9. Academic – Industrial Partnership
R&D projects £4.22:£1 GVA
R&D projects with Universities £9.67:1 GVA
Dowling Review 2015
32% UK economic growth comes from science and tech

10. Don’t forget the importance of skilled workers
>250,000 STEM graduates per year
BUT Should they be more skilled in enterprise?

11. Enterprise Education Project
Commissioned by BEIS Perm. Sec. in early 2016
Aims to examine progress in developing enterprise educational provision in UK HE
First phase: data analysis (HESA and LEO)
Currently engaging with stakeholders
Results to inform policy decisions

12. Why Now ? 4 years since landmark QAA Enterprise education document
LEO Dataset available
Developing a new Industrial strategy
Stern Review of REF
Instigation of TEF

13. Questions to be answered
What is the evidence for the benefits of enterprise training to the graduate and the economy?
Is it the duty of higher education institutions to provide these skills?
What is considered best practice in enterprise training, both in the UK and internationally?
Is there a role for Government? If yes, what are the “levers” available to government?
Are there any perverse behaviours which could arise?
Are the resources (money and skilled personnel) available to deliver the required content?
Are the current approaches the best way to deliver the desired outcome – are there alternative options?

14. Plan for the next hour Q&A Break into groups of 6-8 Round up
Nominate “Scribe” and “Rapporteur” (5 mins)
Discussion around “barriers”(15 mins)
Report back and rank (15 mins)
Develop solutions (15 mins)
Pick top 3 and report back (10 mins)
Round up

15. Thank You