Overview
What you will learn
The key benefits of the Social Enterprise and Impact-driven Business course offered by University of Cambridge are:
- 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.
- Design a viable business model for a social enterprise.
- Develop an impact strategy for your social enterprise.
- Learn how to balance the commercial and financial bottom lines of your social enterprise.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- What is social enterprise?
- Doing social enterprise
- The social enterprise ecosystem
- Your social enterprise business plan
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
Disciplines
Business Administration Entrepreneurship View 38 other Short Courses in Entrepreneurship in United KingdomAcademic 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.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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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 Fee
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International
1800 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1800 GBP for the full programme during 3 months. -
National
1800 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1800 GBP for the full programme during 3 months.
Living costs for Cambridge
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.