About the bursary
Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK) established the Bursary in memory of their former Vice-Chair Dr Richard Beresford. Richard had a deep commitment to supporting the personal development of colleagues working in enterprise and entrepreneurship education. Please scroll to the bottom of this page for details of bursaries already awarded.
Aims
To support the personal development of enterprise and entrepreneurship educators and practitioners, to positively contribute to their practice and to share the story of their learning experiences with the wider EEUK membership.
Who can apply?
You must be employed by an EEUK member organisation and should have been an enterprise educator or practitioner for no more than 5 years. Directors of EEUK are not eligible to apply. Full terms and conditions are at the bottom of the application form.
How could the Bursary be used?
The Bursary could help you to engage in a personal development opportunity that you could not otherwise do so. This could include but is not limited to attendance at conferences, visits to other institutions to share models and knowledge of good practice in enterprise education, course fees that are relevant to enterprise education practice.
How will I share my learning with the EEUK membership?
After spending the Bursary, you will be required to write a 500-word blog/provide a 500-word recording and create a 90-second video to be shared with the EEUK membership to show how the funding has helped the wider enterprise and entrepreneurship community, show what you have learnt, how you will embed the learning in your practice, and any outputs such as blogs, vlogs and podcasts.
How much can be applied for?
A maximum of £1000 per application will be awarded to a small number of applicants every year. Match funding is welcome but not mandatory.
How do I apply?
Applicants are asked to fill out a form (see bottom of this page) or to submit a 90-second video, answering the questions in video form. Please send videos via WeTransfer to Sal Edwards, EEUK’s Head of Projects at sal@eeuk-menu.instawp.xyz.
A panel of EEUK directors will assess all applications. Applications for the Autumn/Winter closed on 8 November 2024. The applications will open again in Spring 2025.
How do I find out more?
See examples of Bursaries already awarded below or contact Sal Edwards, EEUK’s Head of Projects at sal@eeuk-menu.instawp.xyz for more information.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The bursary contributed towards travel costs to Stanford University in the US to observe some University Innovation Fellows sessions. This program is for university students and their faculty to train students to become change agents and serve as collaborators to faculty. Amanda brought the learning back to inform developments at Lancaster.
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Amanda's blog 'Learning to create more Ah-Ha! moments in learning': |
The bursary covered course fees, materials and travel costs for attending The Rickter Scale® training. This training helps organisations to measure soft outcomes, distance travelled and impact, whilst giving individuals a meaningful experience that provides choice and ownership. The learning developed Catherine’s skills related to measuring the less tangible outcomes of enterprise initiatives.
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Video: Catherine's learning |
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Catherine's blog: |
Travel bursary to support a visit to Mondragon University, Spain. The University is closely linked with industrial cooperatives operating in the Basque country and has recently started embedding enterprise in their curricula. During the visit Plato will explore how learning activities link in to their industrial cooperative system and will use this to inform developments back in Sheffield.
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Video: Plato's visit |
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Blog: Plato's Visit |
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Plato's ongoing blog with a focus on extending the impact of the Bursary |
HE provision at University Campus Barnsley is growing rapidly but the current enterprise programme is more FE focussed. The bursary will support travel and accommodation related to visits to gain an insight from other HE organisations as to how they embed a culture of enterprise and entrepreneurship across their institutions. The findings will bring back best practice to the College and develop Gareth personally and help him to establish in which area of enterprise and entrepreneurship he would like to develop a specialism.
The bursary covered the fees and travel for Teodora to attend a PraxisUnico New Venture Creation course. This developed Teodora’s skills for working with groups of students and staff requiring business advice and enhanced her business evaluation skills so she is able to acknowledge start-up and spin-off propositions herself and provide more competent advice.
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Teodora's learning |
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Teodora's blog |
The bursary funded attendance at an improvisation workshops to help improve Peter’s classroom performance and also to help him to teach improvisation techniques to students to help them gain insights into the life of an entrepreneur and to better enable them to respond to changing situations and uncertainty.
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Watch a short video about Peter's experience |
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Read Peter's blog: |
Steve is a key member of the team in the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Cardiff Metropolitan University delivering entrepreneurship education and start-up support. The bursary covered the fee to attend the USASBE 2018 Conference in Los Angeles, the theme being “Advancing entrepreneurship education through bold teaching, scholarship and practice”, Attendance at the Conference enabled him to feedback to academic colleagues to help them support their delivery within the curriculum.
