scholarly journals Entrepreneurship Education and Disability: An Experience at a Spanish University

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Maria Muñoz ◽  
Yolanda Salinero ◽  
Isidro Peña ◽  
Jesus David Sanchez de Pablo
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The European Commission considers the following groups of entrepreneurs: females, family businesses, liberal professions, migrants, and seniors. Disabled people are not included, and this paper could, therefore, open up a new field of research and an important issue to be considered among the European Union’s social objectives. The University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Spain provides an entrepreneurship education course, “Entrepreneurship and disability,” for disabled students. It is the first time that a course with these characteristics has been taught at a Spanish University, which signifies that there is no similar research of this nature. Keeping in mind its originality, this study makes an important contribution to the field. The main objective is to analyze whether the motivation to start up a business differs between students with disabilities and those without. We analyzed “before” and “after” data in order to test the potential impact of entrepreneurship education on the students’ entrepreneurial attitude. An analysis of variance with several demographic variables has allowed us to prove that the education that students received, their business experience, and their field of study have significant effects. This statistical test showed no significant differences between disabled and non-disabled students.

scholarly journals Promoting student enterprise: Reflections on a university start-up programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Colin Mason ◽  
Marion Anderson ◽  
Tomáš Kessl ◽  
Michaela Hruskova
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Content Delivery ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The University ◽  
Start Ups

Universities now see the promotion of student and graduate start-ups as a key part of their role. This has two strands: (i) incorporating entrepreneurship education into the curriculum, and (ii) activities and infrastructure to support and accelerate the start-up process. There is now a substantial literature on the design, content, delivery and impact of entrepreneurship education. In contrast, little attention has been given to these issues in the context of student business start-up programmes. This paper describes and reflects on the outcomes of an ongoing small-scale start-up programme – the Santander Summer Company Programme at the University of Glasgow and offers a number of observations on the objectives, design and evaluation of such programmes. A key conclusion is that such programmes require to be part of a broader university entrepreneurial ecosystem and embedded within the wider local, regional and national entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Convenience and accessibility of library services to students with disabilities at the University of Limpopo in South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justice Phukubje ◽  
Mpho Ngoepe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Service Unit ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The University

Students with disabilities require special convenient access to library services as compared to the general student population. Despite the special needs requirements, there is consensus among researchers that access to library services by students with disabilities is not yet fully available, especially in countries in the global periphery. This study utilised quantitative data collected through questionnaires directed to 92 disabled students registered for the 2013 academic year, an interview with the librarian responsible for the disabled students unit and observation using the IFLA checklist for access to libraries for disabled people to evaluate the convenience and accessibility of library services for students with disabilities at the University of Limpopo in South Africa. Even though the study established that a purpose-built library service unit for students with disabilities that complies with international best practice was in place, students with disabilities were not adequately satisfied with the library services they received as very few library materials had been transcribed into accessible formats. The situation was compounded by the fact that only one librarian was assigned to manage and run the library services for the disabled. The study recommends that the university should hire more librarians to assist students with disabilities in the audio-braille library. It is hoped that the study will stimulate policy makers to include students with disabilities in information access and collection development policies. A further study on the needs and academic progress assessment of students with one group of disabilities is recommended.

Social entrepreneurship education: changemaker training at the university

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel García-González ◽  
María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University

PurposeThis study aims to contribute to the body of scientific knowledge about teaching and promoting social entrepreneurship in higher education institutions (HEIs) based on a measurement before and after concluding an educational experience.Design/methodology/approachIt tests hypotheses to draw conclusions from analyzing the pre- and post-test results of three study cases with different training experiences, to know the characteristics of the 304 participants.FindingsThe study indicated that incorporating transversal social entrepreneurship projects in various courses resulted in students feeling more capable regarding their social entrepreneurship potential.Originality/valueThe study presents the analysis of social entrepreneur training in three different curricular study cases. The information obtained adds value to social entrepreneurship education research that takes social entrepreneurship beyond business schools.

scholarly journals Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Disability: A New Challenge for Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2494
Author(s):  
Rosa M. Muñoz ◽  
Yolanda Salinero ◽  
M. Valle Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intent ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The University

There is a considerable amount of research concerning the issue of entrepreneurial intentions, which has attained mixed findings. Integrating sustainability, in the sense of considering disabled people, into the current entrepreneurial intention research makes it possible to fill an important research gap. The main objective of this paper is to clarify the contribution that education, students’ traits, and contextual factors make to an individual’s entrepreneurial intent when disabled students are incorporated into the analysis as an innovative field of study. The aim of this research is to analyze the entrepreneurial intentions of disabled people who are studying in higher education and compare them with non-disabled students while considering the main factors described in previous studies. In order to achieve this objective, we have carried out a logistic regression with a sample of Spanish students. The main findings are: Education does not influence students’ entrepreneurial intentions, which are affected by only some of the students’ traits and background conditions. Regarding the disabled students’ entrepreneurial intentions, we have found no significant differences compared with those of students who are not disabled. Initiatives such as those of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) described in the paper should, therefore, be encouraged, keeping in mind that disabled students do not always show a lack of confidence in themselves as some studies have claimed.

