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A tale of two universities: graduates perceived value of entrepreneurship education

David Pickernell Orcid Logo, Paul Jones Orcid Logo, David Pickernell, Rebecca Fisher, Celia Netana

Education + Training, Volume: 59, Issue: 7/8, Pages: 689 - 705

Swansea University Authors: David Pickernell Orcid Logo, Paul Jones Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/ET-06-2017-0079

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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate career impact of entrepreneurship education (EE) considering evidence drawn from a quantitative study of alumni within two UK higher education institutions (HEIs) from a retrospective perspective. The findings inform the value of the EE experience and its imp...

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ISSN: 0040-0912
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