HEFCE Stakeholder Survey

Higher Education (HE) Sector & Social Entrepreneurship

Flourish CIC, supports social entrepreneurs to create the change they see needed in communities and develops networks, assets and resources to enable communities to become socially and economically active and empowered.

They have been commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to carry out a multi stakeholder evaluation to understand the capacity the Higher Education sector has to support social entrepreneurship*. This survey forms part of a wider programme of evaluation and engagement.

This survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete, depending on the level of detail you provide. Thank you in advance for completing this survey.

If you have further queries contact Jo McGrath, Flourish Co-Founder on 07912 758 486.

*In this context social entrepreneurship is seen in it’s broadest terms and can include social entrepreneurs, social innovators, social leaders, or people running campaigns, projects, enterprises that create social value.

This survey is to be completed by wider stakeholders

To give feedback as a social entrepreneur follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HEFCESOCIALENTREPRENEUR

To give feedback as a HEI follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SEHEFCE

Background Context, Support Offered and Thematic Areas of Collaboration

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* 1. What is the name of your organisation?

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* 2. What is your name and job role in the organisation?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Thinking specifically about the support you offer to social entrepreneurs, please indicate from the list below which aspects your organisation offers (tick all that apply)

Outreach activities to engage potential social entrepreneurs

Directly providing intensive development to social entrepreneurs at ideas development and start up stage

Directly providing intensive development to social entrepreneurs when they are scaling up

Design/Delivery of social enterprise accelerator programmes

Brokering finance for social entrepreneurs eg. loans, grants, seed funding

Connecting social entrepreneurs with each other

Providing training for social entrepreneurs (either directly or bringing in other trainers)

Pro bono expert support for social entrepreneurs (e.g. legal or financial advice)

Coaching or Mentoring social entrepreneurs (either directly or connecting them with others)

Delivering Awards (of cash and support)

Training others to support social entrepreneurs themselves

Social Value Research

Academic Research

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please tell us which, if any, types of organisation you have been working with and in what capacity? (tick all that apply)

	To find social entrepreneurs	To fund social entrepreneurs	To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	To develop collaborative partnership programmes	N/A
Social Enterprise Development Practitioners	Social Enterprise Development Practitioners To find social entrepreneurs	Social Enterprise Development Practitioners To fund social entrepreneurs	Social Enterprise Development Practitioners To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Social Enterprise Development Practitioners To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Social Enterprise Development Practitioners N/A
Voluntary and community organisations	Voluntary and community organisations To find social entrepreneurs	Voluntary and community organisations To fund social entrepreneurs	Voluntary and community organisations To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Voluntary and community organisations To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Voluntary and community organisations N/A
Social enterprises / community enterprises	Social enterprises / community enterprises To find social entrepreneurs	Social enterprises / community enterprises To fund social entrepreneurs	Social enterprises / community enterprises To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Social enterprises / community enterprises To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Social enterprises / community enterprises N/A
Educational institutions, e.g. schools, colleges, universities	Educational institutions, e.g. schools, colleges, universities To find social entrepreneurs	Educational institutions, e.g. schools, colleges, universities To fund social entrepreneurs	Educational institutions, e.g. schools, colleges, universities To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Educational institutions, e.g. schools, colleges, universities To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Educational institutions, e.g. schools, colleges, universities N/A
Local authorities	Local authorities To find social entrepreneurs	Local authorities To fund social entrepreneurs	Local authorities To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Local authorities To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Local authorities N/A
Local enterprise partnerships	Local enterprise partnerships To find social entrepreneurs	Local enterprise partnerships To fund social entrepreneurs	Local enterprise partnerships To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Local enterprise partnerships To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Local enterprise partnerships N/A
Other public bodies (e.g. Health boards)	Other public bodies (e.g. Health boards) To find social entrepreneurs	Other public bodies (e.g. Health boards) To fund social entrepreneurs	Other public bodies (e.g. Health boards) To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Other public bodies (e.g. Health boards) To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Other public bodies (e.g. Health boards) N/A
Housing partners	Housing partners To find social entrepreneurs	Housing partners To fund social entrepreneurs	Housing partners To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Housing partners To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Housing partners N/A
Private businesses/ corporates	Private businesses/ corporates To find social entrepreneurs	Private businesses/ corporates To fund social entrepreneurs	Private businesses/ corporates To add value to your support for social entrepreneurs	Private businesses/ corporates To develop collaborative partnership programmes	Private businesses/ corporates N/A

Other (please comment)

Your Experience and Observations of Universities Supporting Social Entrepreneurs

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* 6. What kinds of university activity are you aware exists?

Specific courses for Social Entrepreneurs/Social Enterprises

Directly providing intensive development to social entrepreneurs at ideas development and start up stage

Directly providing intensive development to social entrepreneurs when they are scaling up

Brokering finance for social entrepreneurs

Connecting social entrepreneurs with each other

Providing training for social entrepreneurs (either directly or bringing in other trainers)

Pro bono expert support for social entrepreneurs (e.g. legal or financial advice)

Mentoring social entrepreneurs (either directly or connecting them with others)

Delivering Awards (of cash and support)

Directly providing development support for social entrepreneurs

Training others to support social entrepreneurs/ capacity building universities themselves

SE specific accelerator programmes

Social Innovation Hacks

Peer Learning events and conferences

Social Value Research

Academic Research

N/A

Other (please comment)

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* 7. Have you ever collaborated with a university on the following activities?

Other (please comment)

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* 8. If you have directly engaged in collaborative activities with a university was this via?