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The Bursary contributed to the cost of creating an online training module in consultation with IPSE which is essential if the project is to be successful. The consultation included, Identifying aims and objectives of the online training module, The structure and format to be implemented, Identifying core topics that need to be addressed and assessing their relevance to the target audience, i.e. students and graduates.
The Bursary contributed towards Kadeza obtaining a Level 5 Certificate in Business Support which covered Business Support, Developing effective relationships with clients and empowering the client to analyse the business and implement change. In addition Kadeza undertook some specific skills development in Presentation Skills, Marketing and Business Finance to enhance and complement their current service offering.
The Bursary contributed to the cost of Stoyan attending experts’ sessions and workshops at the International Council for Small Business World Congress, the Academy of Management, or similar. To achieve the desired stage of his personal development he would like to learn from trained sociologists who have knowledge on the topic of cosmopolitanism, how it can be measured, and how it can be promoted within curricula.
The Bursary contributed to the fees and travel for Simon to undertake an SAS style training weekend. There are a high number of similarities between enterprise education and special forces operations and this training gave Simon key insights into things like decision making under ambiguous situations, creativity, risk taking and leadership. By developing these characteristics he hopes to be able to share the concepts, scenarios and examples within the classroom as well.
The bursary was awarded to Lauren to help fund visits to enterprise groups at other universities, with the intention of learning best practice in forming and maintaining relationships between the enterprise components across campus (octopus heart and brain) and how to communicate her offering effectively among all stake-holders (octopus tentacles).
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Watch Lauren's Video |
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Natasha was awarded the funding to attend the KAOSPILOT Co-creation design 2 day programme in Stockholm March 2019
The Richard Beresford bursary enabled Eilish to visit other HEIs and understand what female entrepreneurship schemes are in place and which ones created the greatest impact. The findings were then reported, disseminated to EEUK members and applied those findings to create a programme for budding female entrepreneurs piloted in spring 2019.
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Download Eilish's Blog |
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Watch Eilish's Video |
The funding went towards a facilitation course.
The aim of the training is to increase my confidence in facilitation and my skills to handle more challenging situations. I would then take time to reflect on how I will use my new skills and techniques and apply them to workshops and presentations that I deliver to students and graduates.
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Read Amy's Blog |
The funding was used towards travel and accommodation to attend Buffer Fest in Toronto in September 2019. This is the largest, world-wide gathering of YouTube creators (the Oscars of YouTube). I also visited the YouTube Space in Toronto, which is a co-working and collaboration hub for YouTube creators. Overall, this trip took 4-5 days.
The funding was used to go on a two day course run by Praxis Auril , called New venture creation 1: first steps towards spinouts and start-up companies. The course was highly participative and interactive, was held 29 – 30 Jan 2020, and is based in Loughbourgh.
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Read Katharine's Blog |
The funding was used to enroll in an online IDEO course Designing Strategy in order to experience online education that focuses on human-centered and creative aspect of learning. My aim was to learn from this experience and develop a digital version of the courses I have been leading on.
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Watch Radka's Video |
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Read Radka's Blog |
The funding was used to attend a 2-day short course at the National Film and TV School called ‘Running Your Own Film/TV Company’ . The choice of Film or TV is optional and runs at different times of the year but the principals are the same.
The funding was used to attend an online self-paced course delivered by IDEO on ‘Prototyping for Digital Experiences’ to learn prototyping methods for digital products and services. These methods are very useful to enhance experiential learning in my Digital Entrepreneurship modules as it would allow my students to develop prototypes for digital products and services even if they lack coding skills.
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Read Paolo's Blog |
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Watch Paolo's video |
The bursary money was spent on a series of tailored professional coaching sessions to create a roadmap to help me navigate the next few months. By working alongside an external and objective coach I understood how to take an early-stage educational entrepreneurship hub and transform it into a multi-channel, international community that includes acceleration streams, innovative revenue-generating opportunities, and productive corporate partnerships.
