Growing a Sustainable Business Free Online Course by Middlesex University Business School
, Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, MINCA are offering free online course on Social Enterprise: Growing a Sustainable Business. This course is intended for anyone interested in learning more about social enterprise, including entrepreneurs, charities and students.
This course is part of the Social Enterprise program, which will enable you to sustain or/and grow your social enterprise. This course will start on August 7, 2017.
Course At Glance
Length: 3 weeks
Effort: 4 hours/week
Subject: Social Enterprise: Growing a Sustainable Business
Institution: Middlesex University Business School, Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, MINCA and Future learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on August 7, 2017
Providers’ Details
Middlesex University Business School
Middlesex University Business School, in particular, is leading this diversity charge, with over 3,500 students and academics from the Americas, Africa, Middle East, Europe, China and South Asia.
Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (JSiE) aims to strengthen the capacity of individuals and organizations to develop innovative solutions to complex social and environmental problems.
MINCA
Minca is a social enterprise constituted by a small but passionate, very professional, versatile and talented team.
About This Course
This course is one of three in the Social Enterprise program prepared by Middlesex University Business School, in collaboration with researchers at the Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the social enterprise Living in Minca, and with funding by the British Council.
Why Take This Course?
Applicants will learn about the diverse world of social enterprise in this free online course from Living in Minca, Middlesex University Business School and JSI, India.
Learning Outcomes
- Assess the financial and marketing considerations for growth
- Evaluate the different growing and scaling up strategies for social enterprises
- Evaluate the challenges of a social enterprise
- Demonstrate how to achieve social impact at scale
Requirements
This course is intended for anyone interested in learning more about social enterprise, including entrepreneurs, charities and students.
Instructors
Sara Calvo
Sara is a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School. She is also the founding director of Living in Minca, a certified business consultant and a documentary filmmaker.
Jeremy Wade
Jeremy is the Founding Director of the Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (JSiE), a social innovation lab in North India.
Andres Morales
Andres is the co-founder of Living in Minca, a Social Enterprise consultant, ethnographer, filmmaker and Researcher at Open University.
How To Join This Course
- Go to the course website link
- Sign Up At FutureLearn
- Select a course and Join
- Once a course has started, applicant will be able to access the course material
- After the start date, students will be able to access the course by following the Go To Course link on My Courses page.
- Applicants can buy, to show that they have completed a FutureLearn course.
- On some FutureLearn courses, learners will be able to pay to take an exam to qualify for a Statement of Attainment. (These are university-branded, printed certificates that provide proof of learning on the course topic(s)).