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NCGE Conference 11th – 13th September

THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY WEBSITE

Dr. Luke PittawayResearch and Education FellowNational Council for Graduate

Entrepreneurship

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Purpose

• Develop community portals that are the national and international source of information in research, education and careers

• Providing a place where researchers, educators and careers advisers can share knowledge and information

• Education community is the portal for entrepreneurship educators (and would be educators) to locate information, access research and download resources

• Encourage engagement and dissemination of practice between educators

• Map and communicate effective practice in the UK and Internationally

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Information

• A virtual environment for all aspects of entrepreneurship education

• Searchable database a resources• News items – promote education news from

your international location• Events – highlight events you are managing• Directory of community members• Links – find key information• Forum – communicate with peers

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Resources for Educators

• Teaching materials (module documents; Powerpoint slides; module designs)

• Case studies (graduate case studies; case studies of programmes)

• Reports and publications

• Briefing guides

• Searchable resources database (search; advance search; intuitive framework)

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Major Education Projects

• NCGE National Mapping Project– Most comprehensive mapping project of Enterprise

Education in England – available online– Will become the most important time series data

available with the agreement of an annual study• Entrepreneurial Outcomes Framework

– Helping to shape and evaluate programmes• Programme for Educators

– Helping to increase institutional capacity and develop staff

• NCGE International Good Practice Project– The hub of our international community

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Your input invited

• The community site will develop over time• Send us information on events, news, links• Materials and resources can be added by

you• We invite you to join the Who’s Who of

educators and contribute to the forum• Use the resources to help develop

teaching and learning activities • Send content to luke.pittaway@shef.ac.uk

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THANKYOUvisit our website at:

http://www.ncge.org.uk