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Evaluation of the University of Warwick's outreach programme, UniTracks : The Warwick Young Achievers' Programme : Report 5 : The Big Deal Enterprise Challenge, 2017

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Cullen, Stephen Michael and Thomas, Ruth (2016) Evaluation of the University of Warwick's outreach programme, UniTracks : The Warwick Young Achievers' Programme : Report 5 : The Big Deal Enterprise Challenge, 2017. Coventry: Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Executive Summary

The Big Deal Enterprise Challenge is a central element of the University of Warwick’s UniTracks programme. The Big Deal offers Y10 school students who are members of UniTracks, and attend one of the partner schools, a ten week programme where school teams create and develop a business or social enterprise idea with the support of a business mentor. The competition is organised by the Warwick Business School (WBS), in conjunction with the educational charity, the Brightside Trust.

For the Big Deal 201711 partner schools put forward teams, each of which had a maximum of five UniTracks members. The competition was a ten week programme, starting with a residential Launch Days at the University of Warwick on Friday 13thJanuary-Saturday, 14thJanuary. This was followed by ten weeks of weekly tasks, mentored via an online resource, and an additional face-to-face mentoring session in the schools, before the Big Deal final, held at the University on Monday, 27th March.

The evaluation collected data from the participating young people, using questionnaires delivered at the Launch Days in January, and after the end of the competition, in addition to telephone interviews with a sample of the participants. Observations were also made at the Launch Days by an evaluation researcher. Evaluation data was also gathered, using interviews, from business mentors, school staff, and the Brightside Trust. Brightside also provided the evaluation with data collected via the blogs platform, relating to engagement levels and self-assessment completed by the participants. Findings are presented here relating to each data source, and two recommendations are made.

The recommendations relate to:

The role of schools and school staff.

The gender and ethnicity balance of the Big Deal cohort.

Item Type: Report
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Low-income high school students, School contests
Publisher: Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), University of Warwick
Place of Publication: Coventry
Official Date: 21 July 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
21 July 2016Completion
21 July 2016Accepted
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
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