Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: Building Bridges and Creating Networks

Abstract

This article describes a Canadian/European Community exchange programme between a number of higher educational institutions in Atlantic Canada, Finland, Sweden and the UK. The project, which aimed to promote Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education in Teacher Education, was undertaken over a three-year period. The principal aim was to share good practice and expertise relating to Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education at all levels and to promote opportunities for further interaction. The programme involved student and practising teachers and teacher educators. The introduction of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education requires elements of change on the part of the teacher and the curriculum. Attention is drawn to some of the difficulties that have been raised in relation to such change and describes how similar issues were highlighted by the project. It considers what means might be used to overcome the challenges that are presented in order to engage teachers in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education for the benefit of young people.