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Final curtain for Enterprise in Higher Education

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Over 100 staff, students and employers celebrated the successful completion of the Enterprise in Higher Education programme at Sussex at a reception in the Refectory on Halloween night. The £1m contract with the Department for Education and Employment has seen the establishment of over 120 projects, involving between a quarter and a third of students at any one time during the last five-years. In his speech, the Vice Chancellor reflected on how relatively small amounts of money had helped to release disproportionate levels of energy and enthusiasm. EHE also attracted contributions from employers which had exceeded all expectations. These were mostly in kind, and from voluntary and public organisations as much as private companies. He looked forward to the newly established Teaching and Learning Development Unit carrying on this 'spirit of enterprise.'

Ian Duncan, EHE Director, thanked all those involved during the programme and spoke of the close collaboration between the Enterprise Unit, Staff Development and Career Development throughout, supported by the Steering Group and officers from the Department. The ultimate beneficiaries had been the students, and one of the unanticipated successes had been the student enterprise schemes and activities. Dr Duncan particularly mentioned Janet France, Secretary in the Enterprise Unit for the last four years, whose last day at the University coincided with the end of the EHE contract.

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Friday November 8th 1996