Evaluating enterprise education: Why do it?

Education and Training

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-290

  Edwards, Louise Jayne ^a   Muir, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curricula; Enterprise education; Enterprise skills; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurs; Graduates; Labelling; Self identity; Start ups; Students; Universities; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861326903     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911211236136     Document Type: Article

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