Entrepreneurship and Innovation with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

This BSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to build up your business, technology, creative and leadership skills. It will equip you to effectively manage innovation and digital transformation.<br/><br/>**Why choose this course?**<br/><br/><br/>- Teaching on the course benefits from the research expertise and practitioner insight showcased by our Centre for Innovation Management Research.<br/><br/><br/>- It offers you access to partnerships with leading businesses and the chance to attend exclusive events enhancing your professional network and career prospects.<br/><br/><br/>- It provides you with personalised career coaching and mentoring, and you can take part in our alumni career clinics alongside our career and digital skills programmes.<br/><br/><br/>- This course also offers you the chance to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.<br/><br/><br/>**What you will learn**<br/><br/>On this degree you will gain a solid grounding in management and business studies as well as skills to help set you apart in a competitive job market. You will learn how to respond to market dynamics, and identify threats to businesses and new technological opportunities. You will also develop entrepreneurial skills to support new, start-up businesses or to set up your own business.<br/><br/>You will study management of innovation and will also gain valuable skills in digital transformation management, project management and strategic management. In your final year you will apply your skills in developing a business plan for a new venture or a new product or service innovation.<br/><br/>**How you will learn**<br/><br/>You will learn through a mixture of lectures, interactive seminars and hands-on workshops. You will also explore real-world case studies to help you to foster practical problem-solving skills. <br/><br/>You can study this course full- or part-time and choose your own timetable for the core modules selecting whether to **study them in the evening or in the daytime**. <br/><br/>**Placement route**<br/><br/>If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting.<br/><br/>**Foundation Year**<br/><br/>If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didnt achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. <br/><br/>**Highlights**<br/><br/><br/>- This course benefits from its strong connection to Birkbeck’s Centre for Innovation Management Research.<br/><br/><br/>- Our academic staff are active researchers as well as enthusiastic teachers and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the worlds leading journals. We have particular research strengths in innovation, entrepreneurship, digitalisation and digital transformation, including AI.<br/><br/><br/>- We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions.<br/><br/><br/>**Careers and employability**<br/><br/>On successfully graduating from this course you will have gained an array of transferable skills, including:<br/><br/><br/>- the ability to lead and manage teams effectively<br/><br/><br/>- analytical skills to think critically, evaluate complex business scenarios and devise innovative solutions<br/><br/><br/>- understanding of trends in new developments and changing market environments<br/><br/><br/>- professional communication techniques essential for influencing stakeholders and driving change.<br/><br/><br/>This course also prepares you to progress your studies further with our MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation.<br/><br/>Possible professions include: <br/><br/><br/>- innovation manager<br/><br/><br/>- new business development manager<br/><br/><br/>- product manager<br/><br/><br/>- digital transformation manager<br/><br/><br/>- innovation consultant. <br/>