Objective:
- Establish relevance of enterprise
- Introduce enterprise skills with presentation on leadership (identified as a particularly important enterprise skill) and innovation/creativity exercise (including Q&A on accidental discoveries)
- Introduce start up facts
- Review an new start up case study
- Use the business model canvas to consider the planning of an idea
- Develop a capacity to be creative though the ‘Silly Cow’ exercise
Introduction:
During the summer of 2014 the Cardiff University Enterprise team worked in partnership with Dr Vicki Stevenson of the Welsh School of Architecture and Welsh Energy Sector Training to create an enterprise education intervention for professional architects.
The intervention aligns with QAA (2010, p14) Architecture Subject benchmark statement that states, “besides a range of practical and academic skills, architecture graduates are expected to display commitment, artistry, personal expression, imagination and creativity”. The overall aim was to consider the relationship between enterprise and architecture, leading towards future developments within the School.
Activity:
Key Points
- Built environment professionals engaged in one day workshop about entrepreneurship
- Intervention developed in partnership with Welsh Energy Sector Training
- Innovations from the low carbon environment discussed
- Business Model Canvas used for business planning
The day long workshop was delivered 16th September 2014 by Dr Vicki Stevenson herself to qualified built environment professionals. The concept was to trial material as a taster session for a proposed ‘Continuing Professional Development’ module on Enterprise in a Low Carbon Economy.
Impact:
Feedback received was positive and opportunities are being considered for further delivery.
Learner Outcome:
(The examples of curriculum development for enterprise related outcomes were originally outlined by Neil Coles at the International Enterprise Educators Conference under the heading 'From Archaeology to Zoology; an A-Z of enterprise in the curriculum'. For his work in contextualising enterprise for any subject, Neil won the 2013 National Enterprise Educator Award).
Resources:
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References:
- Cardiff University Enterprise | Be Enterprising | Make Things Happen. 2015. [ONLINE] Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cuenterprise/ . [Accessed 03 August 2015].
- Welsh Energy Sector Training (WEST). 2015. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.westproject.org.uk. [Accessed 03 August 2015].
- Welsh School of Architecture. 2015. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/. [Accessed 03 August 2015].
Author/Contact Details:
- Neil Coles, Senior Enterprise Learning Officer, Cardiff University (enterprise@cardiff.ac.uk)