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Microsoft launches entrepreneur curriculum

Budding software entrepreneurs are being offered a new curriculum designed to prepare students for the challenges of succeeding in the sector. Microsoft joined with the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) to launch the ‘Software Entrepreneurship for Students’ curriculum last week.

The curriculum has been developed for technical universities and colleges to provide students with the ‘knowledge and tools’ to develop successful and sustainable ventures.

The course will comprise of nine topics, with individual learning objectives, PowerPoint presentations to serve as a teaching tool, and a special student resource guide, which will be provided for additional programming.

Microsoft said the curriculum would provide faculties with an additional tool to help students develop the ‘skills and competencies’ needed to fuel innovation, support entrepreneurship and aid employability.

Lars Lindstedt, a software economist for Microsoft UK, said: “The curriculum will help enable the talented people behind these innovations reach the next level. “Initiatives like this drive further growth by making sure the best resources are available and helping people to develop the right skills for future successes.”

Ian Robertson, the NCGE’s chief executive, said: “The UK’s future economic wellbeing rests to a huge extent on the entrepreneurial talents of its pool of graduates. “The curriculum will make a significant contribution to helping students develop their entrepreneurial skills and ultimately benefit the knowledge economy.”

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