ENTERPRISE
An enterprising education
Scott Cain
the launch event last year took place simultaneously globally, setting up innovative, sustainable ventures
at the German embassy in London and the British and businesses.
looks forward
embassy in Berlin, with participants interacting live via Lesley david, 13, a student at skinners’ school, said:
webcam. “taking part in the project with achievers International
after the programme began, students from both has enhanced my english and German skills and I have
to Global
schools made trips across the continent to meet and learnt a lot about business studies and global trade.
discuss their business plans face-to-face. they used I now feel inspired and have the confidence to think
Entrepreneurship
the visits as an opportunity to build relationships, make about setting up my own business one day.”
sales presentations, and market their products, and like these students are fantastic examples of fresh
Week, which he says is
true entrepreneurs, they even secured a few sales along thinkers who spot opportunities, apply their talents, and
the way. overcome obstacles to make their ideas happen.
six months later, to celebrate World trade Week the drive to nurture entrepreneurial talent
an opportunity to engage
and begin the countdown to Global entrepreneurship needs business, education, government, voluntary
Week 2009, the skinners’ school girls once again had organisations, and the media to work together and
students in enterprise activity,
the opportunity to trade in a real-life setting. setting up Global entrepreneurship Week is a great opportunity
a stall outside the London stock exchange, the girls for showcasing what hundreds of organisations already
developing ideas, and
shone a spotlight on the importance of global trade and do all year round to help foster an enterprise culture.
connections while generating publicity around their One of the key events for schools to take part in
making them happen
trade project. during Global entrepreneurship Week is the Make Your
Max Larcombe, project manager at achievers Mark Challenge, a free-to-enter enterprise competition
International, said: “We’ve seen UK schools exporting for 14 to 19-year-olds, taking place on Monday
Blu-tack, jewellery and other stationery products which (november 16).
Or tHe past year, a group of students they have discovered there is a gap in the market for this year’s competition has a low-carbon theme so
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from skinners’ Company’s school for abroad. they learn lots about global trading and get to entrants will be asked to come up with a business idea
Girls in London have been trading make connections with their peers around the world.” that will help save the earth as well as generate profits.
products with sophie-Charlotte- For this year’s Global entrepreneurship Week, since 2004, enterprise Week in the UK has
Oberschule in Berlin, Germany. Lambeth Council will be hosting a Young entrepreneurs involved 2,242,000 participants, working with 20,025
the partnership started during Market on Friday, november 20, on London’s organisations and partners. Last year, the renamed
Global entrepreneurship Week 2008 southbank, and achievers International is taking over a Global entrepreneurship Week saw 276,920 people
when achievers International, a year-round, online number of stalls for students to sell their global wares. take part in 2,736. the audience reached was diverse
project encouraging international trade between partner the students from skinners’ school will be trading – 51.2 per cent of participants were female and 19.5
schools, was launched. their products from Germany, along with a number of per cent were ethnic minorities. some 2,244 event
Global entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide other schools taking part in the achievers International organisers are planning events this year and so keeping
movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions programme, including sunbury Manor school from the movement strong. SecEd
taking part in events and turning their entrepreneurial sunbury on thames, which has been trading with
ideas into business reality. the week is run by enterprise Yachana technica High school in ecuador. • Scott Cain is the deputy chief executive of
UK and started life as enterprise Week in 2004 before We believe that every young person should have Enterprise UK.
going global in 2008. It takes place this year from access to real-life enterprise experiences that allow
Monday (november 16). them to develop entrepreneurial skills and attitudes
Further information
as part of the achievers International project, while at school. By harnessing enterprising ideas, Global entrepreneurship Week runs from Monday to
students and teachers form a company and then import skills and talents, young people can make a positive sunday next week (november 16 to 22), with the focus
and export goods with a school abroad. Joint enterprise contribution to their community. enterprise UK is for 2009 on highlighting the role of enterprise in driving
and trade projects not only develop participants’ calling for educators across the UK to get involved economic recovery. Visit www.gew.org.uk Global marketplace: Skinners’ School
business skills, but also their global awareness and with Global entrepreneurship Week and help inspire to find out more about, and to register for, Make student Saheera Ausaluth sells German
understanding of other cultures and citizenship. the next generation of entrepreneurs to think and act Your Mark, visit www.makeyourmark.org.uk goods to a London businessman
Independent thinking
Parents vs teachers
Parents and their role in schooling seem never him and has punished him unfairly – the teacher must
to be far from the media headlines at the moment. be disciplined as my child cannot possibly have failed
On the one hand, we all recognise that engaged to do his homework or behaved badly in class.”
and supportive parents are a very important key to “My child says that Mr X hit him in the corridor
a child’s success at school, but on the other we see when no one else was about, I demand that Mr X be
headlines decrying “pushy” parents as “liars” or suspended and investigated for child abuse.”
rightly bemoaning the parents who refuse to allow How did we get ourselves into this mess? How
their offspring to be disciplined or who collude in did we manage to create a society where children
false allegations against teachers. have such power and can persuade their
In some ways, these apparently very parents or others in authority that they
different characteristics are closely related. are the victims of an assault and a
Certainly, the current government’s aim teacher’s career and life can be
has been to empower and involve parents ruined overnight?
as much as possible in their children’s How can government ministers
education. and others make public statements
Parental choice of school is a much about the significant percentages
vaunted aim of all the major political of parents who are prepared to
parties, although this can never quite lie to get their children into the
be reconciled with the fact that the most school of their choice and yet be
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