The funding was used to support the research, planning and delivery time of an online resource project which made use of EntreComp to underpin the critical skills, values, behaviours and attitudes needed for the achievement of the SDGs. To this end, Felicity created learning material through a short online course. This can be accessed by educators as a form of CPD to provide new stimuli/ideas.
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Read Felicity's Blog |
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Watch Felicity's video |
The grant funding was used to access expert training delivered by The Institute of Export. A series of workshops were created and offered to University hub members, colleagues and support teams together with fellow Enterprise Educators across the UK. Sarah wrote a series of articles and blogs to upskill and demystify the processes so businesses can thrive.
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Read Sarah's Blog |
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Watch Sarah's Video |
The funding helped fund a trip to visit University Arts London. UAL have a fantastic enterprise program to specifically support those studying creative courses or who are in the arts. UAL also have a dedicated student shop (not just a shop) which now has a team behind it, selling both online and in a permanent dedicated physical space.
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Read Gabi's Blog here |
The bursary will be used to build a community of specially-abled entrepreneurs by visiting various institutions in the UK.I would be visiting institutions such as the Royal School of Blind and similar institutions to engage and build a community of young disabled entrepreneurs in the creative sectors.
The funding will be spent on a visit to Bangor University, Wales (for 3 nights and 4 days between the March-May period. Dates TBC) to learn more about their award-winning ‘Enterprise by Design’ programme.
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Read Shruti's Blog here |
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Watch Shruti's Video here |
The funding enabled three members of staff to travel to visit Kings College London, to learn more about their enterprise and entrepreneurship institute, using this to guide the provision created in Bangor. As a new role, this visit and engagement helped guide the priorities in developing enterprise education in Bangor.
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Read Beth's Blog here |
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Watch Beth's Video |
The money will be spent on 2 5-hour CPD courses delivered by Celtrose Consultancy to further my knowledge of working with disabled students and graduates within Enterprise Education. Once completed I would like to share my knowledge and findings with fellow EEUK members.
Having been in post a year now, I have the understanding and knowledge of the areas I would personally like to explore through CPD, to add huge value to our student community and the institution.
Through visiting other institutions there are 3 key topic areas of CPD that I would like to explore. I would happily present back on my learning experience in relation to all these areas. 1. Enterprise related intervention/activity/ 2. Freelancers after graduation. 3. Championing more women into entrepreneurship.
The funding was used to attend The UK Black Business Entrepreneurs Conference. The money covered conference fees, accommodation and transportation and general logistic. Attending the Conference provided me with the tools, resources, and networking opportunities necessary to take my teaching to the next level and help my students succeed in the business world.
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Read Gbemisola's Blog Here |
I would spend the money on a 12-week self-guided Sensible Futures Facilitator Training Course. Sensible Futures is a design framework and a methodology for co-creating and implementing better futures for startups, established businesses and the humans they are targeting. I would like to attain certification to help me design and deliver workshops that prompt students to future-gaze, ideate and build propositions that can have a long-lasting positive impact.
The Richard Beresford Bursary part funded my attendance of a case writing workshop. Attending this workshop supported my personal and professional goals of enhancing my ability to develop compelling case studies which resonate with students and provide practical learning experiences from an enterprise and entrepreneurial perspective.
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Read Efe's Blog here |
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Watch Efe's Video here |
My bursary application asked for £500 of funding to allow me to travel to meet fellow educators from universities who specialise in enterprise and entrepreneurship, to build networks and to share best practice and resources. I relished the opportunity to learn from these teams and shared some of the content I am developing.
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Watch Laura's video here |
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Read Laura's Blog here |
I plan to allocate the bursary funds towards a series of personalised somatic coaching sessions for professional development, aimed at crafting a strategic roadmap to offer business development and overall well-being for female entrepreneurs. Collaborating with an experienced somatic coach, my goal is to gain deeper insights into effectively supporting female entrepreneurs in achieving sustainable business growth.
Louise attended a course provided by Central Saint Martins: Entrepreneurship For Creatives Short Course. More information on the course is here.
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Read Louise's Blog Here |
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Watch Louise's video here |
My intention would be to use the bursary towards travel expenses to visit other institutions that embed enterprise and entrepreneurship into the curriculum, enabling me to shadow and work with experienced colleagues in the sector. I’d like to visit other EEUK members for example at Birmingham, Gloucestershire and York, if possible.