support and finance for start-ups, and implementing the Enterprise Education Review. Timing: Morning ... Venue: Glaziers
Westminster Higher Education Forum Keynote Seminar: Encouraging student and graduate entrepreneurship – support and finance for start‐ups, and implementing the Enterprise Education Review Timing: Morning, Tuesday, 9th December 2014 Venue: Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London SE1 9DD
Agenda subject to change
8.30 ‐ 9.00 9.00 ‐ 9.05
9.05 ‐ 9.15
9.15 ‐ 9.35
9.35 ‐ 10.30
Registration and coffee Chair’s opening remarks Lord Storey, Co‐Chair, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Education, Families and Young People Trends in graduate entrepreneurship Professor Nigel Culkin, Professor of Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development, University of Hertfordshire and President, Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Enterprise for All: key findings Hushpreet Dhaliwal, Implementation Lead, Enterprise for All report Questions and comments from the floor with Professor Nigel Culkin, Professor of Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development, University of Hertfordshire and President, Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Embedding an entrepreneurial culture amongst students and staff
What more can be done to embed enterprise into the curriculum of FE and HE courses, particularly those which are not traditionally associated with enterprise ‐ for example social science and humanities subjects? Would Lord Young’s recommendation of having an enterprise module for all courses help to encourage students to consider enterprise; how feasible would this be? How can students be taught the practical skills needed to run a successful business and is this best integrated within subjects or offered as a stand‐alone option? How can teaching staff be supported to deliver enterprise education and are there sufficient learning resources for enterprise education at each level? What more can careers and employability services do to promote entrepreneurship, a possible career path? How could universities do more to build on the growing interest in social enterprise to engage a wider variety of students in starting their own business? How successful are enterprise societies in encouraging an entrepreneurial culture on campus; how can best practice be shared across the country?
10.30 ‐ 10.35
Johnny Luk, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) Fintan Donohue, Chief Executive Officer, The Gazelle Group Dave Jarman, Head of Enterprise and Employability, Bath Spa University Peter Ptashko, Lead Partnership and Support Manager, UnLtd Sheila Quairney, Chair, Enterprise Educators UK Matthew Simmonds, Co‐Founder, SpeakSet Questions and comments from the floor Chair’s closing remarks Lord Storey, Co‐Chair, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Education, Families and Young People
10.35 ‐ 11.05
Coffee
11.05 ‐ 11.10
Chair’s opening remarks Lord Bilimoria, Enterprise Leader, Prince’s Trust; Founder, Cobra Beer and Chairman, Cobra Beer Partnership The role of accelerators Alex Crompton, Programme Director, Entrepreneur First
11.10 ‐ 11.15
11.15 ‐ 12.05
Supporting entrepreneurs on campus ‐ incubation, mentoring and the emergence of accelerators What has been the impact of the emergence in recent years of non‐university based ‘accelerators’; to what extent are these programmes a challenge to Business Schools and universities’ enterprise activities? How would a Student Business Start Up Programme, as suggested in the Education for All report, help universities and Business Schools to support student start ups? What can universities learn from the best practice of private sector accelerators, and how can collaboration across sectors be encouraged? Should Government and LEPs do more to encourage universities and colleges to collaborate with each other to provide accelerator services, particularly to support areas without a major university? How can alumni be encouraged to make practical contributions ‐ such as mentoring and offering work experience ‐ to universities’ and colleges’ own accelerator activities? Are current university incubators meeting the needs of graduate start‐ups and how best practice be shared across the HE sector? What effect is the creation of new University Enterprise Zones likely to have on the number of graduates starting their own businesses in these areas, and will they be successful in encouraging non‐graduate prospective entrepreneurs to engage with universities for support?
12.05 ‐ 12.15
12.15 ‐ 12.55
Dr Harveen Chugh, Growth Manager, Sirius Programme, UK Trade & Investment Trevor Clawson, Freelance Business Journalist Dr Simon Brown, Head of Enterprise Development, National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education Izzy Mair, Director of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, City College Norwich Medeia Cohan‐Petrolino, Creative Director, School for Creative Startups Questions and comments from the floor with Alex Crompton, Programme Director, Entrepreneur First Start Up Loans: record so far and future prospects Yasmina Siadatan, Creative Director, Start‐Up Loans Company Access to finance for graduate start‐ups – Start Up Loans, seed funding and second‐stage finance
How effectively is the current range of seed‐funding supporting graduate start‐ups, and what impact are new innovations like crowd funding having in this area? What more can be done to encourage graduates to utilise the Start‐Up Loans programme; should universities and colleges be encouraged to become Delivery Partners? What sort of graduate start‐ups utilise seed‐funding and do graduates need greater support to navigate and take advantage of the range of funding streams available? In what ways can universities and colleges do more to signpost options for finance and support applications for funding? How can access to second stage finance for graduate start‐ups be improved, and should Government do more to incentivise lenders to increase their participation in this market?
12.55 ‐ 13.00
Dr Kelly Smith, Head of Enterprise, University of Huddersfield and Head, Graduate Entrepreneurship Project Carlos Silva, President and Chief Operating Officer, Seedrs Questions and comments from the floor with Yasmina Siadatan, Creative Director, Start‐Up Loans Company Chair’s and Westminster Higher Education Forum closing remarks Lord Bilimoria, Enterprise Leader, Prince’s Trust; Founder, Cobra Beer and Chairman, Cobra Beer Partnership Jonny Roberts, Associate Editor, Westminster Higher Education Forum
