Our Values and Aims

Our purpose is to enable excellence in enterprise education.

EEUK Enables excellence in enterprise and entrepreneurship education, connecting and supporting enterprise and entrepreneurship educators across the world. We are Ambitious for our membership and inspire them to Innovate whilst increasing the scale, scope and effectiveness of their practice and research in order to influence positive change in UK and International Policy. We operate with Integrity, acting fairly and professionally, communicating with respect and purpose.

We enable our members to share and exchange good practice.

To achieve this we provide research funding, bursaries, practical resources, tools and techniques. Our members and extended global network connect and share practice through our international conference (IEEC), Enterprise Exchange events, webinars, ETC Toolkit and forum. Celebrating the impact of enterprise education is also important and is achieved through the National Enterprise Educator Awards and our Impact Showcase.

Influencing positive change in UK and international policy.

Related to enterprise education is an important ambition. We provide input to UK government policy consultations and our Directors and Honorary Fellows influence international policy change through the EU, OECD and United Nations. Our board and members recently made major contributions to the new QAA Guidance on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education.

Benefits of Joining

If your organisation joins, you and your colleagues throughout the organisation will become EEUK Associates and will have the opportunity to develop your professional practice as an enterprise educator or practitioner. Exchange good practice at free to attend events, receive a 28% discount to attend the leading global enterprise education conference (IEEC), apply for a bursary to develop your practice or apply for funding for a small research project – even if you are not a researcher. But most important of all, join a connected global network to share and learn from others.
Universities, colleges and other organisations that join EEUK are well placed to develop and embed enterprise education right across their organisations. For a small annual fee, all academics and staff in enterprise, careers and other departments can attend free events, receive conference discounts, apply for bursaries and research funding and connect with educators across the UK and overseas. You can also raise your enterprise profile through hosting events and contributing to member newsletters and our impact showcase.

Cool Timeline

2004

The importance of innovation in service provision and in discipline areas beyond science and technology was attracting attention and universities responded by extending their enterprise and entrepreneurship education across disciplines and beyond the curriculum into extra-curricular activities such as student enterprise clubs and societies. UKSEC resounded by widening its focus to disciplines beyond science and technology.

2001

2001 Established as UK Science Enterprise Centres (UKSEC). The catalyst for the development of UKSEC was Science Enterprise Challenge (SEC) funding provided by the UK Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) that established 13 Science Enterprise Centres and consortia.