Enterprise education and the learning process are seen as fundamental to developing the entrepreneurial culture. International studies such as the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) have highlighted the links between education and entrepreneurial performance as one of six factors in the development of an entrepreneurial economy. Yet the role and significance of education in constructing and popularising entrepreneurial culture have been littie explored. There is a tendency in political discourse to assume that enterprise must be 'a good thing', exemplified by Gordon Brown in the UK declaring that every teacher should be 'fluent in the language of enterprise' and every pupil between 14 and 16 being expected to benefit from mandatory enterprise learning.