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LEADERS IN LEARNING


CAMBRIDGE-STRATEGIES.ORG NAPIER.AC.UK


EDINBURGH, UK


“OUR GRADUATES EMERGE HAVING THE APPROPRIATE SKILLS, BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN EDUCATED IN THE PRECISE AREAS THAT ARE NEEDED”


EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY


EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY (ENU) has always prided itself on its forward-thinking interaction with the business world and the highly employable graduates it produces. In short, it provides a strong head start. Indeed, since Professor Andrea Nolan became Principal and Vice Chancellor in 2013, the university has ensured that giving students that head start is at the heart of its strategy. Dr Susan Laing, ENU’s Director of Innovation and Enterprise, explains that


this support is crucial, as students are increasingly mindful of getting the most out of university in terms of future career prospects. “There’s an awareness now of ‘what’s in this for me, what does this mean for my career’,” she says. This is coupled with a drive to increase the number of innovative businesses in Scotland, and an expectation that the university will play a role in this.


BUSINESS CONNECTIONS What Dr Laing describes as a “confluence of need” between the university and Scotland as a whole has led to a clear focus on nurturing entrepreneurship among its 17,000 undergraduates and postgraduates. Students are provided with the means and support to get their careers off the ground while completing their studies. Much of this is achieved through strong links with businesses, an area in which ENU has a successful and long-standing record. “These business links enable us to better inform our undergraduates


and postgraduates of where there’s evidence of external need and demand,” says Dr Laing. “So our graduates emerge from the university having the appropriate skills, because they’ve been educated in the precise areas that we know are needed by the industry.”


This knowledge and understanding helps influence the direction of


students’ research, while dedicated enterprise support enables them to become business owners themselves. Assistance is available at every step of the process, from business planning to intellectual property rights, through to accessing financial backing and legal expertise.


Its success is evident—ENU’s alumni comprised 42 per cent of


recorded graduate start-up companies in Scotland in 2011/12. And, to build on this, the university has a raft of initiatives aimed at inspiring and promoting its enterprising students. Nick Fannin oversees the various extracurricular activities that


have developed out of the university’s entrepreneurship teaching team. Although based within its Business School, the team provides a sweep of modules across all three faculties, which also include Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries, and Health, Life and Social Sciences.


STUDENT ENTERPRISES There is an awareness of supporting student start-ups throughout the university, with two existing business incubator spaces, and plans to open a third on the Health, Life and Social Sciences campus very shortly. These provide free hot-desk space to all students and graduates, with Nick and his colleagues on hand as business advisers. The university has also partnered with Entrepreneurial Spark, a social


enterprise that provides an accelerator programme to entrepreneurs throughout Edinburgh. In addition, it has created a consultancy programme called Bright Red Triangle, which employs students from all three faculties to form consultancy teams delivering short-term projects for businesses. “We can build a multidisciplinary team, which gives us an advantage over other consultancies out there,” says Fannin. “It’s really caught the imagination across the university, so we’re looking to develop that.” Future plans include creating a version of Team Academy, which was


pioneered in Finland and enables students to set up and run a real business as part of their degree course. With such emphasis on exploring innovative ways to give students a head start in business, ENU produces entrepreneurially minded graduates who are inspired to take charge of their careers, and have all the tools they need to succeed.


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