Social Enterprise Incubator (MULT90059)

This subject has been developed in partnership with The Big Issue, an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and creating job opportunities for homeless, marginalised and disadvantaged people, to provide students with the opportunity to work in small project teams to conceptualise, develop and pitch a viable and sustainable social enterprise initiative. Teams will liaise with external organisations such as The Big Issue as well as community groups and thought leaders from business as appropriate to identify an area of community need and design a social enterprise to address that need. Project development will be informed by the scholarship of social enterprise and will be closely supported by a program of workshops, webinars and supervision from academic staff and experienced social enterprise providers. Project teams will present their business cases in both written and verbal form to an audience of academics, business leaders and social enterprise practitioners. Students completing this subject will develop a critical understanding of the nature of social enterprise in contemporary society and of the practical requirements for developing sustainable social enterprise projects.