World of Work Entrepreneurship Programme

Within the sphere of entrepreneurship education there have been identified key skills that are deemed necessary in order to start and grow a business, that can be taught, learnt and implemented by students. These skills have often been identified as crucial, out of the classroom knowledge, that works in tandem with the technical skills that students learn during their programme of study.

At the Department of Careers, Co-curricular and Community Engagement, providing students with opportunities to build these important transferable skills is one of our key mandates.  The programme will coincide with our annual World of Work (WOW) programme. Our overarching goal for the World of Work (WOW) entrepreneurship component would be to expose students to entrepreneurship skills training, knowledge acquisition and competency enhancement.  

The objectives of this programme are:

To teach students how to develop a concept and a business plan

• Learn how to do an environmental scan
• Understand what to consider when creating your business’ brand
• Learn how to pitch their business proposal to potential investors
• Build key networking skills and meet with entrepreneurs