The Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice hosted a series of monthly workshops, providing a platform for members to share about activities at their institutions, exchange ideas, and explore challenges and opportunities in social sciences student entrepreneurship.
The workshops included research presentations on a topic, “show and tell” sessions from members, invited speakers, and facilitated discussions. The COP also funded two “mini-projects” to explore some of the issues raised in more depth.
Workshop schedule:
The outputs from these sessions are available below.
- October 2019 – Ecosystem Journey Mapping
- May 2020 – Supporting Entrepreneurship Remotely
- May 2020 – How are social science entrepreneurs responding to COVID-19?
- June 2020 – Making the case for entrepreneurship support services – How to demonstrate value and generate revenues
- September 2020 – Increasing diversity in entrepreneurship
- November 2020 – Language of social science entrepreneurship
- December 2020 – What’s different about social science entrepreneurship?
- February 2021 – Creating a user-centric pathway for entrepreneurial support
- March 2021 – Getting ‘bang for your buck’: Supporting SS student enterprise with a (very) small team
- April 2021 – Introducing Social Shifters
- April 2021 – How to support students that didn’t win the competition or make it onto the accelerator?…Introducing ASAP Club
- June 2021 – Challenges in social sciences entrepreneurship – reflections from the ENT COP Workshop Series
- July 2021 – Social Sciences Intrapreneurship
Mini-Projects:
- ASAP Club Digital Toolkit – a digital support structure for applicants who apply for social sciences and/or social-impact accelerators but don’t reach the final cohort selection
- Soc Sci Entrepreneurs Journey Map – (coming soon)
An exploratory look at social sciences intrapreneurship
An overview of intrapreneurship; why it’s important and examples of university intrapreneurship.
Introducing ASAP Club…
Many students have innovative ideas that would benefit from further guidance and support, whether they end up building ventures or not. Continuing to extend support to an already actively interested group is an efficient avenue for stimulating and growing the social science innovation pipeline.
A look back at the challenges faced in engaging and supporting social science entrepreneurship
One of the key challenges discussed among Aspect Entrepreneurship CoP members concerns the language around entrepreneurship. Are the ways in which entrepreneurship has been communicated relevant to some social sciences disciplines?
Podcast mini series: The ASAP Club
The mini-series aims to inform, inspire, and prepare early-stage innovators, preparing them for life as an entrepreneur.
ASAP Club Digital Toolkit and Mini-Project
The ASAP Club aspires to establish a digital support structure.
Supporting student enterprise with a (very) small team
Getting ‘bang for your buck’ A Q&A session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice.
Creating a user-centric pathway for entrepreneurial support
A Q&A session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice.
What’s different about social science entrepreneurship?
A Q&A session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice
The Language of Entrepreneurship
A Q&A Session from the Aspect Entrepreneurship Community of Practice
Innovating revenue generation to sustain university entrepreneurship hubs
A knowledge sharing session from the Entrepreneurship Community of Practice
Supporting diversity in innovation and entrepreneurship
The learnings from an Aspect Q&A session on this key topic
How are the social sciences responding to COVID-19?
How Aspect member institutions are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mapping an ecosystem: The Enterprising Oxford Journey
Enterprising Oxford (EO) collates and curates entrepreneurial resources around people, places, programmes and pounds