Social Enterprise and Business Democracy – (M.Sc.)

This course is designed to help you analyse and develop social enterprises using established knowledge on business democracy and co-operative management.
We developed this course with insights from founders and practitioners in the UK's leading co-operative, employee ownership and social enterprise development agencies.

These include the Social Enterprise Coalition, Cooperatives UK, Employee Ownership Association and Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.

It is suitable for people

* seeking senior roles in an employee owned business, co-operative enterprise or voluntary sector organisation
* who work in public sector or trade union roles which have been transformed by the introduction of partnership working arrangements or the creation of social enterprises
* acting as consultants and support specialists, providing advice to third and private sector organisations that trade for a social purpose
* that want to develop a career in social enterprise or co-operative education and research

This course is designed to address the needs of people engaged in developing democratic practice and business management.
It enables you to

* build a career in specialist business support and advice
* develop regional social enterprise and third sector support bodies
* seek employment in policy development roles for the third sector
* enhance your profile and competence as an independent consultant
* improve your competence as a practising social entrepreneur

Our teaching staff are professionally and academically qualified with substantial commercial, industrial and professional experience.

To help support you on the course, we give you one to one guidance from personal tutors and course administrators. You also receive access to our e-learning environment and other resources including the learning centre.