The Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability MSc builds on the School’s extensive experience and track record in driving entrepreneurship and innovation.
Businesses across the globe are increasingly focused on these areas. Sustainability is of particular interest as business practices must remain sustainable for a better and just future.
This programme will allow you to critically understand:
- entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability over time
- the key topics in terms of theory, policy, process and practice
- the role of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability in society and a variety of contextual settings
What you'll learn:
The programme will give you advanced knowledge and skills in a range of topics, including:
- entrepreneurship and enterprise
- innovation management
- sustainable new venture creation
- creativity
- technology and entrepreneurship
- sustainable innovation consultancy
- entrepreneurial consultancy
- business enterprise policy
- open innovation management
- business growth and society
Three core pillars of the programme focus on:
- the entrepreneur / innovator
- process
- praxis and context
Your development:
Upon completion of the programme, you will be able to show:
- a critical appreciation of the roots and evolution of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability
- knowledge and critical awareness of the theory, processes and practices of entrepreneurship and innovation
- an advanced critical understanding of the contextual considerations of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability in a global context
- the ability to apply and integrate learning from taught elements of the programme via your final capstone project
You will have developed your practical skills and be able to:
- scope, synthesize, and analyse new ideas, approaches and processes in contextual settings
- use analytical tools and techniques to gather knowledge and insights
- apply new knowledge and insights to practice
- identify and address ethical issues
Real business skills
You will benefit from opportunities to either:
- pursue new venture creation by bringing your business idea to life, or
create and develop innovative ideas for civic engagement through social enterprise
Skills and experience
You will:
- learn to use a wide set of analytical and creative problem-solving tools
- develop critical perspectives that support entrepreneurial, innovation and sustainability processes and practices
- learn to consider entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability in various contextual settings, such as organisational and geographical
- have the opportunity to engage with our Entrepreneurs and Innovators in residence programm
Research skills
This programme is research and practice led. This is reflected in the teaching and assessment strategies of each module.
The capstone element of the programme is either a dissertation or a new venture creation plan. You will define, scope, refine and undertake a programme of work with the support of an individual supervisor.
Career Opportunities:
Upon graduating, you can progress onto a career in:
- start-ups (your own or those founded by others)
- entrepreneurial and innovation consultancy
- large corporates
- the third sector, non-government organisations and social enterprises
- policy design for local, national or international organisations
- further academic research (e.g. PhD)