Catalysts for Change

What’s on offer?

In today’s digital world, there are few barriers to starting online businesses or becoming a social media superstar or are there?

Discover the benefits associated with educating aspiring young entrepreneurs, share your experiences, and join our new community of practice for entrepreneurship educators.

4.30 Arrival and registration

5.00 Welcome Professor Susan Smith, UCL School of Management

5.10 Entrepreneurship in Society, Professor Steve Yoo, UCL School of Management

5.25 Entrepreneurship in Schools, Olivia Saunders, Deputy Head, Royal Greenwich Trust School

5.40 Young Entrepreneurs Academy, Paul Herman, Founder

5.55 Panel discussion and audience Q&A

6.30 Session close

What’s it about?

Entrepreneurship skills and understanding have a significant role to play in society catalysing economic growth. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (2023) highlights a strong entrepreneurial framework in the UK across most dimensions. However, entrepreneurial education at the school stage is comparatively underdeveloped.

This session will help audience members understand the important role of entrepreneurship for young people supporting the development of critical competencies and skills, including self-efficacy, creativity, and proactiveness. By drawing on foundational entrepreneurship knowledge and understanding young entrepreneurs can test and scale their ideas.

The formal curriculum is often crammed with working toward public exams and subject teachers may not have experience teaching entrepreneurship, which draws from multiple disciplinary areas including strategy, marketing, and finance. This can create challenges in embedding entrepreneurship learning across the sector.

Our expert speakers outline the important role of entrepreneurship education with young people 13-17 years old and offer insights into how such learning can be incorporated into the curriculum, co-curriculum, and extra-curricular activities.

Who’s leading the event?

Professor Susan Smith, UCL School of Management

Open to

This event is open to those with an interest in entrepreneurship education

Of particular interest to

This event is suitable for school teachers and youth workers working with young people aged 13-17 who are interested in entrepreneurship education.

Event booking deadline

28 October 2024 11:59pm