Entrepreneurial Campus: summary

Call to Action

The paper proposes the adoption of a framework to assess the development and success of Scottish institutions in becoming entrepreneurial campuses.

At a high-level, this framework will measure the extent to which institutions can show they possess specific attributes. The paper explains these attributes in detail and groups them under the following 10 themes:

• Align with Regional Ecosystem – Align and interact with your regional ecosystem and external partners to accelerate
• Inspire through impact – Inspire young people to engage in entrepreneurial thinking through social and impact led activities
• Lead from the top – Establish institutional policies that support the development of an entrepreneurial mindset in students and staff
• Transform curriculum – All students undertake credit bearing courses in support of entrepreneurial development as well as set, and optional, cross faculty, practical entrepreneurial learning opportunities during their student journey.
• Enhance extra-curricular support – Provide a systematic approach to extra-curricular support for student start-ups
• Engage external expertise – Develop (and engage with) an active alumni network and your local entrepreneurial community
• Enhance spin-out support – Develop support for academic/staff spin-outs
• Align funding – Provide access to funding for student and staff led enterprises
• Develop a talent pipeline – Create a vibrant and developing pre-16 domestic talent pipeline as well as attracting entrepreneurial students from around the world
• Deploy a framework for change – Establish a framework for change that incentivises our institutions and ensures quality outcomes

The paper develops these themes and suggests a number of actions (58 in total) to establish these attributes across our institutions. All 58 actions are listed in the tables included at the end of this summary.