Higher Education Achievement Reports

The Bronze “Mind-set” Award requires students to explore the opportunities available for developing an entrepreneurial mind-set in their chosen pathway. This would include how they have found an idea or need, developed an opportunity or solution, and planned how to exploit it.

Requirements/Content:

• Evidence of understanding of the requirements to generate and execute new ideas
• Evidence of self-understanding and personal development
• Evidence of planning how to execute an idea/opportunity

Suitable evidence would include any one of the following types of document:

• Application of an entrepreneurial self-assessment tool and use of a blog to demonstrate personal development options
• Interview with an entrepreneurial role model to explore the entrepreneurial mind-set
• Completion of an online template to demonstrate need identification and opportunity analysis skills
• Outline plan for delivery of a proposed solution or transfer of an idea into a product concept
• Submitting a business or social enterprise idea to an enterprise Challenge or competition

The Silver “Action” Award is available for students who have demonstrated the ability to execute a plan in their chosen pathway. This would include those students who have created a new enterprise (social or commercial), delivered a new solution to meet a social or community need, developed a new product or process to meet a user need, supported in-company innovation, or delivered opportunities for university students.

Requirements/Content:

(NB a Silver Award requires the Bronze Award to have been completed)

• Evidence of setting up a new enterprise
• Evidence of delivering a project or initiative to meet a social / community / business need
• Evidence of developing a new product concept from a novel idea
• Evidence of an in-company (intrapreneurial) project or placement
• Evidence of managing and delivering entrepreneurship support for the benefit of other university students

Suitable evidence would include any two of the following types of document to be submitted:

• A proposal for funding for a new business idea or activity
• Patent or other IP registration
• Company registration – or other type of organisation
• Trading receipts or invoices from a new enterprise
• Support or investment acquired to develop the activity
• Market endorsement (pre-sales endorsement) from a potential customer/user
• In-company project report with user feedback
• Report of the results from managing a student entrepreneurship society

The Gold “Impact” Award is provided to students on a discretionary basis where there is clear evidence of the student’s actions having delivered tangible impact on others. This could be regards the impact they have made on their new business or enterprise, a local community, within an organisation or a market sector, or across Swansea University.

Requirements/Content:

• Evidence of tangible impact resulting from the actions taken:
• Within their own enterprise or business
• Within another organisation of any type
• Within a market or other sector
• Within a community or location
• Evidence of acting in an ambassadorial role within the institution

Suitable evidence from a self-nominated case provided by a Silver Award student would include any evidence that supports their case and clearly demonstrates the impact of their actions:

A completed self-reflection online case template, plus relevant examples such as:

• Client/customer testimonials
• Reports
• Evaluations
• Inputs delivered to students
• Affects within their subject discipline
• Other contributions to the University’s entrepreneurship vision