@inbook{acbbf5729a65414f95f520115d2a71c6,
title = "Experiencing Business Start-Up through an Enterprise Placement Year",
abstract = "Self-employment placements can provide an opportunity to experience the real-life world of the entrepreneur within an educational context but their implementation is rare. Here we describe a full sandwich year placement scheme at the University of Huddersfield – the Enterprise Placement Year (EPY). Details of the EPY are provided including academic requirements, application procedures and the learning opportunities provided. There are a growing number of EPY alumni continuing the development of their business idea or starting up a new business in their final year or after graduation and three examples are provided. In addition to increasing numbers of sustaining businesses, there is evidence of improved academic success with a greater than average percentage of {\textquoteleft}good degrees{\textquoteright} obtained. Regular changes to the delivery of the programme have been made as a result of ongoing evaluation. These are reported here with recommendations for other universities considering offering such a programme and suggestions for future research.",
keywords = "entrepreneurship education, Higher Education, self-employment, placement year, evaluation",
author = "Kelly Smith and Philip Clegg",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1108/S2040-724620170000007018",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-78714-281-7",
series = "Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research",
publisher = "Emerald Group Publishing Limited",
pages = "307--333",
editor = "Paul Jones and Gideon Maas and Luke Pittaway",
booktitle = "Entrepreneurship Education",
address = "United Kingdom",
}