Entrepreneurship & Innovation BA (Hons)

• Overview

  BA Entrepreneurship & Innovation provides you with the opportunity to network, experience and really ‘feel’ what it’s like to be an entrepreneur. You will develop your entrepreneurial skills, spirit and mindset. The programme enables you to grow as a future thinker and leader, confident in your business acumen, and able to respond in creative ways to dynamic environments.

  You will have numerous opportunities to engage with entrepreneurs, work with real small businesses both in the UK and abroad, and develop your entrepreneurial skills to enable you to start your own business in the future. The key elements of this course are built upon a sound understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurship, what it means to entrepreneurial and how do you become more so, plus the experience and networking required to be more enterprising in ‘how we do business’.

  Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.

  Course

  Highlights

  • Optional work placement year.
  • Work in a consultancy role with a range of businesses throughout your course and at all levels.
  • Develop new ideas, innovations and strategies to launch new ventures while studying.
  • Study trip to New York City to network with small business.
  • Guaranteed paid internship with the Northampton Employment Promise.

  HP Laptop and software included with this course.*

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• Course Details

  Experience is central to this course. You will meet, engage with and work with a range of entrepreneurs and business owners throughout your studies.

  The key elements of this course are built upon a sound understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurship, what it means to be entrepreneurial and how to become more entrepreneurial, plus the experience and networking required to be more enterprising in how we do business.

  Stage One

  You will gain understanding of key entrepreneurial skills and how entrepreneurs operate in today’s changing business environment. You will also develop marketing skills and a range of business acumen including leadership and management techniques. In addition, you will visit a range of SME’s and liaise with entrepreneurs from different business forms. A study trip to London to visit a range of entrepreneurial businesses is also included.

  Stage Two

  In your second year of study you will learn more about the role that innovation plays in entrepreneurial businesses and further develop your design thinking and creativity capabilities. As part of your course you will embark on an international study trip, e.g. New York, to visit, engage, and learn from fellow business owners. A short work placement module in an enterprising business will also be undertaken. After a successful second year of study, you will be eligible to apply for an Optional Placement Year to gain industry insight into a business of your choosing for a twelve month period.

  Optional Work Placement Year

  You are encouraged to undertake a year-long placement in between Stages Two and Three of study. If you meet the entry criteria, and choose to take up a placement year you will find it an invaluable experience that helps you to apply your learning in your final year and prepares you for your career. Whilst on your Optional Work Placement Year you will study a 40 credit module ‘The Placement Year Experience – Organisations in Context’. We offer a lot of support in helping you to find a placement, which can be in the UK or overseas.

  Stage Three

  Your final year will comprise of an individual project, either dissertation or consultancy project based, plus new venture planning, innovation and entrepreneurial strategy modules. You will also learn the art of self-marketing through content creation, understanding and developing the techniques to effectively use social media, web presence and small business marketing.

  Assessments

  Most assessment tends to be coursework based which is likely to include business reports, projects, essays, consultancy projects and presentations.

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  Additional

  Information

  Study trips

  Study trips are available throughout your studies on this course. The study trips and residential trips bring to life everything you are learning from your modules and apply directly to the entrepreneurial industry.

• Careers and Events
  • The Northampton Employment Promise.

    *We promise to secure paid experience for you, if you need it.

    We work with employers to understand what they’re looking for and we’re confident that if you follow one of our structured awards, as well as committing to your studies you’ll be in a competitive position when it comes to applying for graduate jobs.

    We’re so confident, that we promise to secure a paid 3-6 month internship for you, if you need it. Find out more about the Northampton Employment Promise, including how it works and who is eligible.

    
  • Open Days

    See for yourself

    Our Open Days offer you a fantastic opportunity to get a real taste of university life at Northampton and discover how studying here will be a life-changing experience.

    Each Open Day has a packed programme of subjects talks, advice sessions and activities designed to give you all the information you need about studying at The University of Northampton.

    To find out more about the day, please feel free to have a look at our Open Day Guide.

    
• Requirements

  Standard entry requirements apply to this course. A typical offer is around BCC at A Level or DMM at BTEC.

  For information on how to apply to study with us, please see our How to Apply page.

