Dzenopoljac, V;
Nikolova, E;
Ozel, Z;
(2024)
Entrepreneurial universities and transformational entrepreneurship: the case of the Zayed University- Minerva Project partnership.
In:
Cases on Transformational Entrepreneurship.
(pp. 10-25).
Edward Elgar Publishing
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Abstract
This chapter presents a case study of an innovative entrepreneurial university in the UAE: Zayed University’s College of Interdisciplinary Studies, established in 2021 in partnership with the US-based Minerva Project. The novel interdisciplinary curriculum aims to equip students - who are predominantly female - with the skills underpinning transformational entrepreneurship through several channels. First, there are no lectures, and active learning classes taught on Minerva’s online proprietary platform, Forum, require students to come prepared to class and participate fully. Classes include a variety of in-class exercises (such as polls) and peer breakout groups where students work collaboratively to understand the material. Second, a highly interdisciplinary curriculum trains students in coding, statistics, critical thinking, writing and communication, and the psychology of personal growth as early as their first year. First-year students also take a required course in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In their second year, students specialize in four interdisciplinary majors: Computational Sciences, Social Innovation, Business Transformation, and Sustainability. Third, as part of the curriculum, all students undertake a Partner Challenge project, where they work in teams and in consultation with a company mentor to analyze and propose a solution to a company or societal problem. Fourth, students in their third and fourth years undertake a capstone project where they apply their skills to a project of global or national importance. We conclude by analyzing the implications of this new model of an entrepreneurial university for socio-economic change through transformational entrepreneurship in the UAE and beyond.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Entrepreneurial universities and transformational entrepreneurship: the case of the Zayed University- Minerva Project partnership |
| ISBN-13: | 9781035310388 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.4337/9781035310395.00012 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035310395.00012 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Active learning; Entrepreneurial universities; Minerva Project; Zayed University; UAE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10209918 |
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