Across Europe and the wider OECD area there are growing signs of a transformation of the 'traditional' model of a university, which focuses its efforts on teaching and research, towards an innovative and entrepreneurial higher education institution(HEI),which is designed to empower students and staff to demonstrate enterprise, innovation and creativity in teaching, research and third mission, directs its activities to enhance learning, knowledge production and exchange, in the dedication of creating public value via processes of open engagement (HEInnovate, 2014).