HC Deb 13 July 2000 vol 353 c611W
14. Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to equip universities with entrepreneurial skills. [128954]

Ms Hewitt

The Government's £25 million Science Enterprise Challenge initiative has established 12 centres of enterprise in UK universities.

The Centres will:

  • foster the commercialisation of research and new ideas;
  • stimulate scientific entrepreneurship;
  • incorporate the teaching of enterprise into the science and engineering curricula;
  • help young entrepreneurs turn good ideas into good business.