1. Opportunities & Challenges
Why be Enterprising?
Opportunities & Challenges
Dr. Safia Barikzai
Informatics Department,
Business School
London South Bank University
June 2014

2. Contents
Introduction Dr. Safia Barikzai London South Bank University Informatics & Business School UG & PG Curriculum Collaborations: Teaching, Research and Enterprise
Enterprising Students What is Enterprise? Why be Enterprising? Challenges Opportunities

3. Dr. Safia Barikzai
Senior Lecturer in Informatics
Course Director: Business IT
(Student) Enterprise Champion
Contact details…..
born in Kabul, Afghanistan with International educational experience
Lecturer in Computing, Wollongong University, Australia

4. London South Bank University
-Established over 120 years ago
-University status 1992
Full-time & Part-time students
-SE1 Central London Location
- close to the business district & government
Currently 4 Faculties
Business
Engineering
Art and Human Sciences
Health and Social Care
Spot light on LSBU
What our students say….

5. Business School & Informatics
Business School has four Academic Departments
Informatics
Accounting and Finance
Business
Management
Informatics
Dr. Kevin Grant (Head of Informatics)
Putting the I into Business
Information
Invention (Technology)
Innovation (Technology)
I[e]nquiry
Income

6. Informatics: Value Proposition
Employer endorsed & professional body accredited
Technologists educated to understand, enable and transform business via technology and innovation applications;
‘Bridge and ladders’ approach to our curricula design allowing students to enter at different stages but still achieve the same end point - a career in informatics;
Authentic based assessment, taught by a mix of academic and commercially aware and active staff from the world of ICT;
Focus on problem based learning enabled by technology;
Focus on Capstone and value adding events ( the last four being - big data, cloud computing; cyber defence, leadership, etc.);
Leveraging expertise is BI, Strategic IS; Mobile Apps to industry;

7. Informatics: Value Proposition
Co-created, use inspired research orientation with practicing informatics managers to add value to the curricula and enterprise activities;
Curricula is informed by the the nexus between theory and practice of informatics;
Undertake a placement or internship and study aboard
Focus on start your own IT business through the Dept and the University’s entrepreneurial resources
Practical and pragmatic informatics, with access to over successful graduates of informatics and a dynamic professional network to tap into;
A shift from just providing a degree to career support via the Informatics Society

8. Informatics UG & PG Curriculum
Offer Undergraduate, Postgraduate and PhD programmes
Over 500+ students
Newly validated courses
More business flavour then traditional Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Web Links:

9. Collaborations: Teaching, Research & Enterprise
User Experience
Business needs
marketing
design
Requirements engineering
innovation

10. LSBU & Yasar: Opportunities for Students
Internships & Placements
Dissertation & consultancy
Student Enterprise
ERASMUS Mobility
Summer in London

11. Identifying common research areas.
- Cyber Security - Social Media - Internet and databases - Business Intelligence

12. Opportunities & Challenges
Why be enterprising?
Opportunities & Challenges

13. Inspire
Engage
Enable
Up-skill
Start-up

14. enterprise capability QAA (2012) Enterprise and entrepreneurship education: Guidance for UK higher education providers
…moves beyond skills development to a sense of practical action.
…the ability to develop ideas & identify opportunities.
…to be a problem solver and be a critical thinker.
…it is about taking the initiative & making a difference.
Enterprise education is defined as the process of equipping students (or graduates) with an enhanced
… capacity to generate ideas and the skills to make them happen….
Entrepreneurship education equips students with the additional knowledge, attributes and capabilities required to
… apply these abilities in the context of setting up a new venture or business…

15. Inspire: Start & Evolve
Free talks with entrepreneurs
Networking and drinks
Students can obtain Certificate In Enterprise

16. Enable: Entrepreneurship in Action (EiA)
Support for current students to develop enterprise skills
Test a project/business idea alongside their studies
Any subject, any stage of studies 
Students who win a place on the scheme receive:
12 months free office space
£500 start-up grant
Access to networks

17. Start-Up: Graduate Entrepreneur Scheme
12 month scheme: develop innovative product or service and commercialise it
LSBU graduates in the last 5 years
Graduates get access to:
Start-up funding - Access to mentoring
Intensive training - Networking opportunities
Legal and IP advice - Office space
Business address - Peer group

18. Other activities Competitions 1-2-1 sessions
Entrepreneurs in Residence
Social enterprise
Access to networks
Experience working in a start-up business
South Bank Entrepreneurs (SBE)

19. Contact LSBU Student Enterprise
Clarence Centre for Enterprise & Innovation
@lsbu_enterprise

20. Enterprising Challenge
What would you like to happen to make your life as students better?
What technology solutions would you need?
Use the template on the next slide to propose your business case for the change……

22. Business Canvas Model explained….
Customer Segments: Who are the customers? What do they think? See? Feel? Do?
Value Propositions: What’s compelling about the proposition? Why do customers buy, use?
Channels: How are these propositions promoted, sold and delivered? Why? Is it working?
Customer Relationships: How do you interact with the customer through their ‘journey’?
Revenue Streams: How does the business earn revenue from the value propositions?
Key Activities: What uniquely strategic things does the business do to deliver its proposition?
Key Resources: What unique strategic assets must the business have to compete?
Key Partnerships: What can the company not do so it can focus on its Key Activities?
Cost Structure: What are the business’ major cost drivers? How are they linked to revenue?
The Canvas is popular with entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs for business model innovation.