scholarly journals International Entrepreneurship as Development of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study Case of ASEAN Economic Community Countries

The Winners ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dotty Wimpertiwi
Keyword(s):  
International Entrepreneurship ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
The University

The objectives of this research were; (1) adding up the enrichment in the entrepreneurship education in BINUS to change the mindset of the students to be able to compete and create the new workspace in the AEC, especially in three countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore) using PEST analysis to understand more about how doing entrepreneurship global or international. (2) Giving the contribution to enrich the knowledge of the basic concept of AEC for entrepreneur students. (3) Providing the insight on the challenge and the opportunity especially in International Entrepreneur. The research methods were qualitative and descriptive analysis follow by literature study. Results show that by learning entrepreneurship of ASEAN will change the mindset of the students to be more competing when doing business. There are several opportunity and challenge in neighboring countries between the member of the AEC, for the university that has the start-up or SMEs for being global or international.

scholarly journals Online readiness in universities from disabled students’ perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 172-191
Author(s):  
Eulàlia Hernández Encuentra ◽  
Elena Barberà Gregori
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Mental Disabilities ◽  
Academic Accommodations ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Online Higher Education ◽  
Online Readiness ◽  
The University

The aim of online universities is to increase learning accessibility for all students. After some years of existence, online higher education should be analysed in terms of its preparedness to meet the learning needs of people with disabilities. This paper presents a study that sheds light on the level of readiness of online higher education institutions by examining students’ views of a well-established online university, using a research-based questionnaire. The research involves all students with disabilities studying at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), with an effective participation of 421 students. The conclusion of the paper is generally highly positive concerning the extent to which the university has overcome barriers and provided satisfactory academic accommodations. However, the results do indicate a need for a more comprehensive and specific solutions for dealing with unmet needs, especially for those students with mental disabilities.

scholarly journals Inclusive Educational Environment of the University: Features and Problems of Design (MGGEU Experience)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
V.D. Bayramov ◽  
A.V. Gerasimov
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
State University ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Moscow State University

Training and socialization of disabled students would be more effective if you design and build an inclusive educational model Wednesday, which implements certain social, psychological and pedagogical conditions and reflect the very complex and the multilateral process. This article analyzes the practical experience of the Moscow State University of Humanities and for creating inclusive educational Wednesday for students with disabilities. In the same vein discusses leading characteristics, structural components and some problems of designing this Wednesday at the University.

scholarly journals Students with disabilities as partners: A case study on user testing an accessibility website

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-109
Author(s):  
Kate Brown ◽  
Alise De Bie ◽  
Akshay Aggarwal ◽  
Ryan Joslin ◽  
Sarah Williams-Habibi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
User Test ◽  
The University ◽  
Partnership Approach ◽  
Successes And Challenges

While partnership is widely encouraged as an approach to advancing the inclusion of disabled postsecondary students, these collaborations are largely taking place between staff offices and failing to meaningfully integrate disabled students as partners. In this case study, we describe the successes and challenges of a pilot project where students and staff with and without disabilities worked together to user test our university’s accessibility website, to which faculty/staff are regularly directed for resources on making their teaching more accessible. We achieved our goal of compiling results into a report for decision-makers in order to advance campus-wide technological accessibility. Instead of primarily treating disabled students as lacking capacities and requiring programmatic intervention to succeed in the university, a partnership approach validates and draws on disabled students’ specific expertise and experience to make institutional change.

Untersuchungen zur Quantifizierung der Änderung der Skelettmuskeldurchblutung nach Gefäßrevaskularisationen mit einem 99mTechnetiummarkierten Tracer

1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (05) ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Benning ◽  
K. Nagel ◽  
M. Jugenheimer ◽  
S. Fischer ◽  
S. Worthmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transluminal Angioplasty ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
Treadmill Test ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Comparative Results ◽  
First Time ◽  
Percutaneous Transluminal

A new 99mTc-labelled tracer (99mTc-Sestanriibi) was used for the first time to demonstrate the perfusion of the skeletal muscle. In 16 patients with obstructive atherosclerosis of the lower limbs the change of perfusion of thigh and lower leg was studied with SPECT before and after vascular surgery (n = 11) or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (n = 5). Comparative results of scintigraphic measurements and clinical observations (ancle-arm pressure, treadmill test) in 10 surgical patients (14 operated legs) showed correct positive or negative results in 86% (12/14).

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