A NEW initiative launched by the Young People's Enterprise Forum is giving students on vocational courses at Doncaster College the tips and advice they need to start their own business.
The Embedding Enterprise in Further Education programme, funded by Yorkshire Forward, rolls out at 15 of the region's colleges, with Park Lane, Leeds heading an FE consortium to make self-employment part of every vocational course.
Over the next
three years modules on business start up will be a key part of vocational course and professional development for teaching staff ensures enterprise education becomes a core part of college life, with more than 2,500 students set to benefit.
Forum chairman Martin Hathaway said: "Students who qualify as electricians, graphic designers, plumbers, or hairdressers need to know how to approach potential customers and tackle issues such as pricing or advertising. Working with the participating colleges to embed these essential enterprise skills will help young people consider self employment as a real career option and will also help them become for a small business."
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