Research to assess the nature and annual value of student start-ups

12 Mar 2015 02:49 PM

A new report summarises exploratory research considering ways to provide evidence on the value of student enterprise, including student start-ups and the contribution of students to spin-outs, from English HEIs.

The findings confirm HEFCE’s knowledge exchange funding supports student entrepreneurship and show that studying engineering and art and design-related subjects led to enterprise pathways in over half of start-ups. 

The report summarises exploratory and experimental research to consider ways to provide evidence on the value of student enterprise, including student start-ups and the contribution of students to spin-outs from English higher education institutions (HEIs). The report was commissioned by HEFCE from PACEC (Public and Corporate Economic Consultants), in collaboration with the Centre for Business Research, Cambridge.

Read the report

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