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The Entrepreneurial University: A Unifying Theme For Tu4dublin, John Jameson, Patrick O'Donnell
The Entrepreneurial University: A Unifying Theme For Tu4dublin, John Jameson, Patrick O'Donnell
Stream 1: Enterprise and Engagement
The paper is presented as a rationale for the adoption of an entrepreneurial university model as the guiding principle for the organisation of the Technological University for Dublin (TU4D)5. It is argued that the entrepreneurial university provides a coherent context in which the internal resources and capacities of the three organisations, within the alliance, can be aligned to the external environment and the needs of their stakeholders through agility, flexibility and responsiveness.The paper first considers a broad definition of what is understood as an entrepreneurial Higher Educational Institution (HEI). It then considers the entrepreneurial mind-set as a precursor to the …
The Beast In The Jungle: The Humanities In The Future Higher Education Landscape, Richard Hayes
The Beast In The Jungle: The Humanities In The Future Higher Education Landscape, Richard Hayes
Stream 1: Enterprise and Engagement
That universities—existing and to-be-invented—will by necessity be more entrepreneurial in the future is enshrined in higher education policy in Ireland and, indeed, has been seemingly uncritically accepted by higher education institutions, old and new. Commercializing research output, nurturing spin-out commercial activity, embracing on-campus private, commercial companies, forming entrepreneurial graduates with entrepreneurial training embedded in the curriculum—all these strategies are encouraged, if not required, of a new higher education culture that promises, in adopting these strategies, a pathway towards "economic renewal". An industry- and business-led vision of the future of higher education sits uneasily with faculty in Humanities, however, where a …