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EnterMode

Internship Model for developing Entrepreneurial skills to higher education
Project 601125-EPP-1-2018-1-SK-EPPKA2-KA.
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19 November 2018

BASIC FACTS
The project is funded by the E+ Programme under KA2 – Knowledge Alliances for higher education and is coordinated by the Technical University of Kosice (SK). It starts in January 2019 and will last two years. The partnership consists of 14 organisations from 8 countries, 5 universities, 5 companies, 2 research organisations, one association of companies and one European network of higher education institutes.

CONTEXT
Competitiveness of European economy requires citizens and particularly young people to be innovative, creative, flexible and courageous to face challenges in a dynamic and volatile economy. Young people need to become ‘entrepreneurs’: they should be able to turn ideas into action, successfully develop new commercial and social ventures and be innovator in the organizations where they work. Entrepreneurship skills include creativity, innovation and risk taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives.
 
The entrepreneurial mind-set, is not a personal characteristic, the entrepreneurial mind-set and skills can be developed through learning and experience and can be achieved within the education system. Thus, European Union has set as a strategic objective to enhance creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship at all levels of education and training (Education and Training 2020).
 
Entre.Mode project aims to stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills of higher education teaching staff and company staff and develop an entrepreneurial mind-set and related skills to higher education students.

OBJECTIVES and RESULTS

  • Awareness raising on the importance of internship for higher education students in general and for building entrepreneurial skills
  • Development of HEIs–companies partnerships for the promotion of entrepreneurial education of higher education students, during their internships
  • Capacity building of higher education teaching staff and companies’ trainers, to organise entrepreneurial learning and support the acquisition of related skills and competences, by the students that participate in internships.
  • Development of entrepreneurial mind-set, skills and competences to higher education students, during their internships
  • Developing an integrated model of entrepreneurship skills acquisition that invites different levels of learning, using online serious game.
  • Building a community of practice, that allows for developing common practice, sharing good practice and socializing newcomers into existing business communities
  • Developing learning analytics that enable us to track learning progress and adapt the Enter.Mode program to personal and organisational needs.

More info about the project is available on the project website.

ENTER.MODE Community of Practice
Enter.Mode is a newly founded community of practice that supports the development, sharing and critical reflection of entrepreneurship practice. The Enter.Mode community provides a space for learning and collaboration between teachers, trainers and practitioners from both higher education and companies, that are called to develop entrepreneurial skills to students and organize internships.
 
The Enter.Mode community can be found on DISCUSS, the European Platform for Communities of Practice in Lifelong Learning.