The ‘Enterprise College Doncaster’ is taking off
Have you
ever thought about what it means to be Enterprising? To have a bold
and adventurous spirit and willingness to undertake new ventures?
Drive and ambition ‘To Be Whatever You Want To Be’?
Enthusiastically supported by the College
Principal the vision of Enterprise College Doncaster is to be
a Centre of Excellence for Enterprise Education in Doncaster (and
beyond!!) developing an enabling culture of Enterprise and
Innovation within the college.
Jayne Robinson, Project Manager for Enterprise
College Doncaster, has just launched the ‘NCFE
Certificate in Exploring Enterprise Capabilities’ with a hot
shot team of candidates taking this exciting Pilot course who will
become ‘Enterprise Champions’ working towards the goal of
Enterprise College Doncaster to cascade the ethos of Enterprise
college wide and embed Enterprise in the curriculum.
The Enterprise Champions will be leading and
developing Enterprising projects in each department building on
another definition of Enterprise, which is a company organised for
commercial purposes.
The aim here is for each department to have
Enterprising Projects to develop sustainability by reducing
dependency on external funding through Enterprising activities.
Enterprise activities will furthermore raise the profile of
departments throughout the college, raising the profile of the
college in the local business communities and providing excellent
networking opportunities
The ability to run a successful Enterprise
project will have the prerequisite of providing a ‘real world
of work’ learning experience for all students and staff
involved along with excellent Continuous Professional Development
opportunities. Student retention, achievement and employability
skills will be raised giving them the opportunity to participate in
a portfolio of programmes which will encourage the development of
skills, attributes and behaviours which will lead to an
Enterprising approach in the workplace.
Watch this site for all up and coming
information about the development of the new Enterprise College
Doncaster. Lots of exciting events are planned over the next
few months leading up to Global
Entrepreneurship Week on the 15th
to 21st November 2010. Please contact us if you have any
ideas for Enterprising activities.
“Through want of Enterprise and faith men
are where they are buying, selling and spending their lives like
serfs”
Henry David Thoreau
Launch on the journey with Enterprise College
Doncaster and let’s change this together.