Title :
Work in progress: Entrepreneurial skills for computing graduates
Author :
Williams, Ross ; Graham, James
Author_Institution :
Dept. CSCT, Univ. of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK
Abstract :
Preliminary experience with a final year activity focusing on Entrepreneurship & Enterprise is presented. The curriculum is described and its suitability for Computing students evaluated. Persuading technical students to participate in a non-technical course is a considerable challenge. The University has recently organized an annual business competition, with prizes, to encourage students to pursue their ideas and develop commercial products and services. This has been incorporated into the assessed course with some success.
Keywords :
commerce; computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; innovation management; business competition; commercial product; commercial service; computing student; entrepreneurial skill; entrepreneurship-and-enterprise course; technical student; university; Economic indicators; Educational institutions; Employment; Focusing; Innovation management; enterprise; entrepreneurship; graduate training; professional development;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1353-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462210
