The 3rd annual EDHE Entrepreneurship Learning and Teaching Excellence Awards 2024
Round 2: Structured Case Study submission to shortlisted participants
Participate in a competition to showcase new ideas and new approaches for teaching and learning of entrepreneurship in higher education institutions and stand a chance to win R10 000 for your university towards this initiative!
We are calling academics and support professionals who have personally developed a credit-bearing entrepreneurship module, programme, course or entrepreneurial initiative.
Important Dates
16 September 2024
Full Case Study submissions closes14 October 2024
Notification to top 5 Case Studies4-8 November 2024
Online presentations of top 5 Case Studies8 November 2024
Announcement of top 3 Case Studies29 November 2024
Announcement of the winner at the annual EDHE Awards event
Project Coordinator
Ms Zamazwazi Shabangu
Project Manager
Mrs Zana Boshoff
Previous Winners of the EDHE Entrepreneurship Learning and Teaching Excellence Awards
2022
Project name: The Ex-Cell workshop
Stellenbosch University
Represented by: Mr Juan Ontong and Ms Sher-Lee Arendse-Fourie
2023
Project name: Ngodini Bunduz Entrepreneurship Advancement Project
University: Durban university of Technology
Represented by: Ms. Thulile Ndlovu and Mr. Nyane Mofokeng
We encourage all eligible academics and support professionals to seize this opportunity to shine a spotlight on their teaching methods and courses. Together, we can foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem that empowers our teachers and enriches our learners!
Competition Rules
- Applicants wishing to participate in the competition must be affiliated with a South African Higher Education Institution.
- This must be a credit-bearing course/module/programme.
- The competition is not intended for students; it is specifically directed towards academics and support professionals who have personally developed an entrepreneurship module, programme, or course.
- Submissions will be disqualified if all required information is not submitted.
- Should the case study not meet academic quality standards, you will be disqualified.
- Should you exceed the words required for the submission, you will be disqualified.
- Submissions must be professionally language-edited and written with academic rigor.
- The Case Study cannot exceed 6000 words.
- Case studies that exceed the required words will be disqualified.
- This should be a credit-bearing academic programme/module/course.
- The main beneficiaries should be students.
The process
Round 1
Round 1 requires you to submit a 300-word abstract of an innovative credit-bearing programme, short course, module, or initiative at your institution.
These abstracts have been evaluated and shortlisted.
Round 2
Successful applicants selected into Round 2 are required to draft a 6000-word case study describing their programme and its outcomes. All case studies will be adjudicated and the top 5 will be invited to Round 3.
Entries Open: 16 August 2024
Closing: 16 September 2024
Notification of top 5 Case Studies: 14 October 2024
Round 3
In Round 3 the top 5 finalists will be invited to deliver a 10-minute virtual presentation which should include a 3 minute video to showcase the initiative to an online panel of judges, followed by the announcement of the top 3 Case Studies.
Starts: 14 October 2024
Online Presentations of top 5 Case Studies: 4-8 November 2024
Announcement of top 3 Case Studies: 8 November 2024
Announcements
The top 3 Case Studies will be invited for the announcement of the overall winner at the annual EDHE Awards event in Johannesburg on the 29th of November 2024. The travel and accommodation of one university representative will be paid for by the organisers.
Announcement of the winner at the annual EDHE Awards event: 29 November 2024.
Structured Case Study – Round 02
Please complete the relevant fields for the Round 2 submission and upload your Case Study in Pdf with the compulsory fields indicated below on the EDHE Website link provided here: