Career Focus | Enterprise and entrepreneurship
Enterprise and entrepreneurship
WE HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE AND BECOME SELF-EMPLOYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR. SELF- EMPLOYMENT CAN INCLUDE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS, WORKING IN A FREELANCE CAPACITY OR OPERATING A FRANCHISE.
redLoop
An undergraduate degree should be about big ideas, optimism, paradigm shifts, utopian vision and idealism. We have recently established an Incubator Centre and an Innovation Hub, ‘redLoop’ to help students develop their business ideas, and provide an advice/business planning forum. redLoop is an interdisciplinary design consultancy operating as part of the School of Engineering and Information Sciences. Our core work is in the product, service, interaction and technology sectors.
As ‘knowledge creators’, universities have access to a massive range of specialists. Innovating in an increasingly complex world takes teams with diverse experiences and expertise. We can set up flexible and scalable teams that are matched to projects.
Find out more: Web:
www.redloopdesign.com
MA/PG DIP/PG Cert Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship degree (in collaboration with Sofra International Restaurants) This is a new course designed to produce
entrepreneurs and executives whose theoretical and practical expertise prepares them for the challenge of setting themselves up in their own business or taking on an entrepreneurial role in a corporation. You will develop your knowledge of the essential content of entrepreneurship with insights from specialist management disciplines and emerging issues and developments in contemporary
entrepreneurship practice.
This course builds your abilities to make decisions, spot opportunities, think creatively and critically and develop as an entrepreneur and leader. You will
complete an applied project that involves starting up your own business, running your
own business or undertaking entrepreneurial work in an organisation, enabling you to address the real requirements and pitfalls of small business enterprise and management.
The Applied Project in collaboration with Sofra International will provide professional and practical experiences. It teaches the essential components required to be successful in the catering and hospitality sector with the aim of training entrepreneurial restaurateurs par excellence. You will develop further and integrate the skills and knowledge gained on the taught courses by application to a substantial applied project related to business enterprise development and entrepreneurship.
Find out more: Web:
www.mdx.ac.uk/pgsofra
Mentoring You can benefit from a mentor if you are about to start a business or already have a business running. The focus is on issues that students are facing in getting their businesses functioning, for example recent mentoring sessions have included:
• how to create a framework within which the business can get started
• identifying customers and competitors
• equipment and space needed
Find out more: Email:
s.best@
mdx.ac.uk
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