  Foundation Study Framework Entry Requirements

  Admission to this course is normally DEE at A Level or MPP at BTEC. However, we would also like to hear from you if you have professional or industry experience instead, a range of other qualifications or self-developed subject knowledge that relates to the programme you wish to study.

  English Language Requirements

  All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) with a minimum of 5.5 in all bands for study at undergraduate level

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.

  Contacts

  Course Enquiries

  Application status enquiries
  admissions2020@northampton.ac.uk

  Current student enquiries
  SID@northampton.ac.uk

  International student enquiries
  international@northampton.ac.uk

  Applying for 2020
  Facebook Applicant Group

  Office hours:
  Mon – Thu: 9am – 5pm
  Fri: 9am – 4.30pm

  Phone Call

  0300 303 2772

  +44 (0)1604 892134

  +44 (0)1604 892546

• Course Content
  • Stage 1
  • Stage 2
  • Optional Placement Year
  • Stage 3
  • Foundation

  • Entrepreneurial Skills Development (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT1005

    Core Module Y
  • Foundations of Marketing (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT1001

    Core Module Y
  • Entrepreneurship Boot Camp (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT1041

    Core Module Y
  • Entrepreneurship Toolkit (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT1042

    Core Module Y
  • Enterprise in Live Context (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT1040

    Core Module Y
  • Entrepreneurial Professional Practice (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT1039

    Core Module Y

  • Issues in Small Business and Entrepreneurship (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT2031

    Core Module Y
  • Opportunity into Innovation (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT2055

    Core Module Y
  • Creativity and Feasibility (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT2052

    Core Module Y
  • The Consultant Entrepreneur (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT2037

    Core Module Y
  • Entrepreneurial Study Tour (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT2053

    Core Module Y
  • Entrepreneurship in Practice (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT2054

    Core Module Y

  • The Placement Year Experience: Organisations in Context (40 Credits)
    Module code: HRM2053

    Core Module Y

  • Marketing Dissertation (40 Credits)
    Module code: MKT4001

    Core Module N
  • The Entrepreneur Project (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT4007

    Core Module N
  • Entrepreneurial Strategy (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT3031

    Core Module Y
  • Content Creation for Marketing (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT3046

    Core Module Y
  • Business Planning (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT3048

    Core Module N
  • Disruptive Innovations (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT3050

    Core Module N
  • Digital Entrepreneur (20 Credits)
    Module code: MKT3049

    Core Module N

  • Investigations into your Subject Area 1: Business, Education and Social Sciences (40 Credits)
    Module code: FDN011

    Core Module Y
  • Investigations into your Subject Area 2: Business, Education and Social Sciences (40 Credits)
    Module code: FDN014

    Core Module Y
  • Investigation into your Subject Area 3: Changemaking (40 Credits)
    Module code: FDN016

    Core Module Y

  • Reading List
    • Angwin, Johnson, Regnér, Scholes, & Whittington (2017), Exploring Strategy: Text and Cases. Pearson Education.
    • Burns (2016), Entrepreneurship and small businesses 4th ed. Palgrave Macmillan
    • Burns (2016), Entrepreneurship and small business start-up, growth and maturity, London: Macmillan Education, Palgrave.
    • Cottrell (2017), Critical thinking skills: effective analysis, argument and reflection Third., London: Palgrave.
    • De Wit, & Meyer (2014), Strategy: process, content, context: an international perspective. Cengage Learning EMEA.
    • Deakins and Freel (2012). Entrepreneurship and Small Firms 6th ed. McGraw Hill.
    • Rae (2007), Entrepreneurship – from opportunity to action. Palgrave Macmillan
    • Read et al (2017), Effectual Entrepreneurship, 2nd ed. Routledge.

  Facilities &

  Special Features

  Students will be encouraged to engage and be actively part of many special events which take place across the University each year. These include Subject Futures Week, Enterprise and Employablity Week and Changemaker Week. Full details and participation are led through the course team.

  There is an opportunity for you to achieve the Enterprise Certificate whilst studying the compulsory six modules. This gives you an additional qualification plus those who complete get a six-month business incubator stay along with lifetime Santander business support.

  You will also be able to complete the Changemaker Certificate as part of your studies to compliment your degree.

• Further Studies
  • Postgraduate Opportunities

    Further your study

    Upon successful completion of the undergraduate programme it is proposed that students will automatically progress to the MA Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The Masters degree furthers your knowledge and capability of innovation and entrepreneurial studies and consists of large project based work on a new venture.

