Comments for David McQueenDavid McQueen http://davidmcqueen.co.uk Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Spotlight | A suit that fits by Tweets that mention enteprise | a suit that fits | Simply Magnificent! -- Topsy.com http://davidmcqueen.co.uk/2011/01/enteprise-a-suit-that-fits/#comment-11 Tweets that mention enteprise | a suit that fits | Simply Magnificent! -- Topsy.com Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:15:45 +0000 http://simplymagnificent.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-11 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David McQueen. David McQueen said: Latest post: An interview with the sauve dudes from @asuithatfits http://ow.ly/3Cndt #enterprise [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David McQueen. David McQueen said: Latest post: An interview with the sauve dudes from @asuithatfits http://ow.ly/3Cndt #enterprise [...]

]]> Comment on Spotlight | Jamal Edwards by Diane Corriette http://davidmcqueen.co.uk/2011/01/enterprise-profile-jamal-edwards/#comment-8 Diane Corriette Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:59:22 +0000 http://simplymagnificent.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-8 Good for you Jamal! Keep on going young man you make us all proud. What a great interview. Good for you Jamal! Keep on going young man you make us all proud.
What a great interview.

]]> Comment on Taking Peter Jones to task by Baiju Solanki http://davidmcqueen.co.uk/2010/09/enterprise-taking-peter-jones-to-task/#comment-5 Baiju Solanki Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:17:59 +0000 http://simplymagnificent.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-5 I so some work with Enterprise in Education and I agree with all that has been said. As well as the direct skills that enterprise education gives student, one thing that is missing is the intergration of the skills learnt here in developing skills in other areas of the curriculum. As David has said, lets share the best practice and create an environment that the students get exposure of the best knowledge from better partnerships I so some work with Enterprise in Education and I agree with all that has been said. As well as the direct skills that enterprise education gives student, one thing that is missing is the intergration of the skills learnt here in developing skills in other areas of the curriculum.

As David has said, lets share the best practice and create an environment that the students get exposure of the best knowledge from better partnerships

]]> Comment on Taking Peter Jones to task by nylon cube http://davidmcqueen.co.uk/2010/09/enterprise-taking-peter-jones-to-task/#comment-4 nylon cube Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:10:41 +0000 http://simplymagnificent.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-4 Spot on. Peter Jones' comments seem very strange considering his involvement with Enterprise UK as Chair. The problem with enterprise, and this is especially the case with enterprise education, is that it is quite intangible. You can measure business start-up rates, or attitudes towards entrepreneurship or enterprise 'skills', but it is very difficult to really see the impact. Students will be inspired or have increased levels of ambition, belief, confidence etc. But in the Boardroom it is hard to show the real-life effects of this, partly because of the variety of places young-people are being influenced from, and also because effects may not be seen for years until students leave school and start utilizing their enterprise skills. Whether enterprise education represents good value for money is hard to say, but Enterprise UK had an annual budget of £5m (only a portion of which went on education), compare this to other bodies in education such as Edge or BECTA and it is tiny. What I can tell you is that teachers and students alike can't get enough of enterprise initiatives, if PJ doesn't want to be involved then I'm sure someone out there will. They might also be able to convey the idea that enterprise is about more than finance and business, an idea that seems to have completely passed PJ by. Spot on. Peter Jones’ comments seem very strange considering his involvement with Enterprise UK as Chair. The problem with enterprise, and this is especially the case with enterprise education, is that it is quite intangible. You can measure business start-up rates, or attitudes towards entrepreneurship or enterprise ‘skills’, but it is very difficult to really see the impact. Students will be inspired or have increased levels of ambition, belief, confidence etc. But in the Boardroom it is hard to show the real-life effects of this, partly because of the variety of places young-people are being influenced from, and also because effects may not be seen for years until students leave school and start utilizing their enterprise skills.

Whether enterprise education represents good value for money is hard to say, but Enterprise UK had an annual budget of £5m (only a portion of which went on education), compare this to other bodies in education such as Edge or BECTA and it is tiny.

What I can tell you is that teachers and students alike can’t get enough of enterprise initiatives, if PJ doesn’t want to be involved then I’m sure someone out there will. They might also be able to convey the idea that enterprise is about more than finance and business, an idea that seems to have completely passed PJ by.

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