{"id":2749,"date":"2017-01-01T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2021-09-15T17:38:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:38:19","slug":"new-year-new-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2017\/01\/01\/new-year-new-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year: New Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The start of a new year is always a great time to consider problems you would like to solve and changes you would like to make.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Enterprise Shed Run 3: 23 January 2017\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87AooE83Qo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>On 23 January 2017, Newcastle University opens <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/enterprise-shed\"><b>The Enterprise Shed: Making Ideas Happen<\/b><\/a>, our free online course, to a new group of learners. \u00a0The four \u00a0week course recreates the creative atmosphere of a shed \u2013 or any other place where you do your best thinking and doing. \u00a0It promises to be a great place for you to work on those new year challenges and ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Here, Katie Wray, Lead &#8216;Sheducator&#8217;, explains why you should all be joining her in The Enterprise Shed.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ugc.futurelearn.com\/uploads\/images\/17\/f5\/profile_image_17f54753-4081-4178-a997-bab20fbb4b89.jpg\" alt=\"Lead Sheducator, Katie Wray\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lead Sheducator, Katie Wray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Enterprise and entrepreneurship at a grassroots level<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Firstly, let me unpack &#8216;enterprise&#8217;. For me, enterprise is about making creativity, problem solving and ideas practical. This makes it relevant across all areas of education, not just business. Where enterprise is applied to creating a new venture, it is commonly known as &#8216;entrepreneurship&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/enterprise-shed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Enterprise Shed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> challenges a variety of definitions of the entrepreneur, and looks at enterprise and entrepreneurship at a grassroots level. On the course, you will be introduced to a whole bunch of entrepreneurial individuals and teams, not all of whom refer to themselves as &#8216;an entrepreneur&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How to make change in your own context<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are committed to exploring this question with you throughout the course, supporting you to draw your own conclusions about how you can make change in your own context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our other commitment is to exploring your ideas \u2013 collecting insights into what a solution looks like and helping you to turn that idea into something tangible. Finally, we are committing to developing your network, through which you can share your ideas, and put them into action once the course has finished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s where you come in. This course is about you; it is about your role, through your ideas, in creating change. There are three main reasons why you should join us in The Enterprise Shed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Develop confidence in yourself as a \u201cdoer\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You will do this by analysing the behaviours of other entrepreneurial people who you will be introduced to on the course. You will draw conclusions about the way that they \u201cdo\u201d and what you might \u201cdo\u201d when approaching your own challenges, problems and projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> Address problems you want to change<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You will do this through identifying problems, sharing them with others, creating and collaborating on ideas generation, and developing solutions together with peers on the course.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> Meet people and build networks<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will do this by forming virtual networks around the globe, which can outlive the end of the course. You will meet people that share your passions and drivers to make change in your world, find out where you can go for help, and collaborate to achieve impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Enterprise Shed is not just a course, but a place where you can go to think, and critically, to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you\u2019d like to make your ideas happens, join <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/enterprise-shed\"><b>The Enterprise Shed <\/b><\/a><b>now or join the conversation using <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23FLentshed\"><b>#FLentshed<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start of a new year is always a great time to consider problems you would like to solve and changes you would like to make. On 23 January 2017, Newcastle University opens The Enterprise Shed: Making Ideas Happen, our free online course, to a new group of learners. \u00a0The four \u00a0week course recreates the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2017\/01\/01\/new-year-new-idea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Year: New Idea&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[691],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moocs","tag-enterprise-shed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}