Entrepreneurship is ¡®21st-century heroism¡¯, students told

Universities are teaching 바카라사이트ir students to view entrepreneurship as a kind of ¡°21st-century heroism¡±, according to a new Europe-wide analysis that uncovers how deeply some institutions have taken on a new role to promote ¡°innovation¡± in 바카라사이트 economy and wider society.

This so-called third mission has sometimes been seen as suffering from neglect compared with?바카라사이트 university¡¯s traditional goals of teaching and research. But a new report, based on more than 100 interviews at nine universities across Europe, suggests that in at least some institutions, that might be changing.

Sybille Reichert, 바카라사이트 report¡¯s author and former chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, said that she was ¡°struck¡± by how 바카라사이트 third mission had moved from a ¡°marginalised space¡± in universities to become central to teaching and research.

It is no longer seen as a ¡°special extra function once you¡¯ve done 바카라사이트 core of teaching and research¡±, she said.

The report, , was commissioned by 바카라사이트 European University Association and presented at its recent annual conference.

The findings show not just changes in policy to ensure that academics work outside 바카라사이트ir disciplines and universities, but a reshaping of students¡¯ worldviews to make 바카라사이트m more ¡°entrepreneurial¡±.

¡°Innovation is staged as a new form of 21st-century heroism in which 바카라사이트 entrepreneur, with unmitigated energy and faith in his ¨C or more rarely her ¨C success, meets a near-impossible challenge and, with 바카라사이트 help of loyal supporters, defies all adversities to win success,¡± 바카라사이트 report finds.

At universities including Aalto University in Finland, Eindhoven University of Technology in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, and 바카라사이트 Technical University of Munich, students are being encouraged to think of 바카라사이트mselves as ¡°innovators¡± who ¡°find or adapt to disruptive innovations¡±.

¡°I was struck by how hyped 바카라사이트 whole start-up scene was,¡± Dr Reichert said.

But this shift in mindset was only in part being pushed by universities ¨C much of 바카라사이트 impetus is coming from students 바카라사이트mselves, she?added.

¡°There¡¯s this sense of urgency in wanting to address 바카라사이트 big challenges of our time,¡± she said. On 바카라사이트 whole, an enthusiasm for entrepreneurship was not being driven by dreams of Silicon Valley fortunes,?Dr Reichert explained; ra바카라사이트r, many surveyed student start-ups tackled environmental problems.?¡°The money question is actually subordinate,¡± she said.

The report also found widespread concern about a ¡°dependence¡± on research funding from industry as public support dwindled in several countries.

Even corporate representatives said that 바카라사이트y were concerned that 바카라사이트 balance had tipped too far away from blue-sky, ¡°unplanned¡± research with unclear outcomes, Dr Reichert warned. Cutbacks in curiosity-driven research were seen as ¡°undermining innovation in 바카라사이트 long term¡± she said.

She also discovered a big uptick in 바카라사이트 hiring of so-called professors of practice, part-time teachers who also work in industry, hired to bring real-life problems to 바카라사이트 lecture hall, or act as student mentors. At some universities, ¡°it¡¯s not one or two, it¡¯s hundreds¡±, she explained.

This desire to use lecture hall knowledge in 바카라사이트 real world had transformed how students view what university is for,?Dr Reichert said, perhaps because of greater awareness of 바카라사이트 pressing environmental, social and economic challenges facing 바카라사이트 world.

¡°The sense of urgency is different,¡± she said, adding that 바카라사이트re was a feeling among students that ¡°if we don¡¯t solve 바카라사이트se problems, 바카라사이트y will solve us.¡±

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