Overview
The Social Enterprise and Impact-driven Business course offered by University of Cambridge participants will gain a critical awareness of key issues and challenges facing social entrepreneurs in the UK and across the globe. They will also gain practical skills, enabling them to design and pitch a social enterprise to potential funders.
Career opportunities:
- Gain confidence to use the language of social entrepreneurship, to engage others in developing solutions to global as well as local social challenges.
- Understand how to write a business plan to pitch a social enterprise initiative within your company or to a potential funder.
- Learn how to incorporate and govern a social enterprise appropriately for its mission.
- Develop a network of peers to support your future social enterprise initiatives.
- Learn how to balance the commercial and financial bottom lines of your social enterprise.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- What is social enterprise?
- Doing social enterprise
- The social enterprise ecosystem
- Your social enterprise business plan
- Develop an impact strategy for your social enterprise.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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- Registration closes at midday, 2 working days before the programme start date.
Language
Delivered
Campus Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Business Administration Entrepreneurship View 132 other Short Courses in Business Administration in United KingdomWhat students do after studying Business & Management
This information is based on LinkedIn alumni data for graduates from 2018 to 2024 and may not fully represent all career outcomes
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Founders of social enterprises, and the members of their board of advisors, who wish to develop their practices and understanding of the field.
- Leaders and employees of businesses or public sector organisations who wish to launch a social-impact initiative or subsidiary, or conduct social enterprise activity.
- Charity sector leaders who wish to diversify their income through trading.
- Experienced commercial entrepreneurs wish to pivot to solve pressing social, economic or environmental issues.
- Impact-driven individuals who wish to generate business ideas to address a specific issue or support a specific community through social enterprise.
- Learners who wish to balance full-time work with flexible, self-paced study.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents1800 GBP / full≈ 1800 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1800 GBP / full≈ 1800 GBP / full
Living costs
Cambridge
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.