A formal partnership

An informal partnership

Both

N/A

Other (please comment)

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* 9. Who within the university have you engaged with? (tick all that apply)

Senior leadership teams

Faculty heads

Researchers

Course leads/tutors

Student union representatives

N/A

Other (please comment)

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* 10. If you have engaged with Universities please rate your experience

Very easy to engage

Easy to engage

Difficult to engage

Very Difficult to engage

N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What do you think are the top 3 assets/useful opportunities universities can harness to add value to existing support?

Access to cash awards

Incubator Space

Partnerships with external agencies

Access trusted peer networks

Internal leadership/buy in

Staff with SE knowledge and skills

Other (please comment)

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* 12. Have you noticed any thematic pattern of faculties supporting social entrepreneurs?

Health & Social Sciences

Creative and Digital

Environment & Sustainability

Performing Arts

Engineering

Humanities

Sports

N/A

Other (please comment)

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* 13. How would you rate the support you have observed from universities at each stage?

	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	N/A
Ideas Generation	Ideas Generation Excellent	Ideas Generation Good	Ideas Generation Average	Ideas Generation Poor	Ideas Generation N/A
Start Up	Start Up Excellent	Start Up Good	Start Up Average	Start Up Poor	Start Up N/A
Scale Up	Scale Up Excellent	Scale Up Good	Scale Up Average	Scale Up Poor	Scale Up N/A

Other (please comment)

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* 14. To what extent do you think universities have the capacity to support social entrepreneurs in terms of:

	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	N/A
Physical and Intellectual Assets	Physical and Intellectual Assets Excellent	Physical and Intellectual Assets Good	Physical and Intellectual Assets Average	Physical and Intellectual Assets Poor	Physical and Intellectual Assets N/A
Investment	Investment Excellent	Investment Good	Investment Average	Investment Poor	Investment N/A
Knowledge and skills	Knowledge and skills Excellent	Knowledge and skills Good	Knowledge and skills Average	Knowledge and skills Poor	Knowledge and skills N/A
Research expertise	Research expertise Excellent	Research expertise Good	Research expertise Average	Research expertise Poor	Research expertise N/A
Influencing Policy	Influencing Policy Excellent	Influencing Policy Good	Influencing Policy Average	Influencing Policy Poor	Influencing Policy N/A
Community engagement	Community engagement Excellent	Community engagement Good	Community engagement Average	Community engagement Poor	Community engagement N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 15. In your opinion what defines a socially responsible university? (tick all that apply)

	Not Important	Important	Very Important	N/A
Having a clear strategic vision as a university, that clearly outlines your social mission	Having a clear strategic vision as a university, that clearly outlines your social mission Not Important	Having a clear strategic vision as a university, that clearly outlines your social mission Important	Having a clear strategic vision as a university, that clearly outlines your social mission Very Important	Having a clear strategic vision as a university, that clearly outlines your social mission N/A
Creating a sense of place, combining corporate, educational, and social values	Creating a sense of place, combining corporate, educational, and social values Not Important	Creating a sense of place, combining corporate, educational, and social values Important	Creating a sense of place, combining corporate, educational, and social values Very Important	Creating a sense of place, combining corporate, educational, and social values N/A
Engaging with the wider community for local and societal benefit	Engaging with the wider community for local and societal benefit Not Important	Engaging with the wider community for local and societal benefit Important	Engaging with the wider community for local and societal benefit Very Important	Engaging with the wider community for local and societal benefit N/A
Developing socially responsible students through in-curricular and extra-curricular activities	Developing socially responsible students through in-curricular and extra-curricular activities Not Important	Developing socially responsible students through in-curricular and extra-curricular activities Important	Developing socially responsible students through in-curricular and extra-curricular activities Very Important	Developing socially responsible students through in-curricular and extra-curricular activities N/A
Procuring from social and ethical suppliers wherever possible	Procuring from social and ethical suppliers wherever possible Not Important	Procuring from social and ethical suppliers wherever possible Important	Procuring from social and ethical suppliers wherever possible Very Important	Procuring from social and ethical suppliers wherever possible N/A
Raising awareness of student and graduate opportunities across the public sector and wider voluntary, community and social sectors	Raising awareness of student and graduate opportunities across the public sector and wider voluntary, community and social sectors Not Important	Raising awareness of student and graduate opportunities across the public sector and wider voluntary, community and social sectors Important	Raising awareness of student and graduate opportunities across the public sector and wider voluntary, community and social sectors Very Important	Raising awareness of student and graduate opportunities across the public sector and wider voluntary, community and social sectors N/A
Supporting the development of social innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership	Supporting the development of social innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership Not Important	Supporting the development of social innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership Important	Supporting the development of social innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership Very Important	Supporting the development of social innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership N/A
Applying research and innovation activities in partnership with communities for maximum social impact	Applying research and innovation activities in partnership with communities for maximum social impact Not Important	Applying research and innovation activities in partnership with communities for maximum social impact Important	Applying research and innovation activities in partnership with communities for maximum social impact Very Important	Applying research and innovation activities in partnership with communities for maximum social impact N/A
Having a sustainability strategy to benefit people, the environment and locality	Having a sustainability strategy to benefit people, the environment and locality Not Important	Having a sustainability strategy to benefit people, the environment and locality Important	Having a sustainability strategy to benefit people, the environment and locality Very Important	Having a sustainability strategy to benefit people, the environment and locality N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Would you encourage a social entrepreneur to seek support from a university?

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* 17. If so, which university (s) would you recommend?

Many thanks for completing the survey!