United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UNITWIN Network for Entrepreneurial Education (887), established in 2010 at the University of Strathclyde (STRATH) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Fields / Disciplines
Entrepreneurial Education.
Objectives
The UNITWIN Network for Entrepreneurial Education aims to:
- establish a new, or strengthen an existing, Centre for Entrepreneurial Education in each of the partner institutions
- build capacity in these sister Centres for Entrepreneurial Education by developing a Community of Practice of trainers and researchersfacilitate Scottish-African and inter-African transfer of knowledge and sharing of good practice in entrepreneurial education.
The UNITWIN Network for Entrepreneurial Education will support the design and delivery of entrepreneurial education in schools and communities in the partner countries through the TTEACH Programme, Teachers Teaching Entrepreneurship to African Children and Communities.
The TTEACH Programme has been developed by the University of Strathclyde in collaboration with partners and stakeholders from Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi. The TTEACH Programme is based on the Scottish model’s entrepreneurial approach to teaching and learning, where entrepreneurial education is viewed as an approach to teaching and learning as well as a subject in itself.
Members
University of Zambia (UNZA), Faculty of Education (Zambia)
University of Dar es Salaam (UDEC), Entrepreneurship Centre (Tanzania)
University of Malawi (UoM), Faculty of Education (Malawi)
Host Institution
UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Education
Contact
Prof. Fiona Young, International Programmes Officer
Research & Knowledge Exchange Services
University of Strathclyde
E-mail address: fiona.young(at)strath.ac.uk
Work Phone: +44 (0)141 548 4854
Fax + 44 (0)141 552 4409
50 George St
Glasgow
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