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Linking Business, Enterprise and Entrepreneurial skills internationally
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018 PROJECT  FINISHED 

As mainstream and special education school practitioners form 5 different countries, the similarity we all share, is seeing first hand that links between schools and the world of work are often very fragile, yet feel it is so fundamental for the school system to encourage work experiences, to strengthen the connection between school curricula and the workplace. The rationale of our project is to intensify the opportunities of all young people including those with special educational needs and those who are disadvantaged through their social circumstances, by ensuring they have the transferable skills and qualities to guide them through further education and into employment as employees, employers and as entrepreneurs. Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, need to be given the opportunity to be involved and active with their peers in a safe and secure environment. This project both assists those with Special Educational Needs to access opportunities, but also, to encourage others to welcome children with disability to their activities. Basic skills in numeracy, literacy, ICT and science are essential in preparing students for the world of work and rightfully have their place on the compulsory curriculum. However we feel enterprise, embraces skills including communication, cooperation, problem solving, responsibility, creativity and initiative, which are equally as important and are often delivered but not recognised or assessed. Through this collaborative partnership we aim to make the delivery of enterprise activities easier and more relevant by creating resources which can help generate ideas, give genuine examples of tried and tested activities and provide an enterprise tracker tool which will help teachers and organisations, assess and record enterprise skills through different levels of ability. The project will directly involve 112 students, 52 of which have special educations needs, difficulties and/or behaviour, emotional and social difficulties, who will take part in mobilities. In addition, the project will also involve over 240 additional students who will be involved in activities and challenges shared over the internet in inter-school challenges. The project will also support professional development opportunities for 15 key member of staff and others incorporated into teams as information and good practice is disseminated throughout each organisation. Typical activities will involve challenges incorporating national and mixed international teams and will focus on enterprise, entrepreneurial and cultural experiences. Enterprise skills will be shared, developed and tested at all levels. Qualitative assessments will be made by all organisations leading to the final publications of resources representing mutually agreed definition of the skills which will be differentiated to represent different levels of ability. Through the collaborative experiences and exchanges of information, methodologies and pedagogy, we aim to achieve an innovative resource of enterprise activities and assessment tools which can be shared with other educational providers locally, regionally, nationally and at international levels. Potential longer term aspirations would be for education providers to appreciate the value that enterprise and an entrepreneurial attitude can add to an individual and a society, by preparing them for the future. We would like to see enterprise placed on the curriculum so all students can have the opportunity to take part in enterprise and show their creativity while gaining vital, transferable skills. We would also like enterprise to be supported by accreditation to recognise and reward the effort, skills and entrepreneurial qualities of the next generation of employee, employers and entrepreneurs.
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