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Teaching
The primary approaches to teaching and learning are as follows:
- Taught sessions by academics and leading practitioners
- E-learning, including online content-based discussions
- Group work, involving dialogue, debate and presentations throughout the taught modules
- Individual work, involving research and written presentation of findings on selected topics
- Support and facilitation by a CJBS team of faculty, tutors and supervisors
- Supplemental online materials and collaborative E-learning to maximise knowledge sharing
- Group projects
- Simulations
The programme has a core element spread over five modules, which cover the elements in common to all entrepreneurial ventures (titles may vary according to faculty preferences):
- Opportunities, Business Models and Entrepreneurial Strategy
- Entrepreneurship Skills and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Assembling and Managing Innovative Teams
- Persuasion, Sales and Social Capital
- Financial Acumen
Financial Acumen is required for all students who cannot, prior to undertaking the module, pass an exam in the subject to be agreed by the degree committee.
Four to six elective modules must be taken as follows (the total number of for credit courses must be ten):
There are a number of electives to choose from. These are as follows:
- Intellectual Property
- Pitching and Raising Finance
- Managing External Constraints and Regulation
- Managing Growth / Scaling an Organisation
- Entrepreneurial Marketing
- Management and Measurement of Financial Resources
- Sustainability and Conscious Capitalism
- Executing: experimenting with purpose and pivoting
The titles of the core and elective courses may vary from year to year depending on the instructors’ preferences. The list above should therefore be regarded as illustrative.
In addition to core and elective courses, the programme includes a required component that delivers specialist seminars taught during residential weeks by industry and domain experts. The content of the seminars varies from year to year and is tailored to suit the cohort. Students may choose seminars that are most relevant to them, but must attend a certain number of seminars, set out at the beginning of each residential week.
| One to one supervision | Each student will be allocated a project supervisor towards the end of the first year and start of second year. Supervisors will provide general academic advice to students, and subject-specific advice relating to the project. Students and project supervisors normally meet about once a month to discuss progress, but meetings may be more or less frequent depending on the project. |
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| Seminars & classes | During year one, approximately 40 hours during residential weeks. During year two, approximately 20 hours during residential weeks. |
| Lectures | During year one, approximately 40 hours during residential weeks. During year two, approximately ten hours during residential weeks. |
| Small group teaching | During year one, approximately 20 hours during residential weeks. During year two, approximately ten hours during residential weeks. |
Feedback
Students receive detailed written feedback after each written assignment.
Assessment
Thesis
A project of 12,000 words is the main work for year two of the programme. In the "learning by doing" spirit of the programme, we expect for most students, their "project" will be the entrepreneurial venture they are developing, and the written work will document the experiments and trials they undertake in developing their venture. However, projects will be allowed, subject to supervisor and programme director approval, on a wide range of entrepreneurship topics.
Essays
Most core courses will primarily be assessed by essay. The elective courses will be assessed by essays or equivalent forms of assessment which allow rigorous assessment.
Other
Active participation in online learning activities and in-person discussions is expected of all students to support collaborative learning.