University of Aveiro, Portugal: The Institution’s Entrepreneurship Structure and HEInnovate Applied to Mechanical Engineering
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:59Internationalisation is an integral part of the HEI’s entrepreneurial agenda
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:59Internationalisation can, when incorporated into the HEI’s strategy, offer students, staff and the organisation several benefits. It can advance strategic thinking leading to innovation, offer... Read more
The HEI invests in staff development to support its entrepreneurial agenda
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:58Staff are a higher education institution's key resource in advancing the entrepreneurial agenda. Many areas of the entrepreneurial agenda – for example entrepreneurship education, knowledge exchange... Read more
Lund University, Sweden: Embedding entrepreneurship in a regional context
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Gründerskolen Norway - Norway School of Entrepreneurship
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:58The award winning Norwegian Entrepreneurship programme, Gründerskolen, is a Norwegian academic cooperation programme involving all universities and several university colleges in Norway, coordinated... Read more
The HEI is open to engaging and recruiting individuals with entrepreneurial attitudes, behaviour and experience.
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:58Higher education institutions can build and foster an entrepreneurial culture by recruiting and engaging staff that have strong entrepreneurial backgrounds. This can bring in important human... Read more
Measuring the Impact at the University of Twente
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:57The University of Twente (UT) was established by the Dutch Government in1961 and its development plan has not been an easy one; in the early 1980s, due to a lack of financial resources and the... Read more
The HEI has the capacity and culture to build new relationships and synergies across the institution.
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:57All staff and students are important internal stakeholders of an entrepreneurial HEI and ideally are working together to create dialogue and linkages across the organisation and beyond its borders.... Read more
Entrepreneurial objectives are supported by a wide range of sustainable funding and investment sources.
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:56Becoming an entrepreneurial HEI is an incremental and long-term organisational development project, which requires a sustainable and diverse financial basis. A financial strategy based on... Read more
The HEI integrates research, education and industry (wider community) activities to exploit new knowledge
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:54Linking research and education with industry and local communities can lead to the co-creation of knowledge, for example through the involvement of external partners into teaching and research... Read more
The HEI provides opportunities for staff and students to take part in innovative activities with business / the external environment
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:53Higher education institutions should provide opportunities for their students and staff to engage in entrepreneurial activities with businesses and external organisations. Entrepreneurship education... Read more
The HEI has strong links with incubators, science parks and other external initiatives
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:53Many knowledge intensive structures, such as incubators and science parks, may be physically close to HEIs, but proximity per se does not generate knowledge exchange. Specific collaborative... Read more
The HEI demonstrates active involvement in partnerships and relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:52Demonstrating active involvement in knowledge exchange and partnerships is a matter of both internal and external communication. The aim of external communication is to reach beyond current partners... Read more
The HEI is committed to collaboration and knowledge exchange with industry, the public sector and society
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:52Knowledge exchange and collaboration with industry, the public sector and society can take a wide range of different forms, varying in terms of intensity and formality. The focus can be on teaching,... Read more
The international dimension is reflected in the HEI’s approach to research
Resource Publication date: 2015-09-19 19:51Strategic international research partnerships are an important component of an entrepreneurial HEI. These partnerships provide a means to enhance the reputation and brand of HEIs. Networks with other... Read more