University of Cambridge: Persistently Innovating Entrepreneurship Education Methods

Balancing theory and practice in entrepreneurship education by applying the student-generated case study method

“…As a general conclusion of the literature review, we can see that in entrepreneurial education, students are almost always connected to practice in some way (Bischoff 2017a). There are four broad categories used in university education for ensuring this:…”

“…The actual shares of theory and practice are not always detailed in these studies, although some do, like in the case of the University of Valencia, where it is a 50:50 split (Bohlmann 2017). Understanding the concept of entrepreneurship is a key element in entrepreneurship education at the University of Cambridge for students were aiming to acquire the skills needed to become an entrepreneur (Bischoff 2017a).…”

“…Several universities provide a variety of entrepreneurship courses. Some of them are specific for selected students (Bischoff 2017a), while others cover the whole ed-ucation portfolio of the institution, like at Huddersfield University (Lilischkis 2017). Taking into consideration the needs of diverse target groups is also a key issue at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Halbfas 2017) The importance of providing specific offers to different target groups is also emphasized by Ellermann (2017a), stating that "different programmes for different target groups" is a key principle at Dublin City University's Ryan Academy.…”

The crucial role of entrepreneurship education at university using different educational practices

“…Consequently, many higher education institutions in that country have a strong entrepreneurial culture associated with the multidimensional entrepreneurial practices of their scientists (Abreu et al, 2016). Apart from that, an important source of financing for entrepreneurial education programs in the UK is domestic funds, such as the Higher Education Innovation Fund, which enables each university to obtain significant financial resources for distribution between its units (Bischoff, 2017).…”

“…Therefore, Cambridge is proof that entrepreneurship is strongly integrated with local culture -more than 1500 high-tech companies had been established, often in cooperation with the University of Cambridge. Consequently, the Cambridge region is well-known for its successful entrepreneurial ecosystem, also known as Silicon Fen (Bischoff, 2017).…”