1. Stephen Kinsella
KBS @UL
ENTERPRISE &
COLLABORATION IN THE
BUSINESS CLASSROOM:
WHY IRELAND NEEDS IT.

2. 2 STORIES THIS
MORNING.

3. STORY 1: MICRO TO MACRO
Teaching students how to collaborate will stimulate their
creativity. Show students that business is at its best, creative
More creative people fail better, succeed better.
Ireland will reap the benefits of the successes

4. 80
60
Persons Males Females
40
20
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Unemployment is the problem in Ireland today.

5. 15
EU Ireland
11
8
4
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Ireland and EU: Unemployment rates, 2002-2012

6. Males 2010 Females 2010 %
25
20
15
10
5
0
0-14 15-64 65 & over
At risk of poverty rates, %, by age and sex, 2009-2010

7. 600,000
First
Second
Third (full-time)
450,000
300,000
150,000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Student numbers by level, 2002-2011

8. 12,000
9,000
6,000
First Second Third
3,000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Per Student Real current public expenditure on education,
2002-20111

9. Business CAO 1st preferences are falling.
2,800
2,100
1,400
700
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
(UL - BUS/NUIG - Commerce/UCC - Commerce/UCD - Commerce/Trinity - BESS/DCU - Business/
NUIM - Business & Mgt)

10. LOGIC OF SME FOCUS FOR EDUCATION
40,000
Final Domestic Demand, €m
30,000
20,000
10,000
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11. 40,000
•Indigenous, Employment-
intensive
30,000 •Responsive to local policy,
local demand, local supply.
LOGIC OF SME •Cheaper than producing jobs
FOCUS FOR via fiscally constrained
20,000
government.
EDUCATION
Final Domestic Demand, €m
•Struggling to much larger
extent than internationalised
10,000 sector.
•Why? Credit constraints, lack
of demand.
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12. WAGES BY FIRM SIZE AND NATIONALITY, €000
Manufacturing Services
Irish Foreign Irish Foreign
Micro 35 42 30 65
Small 36 51 32 62
Medium 41 52 31 56
Large 48 63 36 41
Source: Census of Industrial Production, (2009)

13. “At its best, schooling can
BRIDGE THE be about how to make a
life, which is quite different
GAP. from how to make a living.”
― Neil Postman, The End of
Education

14. YOUR DEGREES OF FREEDOM = 1
Can’t change what you teach.
Can change how you teach.
McLuhan: Medium is the
message
If you teach collaboratively,
students will respond.
End of story.

15. STORY 2: FROM YOU TO US.
2nd level business students become 3rd level business students

16. Business CAO 1st preferences are falling.
2,800
2,100
1,400
700
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
(UL - BUS/NUIG - Commerce/UCC - Commerce/UCD - Commerce/Trinity - BESS/DCU - Business/
NUIM - Business & Mgt)

17. ALTERED PERCEPTIONS OF
BUSINESS POST-CRASH

19. CHALLENGE: SHOW BUSINESS AS
A CREATIVE DISCIPLINE WHILE
SHOVING CONTENT DOWN
STUDENTS’ THROATS.

20. INTERLOCKING PROBLEMS
• 2ndLevel students become 3 rd level
students.
• Or Not.

21. AN OLD SCHOOL IDEA

22. Be curious.

23. BIG
QUESTION:
HOW CAN
THE KBS HELP
YOU?

25. Stephen Kinsella,
KBS @UL
ENTERPRISE &
COLLABORATION IN THE
BUSINESS CLASSROOM:
WHY IRELAND NEEDS IT.