About ETC Toolkit

Enhancing the Curriculum Toolkit provided by EEUK

Selecting the right methods of teaching can enhance the student experience. This site has been developed by the University of South Wales to support you as you seek to use new approaches to build skills and confidence in your learners as they work to extend their subject knowledge. 

Building upon the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Subject benchmarking, this site will lead you through your Subject Discipline to identify the enterprising skills that can be developed in class. You will then be guided to a range of “tried and tested” techniques that support the development of these enterprise skills. This selection of ETC “How-To” Guides are presented in a standardised format that will support you to embed these techniques into your teaching.

These guides are also complemented by real-life subject-based case examples. These case examples show how academics in your subject area work with their students and the impact that this has had on their learners.

Next Steps

By starting at the ETC Toolkit home page, you are invited to “Select your Subject”.  Click on the subject you have selected as best representing your course/teaching. 

Once you are through to this subject, you will see the range of QAA Benchmark Statements that we have listed in this area. Each of these are ‘clickable’ links so chose the programme that best reflects your teaching and click through to see the enterprise skills identified within the QAA Guidance for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education (2018) for your subject.

As you scroll down, you will see a suggested list of “How to Guides” that will address the skill development that the QAA benchmark statement identified as matching the thematic graduate outcomes listed within the QAA Guidance for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education (2018). Click on right hand arrow to release the full “How to Guide”.

Below the How to Guides you will find Subject Case Examples from your subject area, or a related one. These provide outlines of how different techniques were used in teaching and the impact that this had on the students.

You will then find How to Guides and Subject Case Examples which support you if you are Embedding Entrepreneurship. 

As you scroll to the end of the page, you will find Additional Resources to support you further.

Project Partners

This website has been funded by Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru and delivered by the University of South Wales, Prifysgol De Cymru. Underpinned by the work of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

This site is now curated by Enterprise Educators UK. In addition, resources and support have been welcomed from:

Acknowledgements

The ETCToolkit is "built by educators, for educators" as it showcases ‘tried and tested’ materials and case examples. It offers support and suggestions from those that have been working with, or continue to work directly with students, and is effectively created by ‘academics for academics’.

Our grateful thanks to those  listed below, who founded this online library through their contribution:

• Judith Alexander, Glyndwr University
• Dr Emily Beaumont, Plymouth University
• Dr Kelly BéruBé, Cardiff University
• Dr Adam Bock, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Sally Brown, HE Consultant
• Peter Brown, University of South Wales
• Dr Candida Brush, Babson College
• Dr Lauren Buck, Sheffield University
• Dr Alistair Buckley, Sheffield University
• Christine Calder, Dundee and Angus College
• Neil Coles, Bristol University
• Mike Corcoran, macorcoran.com
• Dr Amanda Crawley-Jackson, Sheffield University
• Dr Martin Dawson, University of Salford
• Track Dinning, Liverpool John Moores University
• Charles Dobson, University of Cumbria
• Dr Natasha Edwards, Cardiff University
• Enterprise Educators UK membership
• Dr Jeremy Evas, Cardiff University
• Emma Forouzan, University of South Wales
• Professor Allan Gibb, Emeritus Professor University of Durham
• Professor David Gibson, Liverpool John Moores University
• Professor Patricia Green, Babson College
• Dinah Griffiths, YES CPD Hub
• Dr Jeremy Hall, Cardiff University
• Peter Harrington, SIMVENTURE
• Sally Harrison, Glyndwr University
• Professor Colette Henry, Royal Veterinary College 
• Dr Fay Hield, University of Sheffiled
• Inge Hill, Birmingham City University
• Marcus Hill, University of Leeds
• Professor James Intriligator, Bangor University
• Alexandra Jones, Sheffield University
• Dr Plato Kapranos, University of Sheffield
• Carol Langston, CREATE University of the Highlands and Islands
• Professor David Lidzey, Sheffield University
• Penny Matthews, Grwp Llandrillo Menai
• Ian Merrick, London South Bank University
• Dr Peter McLuskie, Coventry University
• Lisa McMullan, The Women’s Organisation
• Dr Alex Mears, London South Bank University
• Ian Merrick, London South Bank University
• Alan Mortiboys, Independent Consultant
• Christine Mullin, Glasgow Caledonian University
• Professor Jim Murray, Cardiff University
• Charmaine Myers, Sheffield Hallam University
• National Association of College & University Entrepreneurs
• Professor Heidi Neck, Babson College
• Dr Emily J Oliver, Aberystwyth University
• Estelle O'Sullivan, University of South Wales
• Sara Pates, University of Sheffield
• Professor Andy Penaluna, University of Wales Trinity St. David
• Dr Richard Pilkington, University of Salford
• Professor Stephanie Pitts, University of Sheffield
• Jon Powell, Lancaster University
• Alison Price, Enterprise Evolution
• Andrew Price, Teesside University
• Professor Phil Race, HE Consultant 
• Professor David Rae, Bishop Grossteste University, Lincoln
• Ali Riley, University of Sheffield
• Sybille Schiffmann, Futures Entrepreneurship Centre & Plymouth University
• Karen Turnball, University of South Wales
• Dr Les Tumilty, Aberystwyth University
• Jenny Warburton, University of Salford
• Dr Carys Watts, Newcastle University
• Gary Wood, Sheffield University
• Katie Wray, Newcastle University

Please contribute through our contact page.