Date: March 12th

Time: 10:00 – 15:30

Venue: NIMBUS, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork

Presenter(s):

Opening Address:

Dr Breda Kenny, Head, Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence, CIT.

‘The development of the entrepreneurial attributes through teaching and learning and how these attributes contribute to student success.’

Theme 1: Enhancing the student learning experience by bringing the entrepreneur into entrepreneurship education

• Pat Lynch, Serial Entrepreneur – The entrepreneurial mindset Рthe case, the teaching note and the podcast.

• Frank O’Keefe and Claire Harrington – Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme – Identifying entrepreneurial capabilities/EoY TV and available resources.

• Dr Natasha Evers, NUIG РTechnology Entrepreneurship: Bringing innovation to the marketplace.

Theme 2: Enhancing the student learning experience with peer learning in a multidisciplinary setting

• Sean F O Leary, Chris Gibbons/ Dr Hugh O Donnell CIT – The interdisciplinary new product development case Рthe challenges and benefits.

• Andreas Sønning, Associate Professor, The Norwegian Academy of music – Using the power of the creative arts in enterprise education.

Event Details:

“Entrepreneurship education refers to activities aimed at developing enterprising or entrepreneurial people and increasing their understanding and knowledge about entrepreneurship and enterprise” (Heinonen and Poikkijoki, 2005). Entrepreneurship education equips students with the additional knowledge, attributes and capabilities required to apply these abilities in the context of setting up a new venture or business, to work as an entrepreneurial employee and to be an entrepreneurial member of society. This seminar addresses the transition from college to work in a specific entrepreneurial context. This interactive seminar will explore how we can develop the entrepreneurial mindset in our teaching; the learning opportunities for enterprise that are available beyond the taught learning environment, and also explore how peer learning in a multidisciplinary setting can enhance the enterprise learning experience.

 

Programme

9.30-10.00 Registration and Tea/Coffee  
10.00-10.10 Welcome Opening address Dr Barry O’Connor, Registrar/Vice President Academic Affairs CIT 
10.10-10.30 Introduction and Overview: The development of the entrepreneurial attributes through teaching and learning and how these attributes contribute to student success. Dr Breda Kenny, Head, Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence, CIT. 
10.30 – 11.15 Theme 1: Enhancing the student learning experience by bringing the entrepreneur into entrepreneurship education The entrepreneurial mindset Рthe case, the teaching note and the podcast. Pat Lynch, Serial Entrepreneur
11.15-11.30

Coffee
11.30-12.30   Identifying entrepreneurial capabilities/ EOY TV and available resources. Frank O’Keefe and Claire Harrington – Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme
12.30-13.00   Technology Entrepreneurship:  Bringing innovation to the marketplace. Dr Natasha Evers, NUIG
13.00-13.30

Lunch
13.30-14.00 Theme 2: Enhancing the student learning experience with peer learning in a multidisciplinary setting The interdisciplinary new product development case Рthe challenges and benefits. Senior Lecturer Sean F. O’Leary/ Chris Gibbons/ Dr Hugh O’Donnell CIT
14.00-14.30   Using the power of the creative arts in enterprise education. Andreas Sønning, Associate Professor, The Norwegian Academy of Music
14.30-15.00 Closing Closing Address Gerard O’Donovan, Head, School of Business, CIT

 

Learning Objectives:

The aim of this seminar is to equip participants with:

  1. An appreciation of how entrepreneurship education in HEIs can contribute to students successfully transitioning from new incoming student transition to HE to graduate transition to entrepreneurial, can-do, member of society.
  2. An insight for educators responsible for creating or delivering an enterprise and entrepreneurship curriculum so that they can help students develop enterprising behaviours, attributes and skills as well as entrepreneurial mindsets and capabilities.
  3. Practical teaching resources to enhance the student learning experience and an awareness of the learning opportunities for enterprise available beyond the taught learning environment.

Contact: Dr Breda Kenny, Head, Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence