Education + Training: Volume 48 Issue 5

Teaching pigeons to dance: sense and meaning in entrepreneurship education

This paper aims to explore the philosophical and conceptual understanding of entrepreneurship education through borrowing and applying conceptualisations of education from…

Exploring the behavioural patterns of entrepreneurial learning: A competency approach

The purpose of this study is to empirically explore the behavioural patterns involved in entrepreneurial learning through a conceptualization of entrepreneurial learning as a…

It's not an exact science: teaching entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the approach to embedding entrepreneurship within third level education in Northern Ireland by assessing the perceptions of lecturers and…

Entrepreneurship education in South Africa: a nationwide survey

This paper aims to assess the state of development of entrepreneurship education, determine the importance of entrepreneurship in the South African higher education institutions…

Enterprise education: revisiting Whitehead to satisfy Gibbs

This paper seeks to demonstrate that a truly learner‐centred enterprise education programme can be developed within a traditional business school environment.

Surprise and sense making: undergraduate placement experiences in SMEs

This paper seeks to explore undergraduate placement experiences in tourism and hospitality SMEs, focusing on the notions of surprise and sense making. It aims to argue that…

Graduate career‐making and business start‐up: a literature review

The purpose of this article is to provide a selective review of literature on the career‐related decision‐making processes in terms of the transition from student to business…

Collaborations, courses, and competitions: Developing entrepreneurship programmes at UCL

This paper aims to detail a range of collaborative programmes developed by University College London (UCL) and the London Business School (LBS). These schemes have been developed…

The Action Learning Handbook: Powerful Techniques for Education, Professional Development and Training

Vocational qualifications make a difference

Young women being trained up for the pay gap in the workplace

Sharing the secrets of success

Agency launched to manage EU education and training programmes

Training initiative for young disadvantaged people shows encouraging signs

Europe’s education system “is declining”

Moving on: Helping Students Prepare for Their Future

Social mobility “little affected by education policy”

Training success rates “a national disgrace”

Entrepreneurship education: more questions than answers?

Education “fails to meet needs of UK service economy”

Courses for further-education teachers make limited progress

Commission fleshes out plans for European Institute of Technology

Commission tables plan to promote business spirit in schools and universities