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MSc Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship draft
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-18 | - |
Program Overview
Why this course
The MSc Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship is embedded in a department which is passionate about supporting students who are dedicated to social and environmental change.
The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship hosts the Socially Progressive Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPIE) Research Cluster. SPIE's aim is to promote knowledge exchange and share new methodologies for socially progressive research and entrepreneurship, prompting trans-disciplinary research across real-world contexts.
Social innovation is concerned with ideas that address unmet social needs. Socially innovative ideas include restorative justice, hospices, kindergartens, distance learning and traffic calming (Mulgan et al., 2007), amongst others. These ideas are usually brought to fruition through an entrepreneurial process, which is concerned with turning innovations into viable and sustainable business models.
Never before has social innovation and entrepreneurship been so central to society: climate change, the threat of pandemics, increase in world population and poverty are only some of the mega-trends that require novel solutions and business models to implement them.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals stem from a global urge to address such issues. In tandem with the latter, research in this area has grown significantly in recent years. This is an important area of research, practice and teaching.
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What you'll study
The curriculum of the MSc Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship is shaped so that you have space to explore contemporary social and sustainability issues (e.g. Issues and Trends in Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship). The programme features practical classes and labs within which you work on creative problem solving for local and national businesses, as well as working on issues of global interest (Creativity and Venture Planning; Inclusive Strategy Lab and Global Innovation Lab).
You're also trained on core areas of the business venturing content and processes, such as in Mindset Lab, Entrepreneurial Finance and Entrepreneurial Management and Leadership. The programme concludes with an individual summer project for a social enterprise.
Classes in semester 1 cover key elements of entrepreneurship and are shared with students on the MSc Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology. It's possible to swap between programmes at the start of semester 2, based on your preferences and discussions with tutors.
Social Impact Project
In semester 3 you will be able to work closely with an organisation to conduct voluntary work and/or project fieldwork to better their understanding and collect data for their project.
In addition to learning through fieldwork, you will also attend and participate in Social Enterprise & Impact seminar events, which will be hosted by Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and open to the community.
Guest lectures
Visiting professors will be an integral part of the programme. Confirmed speakers for 2021-22 include:
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Strathclyde Business School
Strathclyde Business School was founded in 1948 and is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation with a reputation for research excellence.
One of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde, SBS is a triple-accredited business school (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA) and was the first business school in Scotland to achieve this accolade in 2004. The Business School is home to seven subject departments and a number of specialist centres, all of which collaborate to provide a dynamic, fully-rounded and varied programme of specialist and cross-disciplinary courses.
Strathclyde Business Network
As a postgraduate student at Strathclyde Business School, you may choose to join the Strathclyde Business Network, a student-led initiative that facilitates interaction with business and industry leaders.
The Network aims to foster knowledge sharing, facilitate discussion and enable networking opportunities with the very best business professional in industry. Every year the Network organises Glasgow Business Summit, which is the first-ever student-led business conference in Scotland and brings together students with leading businesses from across the UK.
