Global Business and Entrepreneurship (Retail) with Foundation Year

These programmes provide students with an evidence-based knowledge of entrepreneurship and new venture management.

The programme will support students to become successful entrepreneurs through learning to practise entrepreneurship in a real-world context and acquire high-level business planning skills.

During the programme, students will interact with industry experts to learn how entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses and will gain an insight into how to recognise and pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity, how to propose value to customers and how to raise capital to run a new venture. 

The programme will also equip students with relevant business skills through synchronous teaching, including group work, class activities, business simulation activities, assignments and mini-research projects.

The programme offers several different pathways, enabling students to specialise in an area of interest.

Modules will combine weekly lectures supported by class activities, workshops and/or tutorials.

Learning will be facilitated through a range and mix of lectures, group work, individual work, case studies and syndicate sessions. The teaching and learning will reflect the practical nature of entrepreneurship with students learning from real-life scenarios, work-related learning, practical sessions, and guest speakers from industry experts.

Students will be expected to participate in group activities to enhance their learning.

Delivery of scheduled teaching will be conducted face to face in traditional classroom set ups. Additional support and asynchronous content that is designed to be part of further learning and development will be delivered through a blended approach using the Virtual Learning Environment Moodle.

Online content will include asynchronous lectures, workshops, online exercises, study support, and academic skills support.

This programme uses an authentic assessment strategy to ensure that each module provides a realistic real-life situation to assess the learning goals of each module. The assessments in the majority of the modules allows students to use their own business ideas, providing the opportunity to gain feedback and reflection. 

Assessments will include essays, case study reports, presentations, business plans, financial reports, technical reports, syndicate competitions, as well as small group and individual projects.

Where possible, real-life business simulations will be used to develop reliable, knowledgeable and organised arguments through reflection, assessment and evaluation.

Presentations will be in the form of a group presentation or on an individual basis that address entrepreneurial concepts and/or frameworks. Syndicate activities will be conducted around a particular topic or on a case study. This will incorporate team building and studying collaboratively with fellow students.