The Mini‐Enterprise in Schools Project: a new stage in education‐industry relations?

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Abstract
The Mini‐Enterprise in Schools Project (MESP) represents one aspect of the growing ‘education for enterprise’ movement in Britain. It is distinctive in catering for school students from the age of nine years, and in making young people part‐time capitalists or labourers during school time. This paper examines some of the general issues relevant to the form of enterprise education promoted by the Mini‐Enterprise Project. MESP is analysed as an important development in the field of education‐industry relations, which has the potential to exert a significant influence on the future development of vocational schooling.