My final trip to China for the year, took me back to Beijing to complete my Entrepreneurship and Innovation class at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and allowed for another couple of trips. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation course had run smoothly so going back for the two weeks to complete the final four sessions was relatively stress free. Within the sessions I had the opportunity to run a couple of new experiential activities, which is always fun to see and gauge the reactions.
Also whilst in China I visited Lanzhou Jiaotong University to work with them on developing their entrepreneurship curriculum. They are currently designated as a National Centre for Entrepreneurship, so their entrepreneurship ecosystem is strong. They impressively link entrepreneurship with mechanical and electrical engineering and I had the chance to see the numerous projects being conducted by students in the robotic laboratory and hear of their commercialisation goals. Whilst at Lanzhou Jiaotong University I received an Entrepreneurship Education Advisory fellowship, to run for two years.
During my final week in China I visited Chengdu Polytechnic for my 4th time, and what I believe final time, to complete an ongoing entrepreneurship curriculum embedment project I have been working on for the last 18 months. The institution now has entrepreneurship embedded in 3 different disciplines, so the trip offered the opportunity to speak to colleagues and provide some suggestions for future development.
Robin Bell 