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| 05/09/2007 | |
| A programme to capture and drive the spirit of entrepreneurialism in Scottish higher education has been launched by First Minister Alex Salmond and Sir Tom Hunter. The Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Strathclyde will participate in the Scottish Programme For Entrepreneurship which will be jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the Hunter Foundation. It will cost £2.65 million over the next three years. The new programme will: * recruit world class professors to chairs in entrepreneurship * develop entrepreneurship education at undergraduate level * support entrepreneurial education in colleges and in teacher training * develop a one year master's programme in entrepreneurship * run a coordinated programme of research into enterprise and entrepreneurship Funding will be disbursed by the Scottish Government and the Hunter Foundation to The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship which will then disburse funds to the three participating universities. |
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