    Benefit from our 20% alumni discount on postgraduate fees to give you a CV that will catch the eye of employers.

    
  • Careers

    Career Opportunities

    Careers can be wide and varied as you are studying an entrepreneurial and innovative business degree. Some students choose to set up and run their own business during or shortly after completion of their studies, while others focus on small business management, consultancy and new venture development.

    
• Fees & Funding
  • UK & EU
  • International

  2020/21 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 20/21 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £9,250
  Part Time: £1,450 per 20 credit module
  Optional Work Placement Year: £950
  Foundation Framework: £6,750 as part of a four year programme (subsequent years will be charged at standard BA rate).

  Additional costs

  There are no additional costs for this course for students beginning their studies in September 2020. Should this change, applicants and students will be contacted by the university with details of the costs.

  2019/20 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £9,250
  Part Time: £1,400 per 20 credit module
  Optional Work Placement Year: £950
  Foundation Study Framework: £6,600 for the foundation year; thereafter standard fees apply

  2020/21 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 20/21 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £12,900
  Foundation Framework: £12,900

  Additional costs

  There are no additional costs for this course for students beginning their studies in September 2020. Should this change, applicants and students will be contacted by the university with details of the costs.

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  2019/20 Tuition Fees

  International: £12,500
  Foundation Study Framework: £9,800 for the foundation year; thereafter standard fees apply
  Optional Work Placement Year: £950

  Scholarships

  EU and International Scholarships

  We’re committed to offering the opportunity to study in the UK to the best and brightest students from around the world.

  TD Lewis Scholarship

  The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000.  This scholarship is awarded on educational excellence…

  The Chancellor's Fund

  The Chancellor’s Fund is a bi-annual fund providing students with awards of between £100 and £1,000. You must be a current student to apply.  The…

  Wilson Endowment Scholarship

  The Wilson Endowment Scholarship provides a £1,500 scholarship to undergraduate students from the Northamptonshire area. The endowed scholarship was donated in memory of Mr Lynn Wilson,…

• Foundation

  Course information

  The Foundation Study Framework offers a new and exciting route into studying for a degree, attracting ambitious and driven students who are willing to learn and advance.

  If you have non-standard qualifications or do not quite meet the admissions requirements for Entrepreneurship & Innovation we can offer you a fantastic opportunity to study a four year Entrepreneurship & Innovation programme which includes a Foundation Study Framework Year. The Foundation Study Framework will help you develop the theoretical/practical and academic skills you need, in order to successfully progress to the full award.

  Featuring a reduced tuition fee in the first year, our four-year courses will enable you to successfully follow the degree pathway of your choice while gaining essential study skills. The foundation year of your chosen degree will be studied on a full-time basis and is aimed at supporting the transition to higher education. Years two, three and four are then studied as a standard degree programme.

  Course Structure

  In your first year of study on the four year Entrepreneurship & Innovation you will study three 40 credit modules that form the Foundation Study Framework. These are:

  • Investigations into your subject 1 – Academic & Investigation skills. Introduces the concept of research and provides the tools of how to do it, with short assessment tasks involving identifying resources and describing how they would be used.
  • Investigations into your Subject 2 – Employability and Professional Context. Provides a framework and opportunity to start relating research to own practice and employability – making connections.
  • Investigations into your Subject 3: Changemaking, Introduction to Social Innovation.Focuses specifically on the generation and development of ideas around our social development aspirations.

  Upon successful completion of these modules, you will progress to Stage two Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

  Typical timetabled week of study

  Foundation Study Framework teaching will be a combination of lectures, seminars and/or workshop based sessions. Each module involves a teaching contact time of 12 hours per week and you are also expected to engage in approximately 12 hours of independent study, to support your learning experience.

  Foundation study will help you to build a solid understanding of the study skills and general theoretical and practical aspects that will underpin Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Throughout all stages of your programme you will also be supported by a Personal Academic Tutor, to guide you through the learning experience and help you make informed study choices.

  Foundation study will enable you to acquire the necessary study skills to succeed in higher education, as well as developing your understanding of key subject concepts delivered through taught sessions, tutorials and online support.

  Visit our Foundation Framework page to learn more.

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