Survey on entrepreneurship in higher education - call for tenders
The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for a survey on entrepreneurship in higher education. The study will provide an overview of the state of teaching of entrepreneurship in European higher education, providing both quantitative data (e.g. number of chairs, courses, professors and students involved, etc.) and qualitative information (methodologies used, problems encountered, best practice cases, etc.). It will address entrepreneurship teaching in different types of institutions (universities, business schools, polytechnics, etc.) and courses (all fields of study, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels). The survey should cover the EU Member States, and attempt to cover acceding and candidate countries and European Economic Area (EEA) countries participating in the Commission's multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship. The study should devote special attention to the teaching of entrepreneurship within technical and scientific fields of study. The contractors will address activities and programmes in higher education that aim to foster entrepreneurial mindsets, attitudes and skills among young people. The study will include 2 steps: 1) a broad preliminary survey, to quantify the number of institutions in Europe providing courses on entrepreneurship. The sample of institutions to be addressed with this first enquiry should be as wide as possible, and statistically representative of the situation in the EU; 2) a specific survey based on a detailed questionnaire, which will address only institutions having responded positively to the first enquiry. This survey will allow an assessment of the modalities on offer in entrepreneurship training. Results from these two surveys will be complemented by a limited number of interviews with professors engaged in entrepreneurship and with key representatives of educational institutions. This will make it possible to analyse issues more in depth. The study will identify the main obstacles to the development of entrepreneurship education, and factors of success. The analysis will generate a number of conclusions and recommendations for action to be addressed to all relevant actors, including: 1) those directly involved in the organisation and delivery of the programmes, and 2) public administrations and policy makers. The results of the study will be delivered in English.For further information, please contact: European Commission Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry Unit E1, Entrepreneurship Attn: Simone Baldassari Avenue d'Auderghem 45 B-1049 Brussels Tel +32-2 295 5305 Fax +32-2 296 6278 E-mail: entr-entrepreneurship@cec.eu.int To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?REQUEST=Seek-Deliver&LANGUAGE=en&DOCID=107657-2006(opens in new window)