Belfast, UK, 24 - 28 May. Study visit at Queens University Belfast was organised by European Training Foundation in the framework of the project »Entrepreneurial learning«. EMUNI was represented by mag. Valerij Dermol from EMUNI partner institution International School for social and Bussiness Studies (Celje, Slovenia).

Project »Entrepreneurial learning« covers 16 countries of South Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It aims to help build capacity for developing lifelong entrepreneurial learning and the creation of enterprise skills in general and higher education. EMUNI leads a group within the project including four other institutions: International School for social and Bussiness Studies (Celje, Slovenia), University of Nova Gorica (Nova Gorica, Slovenia), University of Sousse (Sousse, Tunisia), Al Akhawayn University (Ifrane, Morocco).

The main aim of the visit to Queens University Belfast was to identify good practice in entrepreneurship promotion in third-level education and to learn more about the Queens University pioneering drive for entrepreneurship education. The three-day study visit involved senior academics from nine universities who had come to Belfast to learn ‘how and why' the university had picked up the prestigious award for the UK's Entrepreneurial University of the Year.

The study visit programme (24-26 May) centred round three core themes: university entrepreneurial strategy, staff development and university-enterprise cooperation. Experts learnt at first hand how top management ensures the enabling environment for curriculum developments and more innovative teaching and learning frameworks which fire the entrepreneurial drive amongst the university's student body.