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Students learn value of social enterprises

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Published 16 October 2009

The whole cohort of British Society and Business Environment, an undergraduate module designed specifically for first-year LUMS international students, met on Saturday 10 October to engage in an Enterprise day that involved developing ideas for social enterprises.

Dr Radka Newton who is the module director said: “This is the first year we decided to run two Enterprise days as a part of this module. The aim of the module is to assist international students with integration into the British HE system. We felt that engaging them with our Volunteering Unit - LUVU - would add great value to the module syllabus and enhance students’ awareness of personal development planning.”

Students working on their social enterprise idea

Students working on their idea for a social enterprise

It was a fantastic day and thanks to the well-organised and friendly LUVU team students experienced a variety of group activities that helped them appreciate the nature of teamwork. The underlying theme was social enterprise but the key objectives were to get the students to work together, practise presentation skills, and think about their personal development plan throughout their studies.

Going through the feedback forms it was clear that the day was quite challenging for the students and one of the comments that the organisers valued most was: “So far I thought of business as a profit-making venture but now I know it can be more than that.” A number of students commented on how they improved their presentation skills and learnt to work in teams.

The winning team

The winning team

At the end of the day the teams presented their social enterprise ideas and below is one of the winning teams that presented an idea of setting up a Community centre developed from a derelict building that would bridge the gap between generations. The ideas the teams were coming up with were very well developed. All students will receive a certificate detailing the activities they took part in and the skills they developed.

The next Enterprise day takes place on 14 November and will be organised by CREATE.

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