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

fYear

2012

fDate

3-6 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1353-7

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2012.6462210

Filename

6462210