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Do you need entrepreneurship in the Art industry?
Utrecht School of Arts (The Netherlands)
While the Utrecht School of Arts (HKU) has no speci c entrepreneurship programme, its faculty of Arts and Economics provides several courses targeted at teaching its students the entrepreneurial skills that are required in an industry where people are often self-employed and to work on a freelance basis. These courses are not restricted to only this faculty and all ve of the institution’s faculties spend some degree of attention to entrepreneurship.
The goal of the HKU is to have provided each and every student with the opportunity to evolve into a professional entrepreneur, while entrepreneurship is a broad concept. Not only does it include the skills that are required when starting a business, but it also provides an entrepreneurial mindset.
Ful lment of this objective is attained by having the students work in practical situations with real clients, analyse case studies and have contacts with enterprising alumni. The curriculum consists of a mixture of basic theory, hands-on practice and experiences taught by entrepreneurs. Therefore the courses are interesting, not only for the students attending the school in all
the phases of their studies, but also for young entrepreneurs with their own start-ups. The subjects range from creative entrepreneurship to stimulate an entrepreneurial mindset in the creative industries to young entrepreneurship, aimed at introducing students to entrepreneurship in a protected environment. While the Utrecht School of Arts has no speci c entrepreneurship programme, it does exploit the Centre for Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries (COCI). The centre initiates, supports and coordinates the development of educational reforms and services focused on entrepreneurship for students and alumni in the creative industries.
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