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Entrepreneurship education in HE: are policy makers expecting too much?

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore current entrepreneurship and enterprise education
policy in the UK. The way is which such education is defined and conceptualised in current policy
discourse is discussed. The key question addressed in the paper is whether policy makers are
expecting too much from current entrepreneurship provision in UK HE.
Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual, perspective style paper, drawing mainly on
entrepreneurship and enterprise education policy documents in the UK as well as related reports and
academic literatures mainly published within the last decade. As such, its main intention is to prompt
further debate and research in this area.
Findings – The paper helps further our understanding of entrepreneurship and enterprise education
as portrayed in current policy documents, and suggests that expectations of outcomes from its
inclusion in higher education (HE) may have spiralled beyond what is both realistic and possible. The
author argues for a more realistic and measurable perspective of the expectations of entrepreneurship
and enterprise education in HE, particularly in non-traditional discipline areas, and suggests that
policy in this regard is in need of realignment.
Research limitations/implications – The paper is based mainly on UK entrepreneurship and
enterprise education policy documents published within the last decade, as well as related papers.
Practical implications – The paper has implications for educators and policy makers in terms of
curriculum design and expectations.
Originality/value – The paper should be of value to researchers, educators and those involved in
curricula design in the area of entrepreneurship and enterprise education. The paper should be of
particular value to policy makers in the context of helping them to be more realistic in relation to their
expectations of such education.

Keywords Employability, Enterprise, Policy, Entrepreneurship education

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Education þ Training

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: Emerald Group., 2013

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Education þ Training Vol. 55 No. 8/9, 2013 pp. 836-848

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English

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