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Social Enterprise and Higher Education in a Globalized World

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Social enterprise has become a global phenomenon, changing the lives of millions of people and addressing social issues that have previously been outside of the reach of governments or the private sector. Many higher education institutions have engaged with social enterprise in a variety of ways, including providing facilities to external social enterprises, supporting and advising student and faculty social enterprises, providing placements and internships for students in social enterprise organizations and embedding social enterprise directly into the curriculum. This chapter reviews the current relationship between higher education and the social enterprise phenomenon. While there is a growing body of research on the concept of social enterprise itself, there is a paucity of research on the pedagogical aspects of teaching and embedding social enterprise into the curriculum. From related literatures on curriculum design, it is clear that a flexible, holistic approach is needed to embed experiential learning about social enterprise to produce learning environments that foster high levels of student engagement and enhanced employability.

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Acknowledgments

The chapter originated from a UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI)-funded project on “The Benefits of Modifying Social Enterprise within Higher Education’s Social Sciences Curriculum”. The financial support from UKIERI is gratefully acknowledged. We also wish to thank many people for helping with the funded project: Suruchi Pareek, Jane Faithfull, Alastair Brown, Joanne Addie, Martha McLean, Lydia Stead, Vikki Hart and Claire McPartlin.

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    Roopinder Oberoi

  2. School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

    Jamie P. Halsall & Michael Snowden

  3. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

    Elizabeth F. Caldwell

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Oberoi, R., Halsall, J.P., Snowden, M., Caldwell, E.F. (2018). Social Enterprise and Higher Education in a Globalized World. In: Oberoi, R., Halsall, J. (eds) Revisiting Globalization. International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79123-4_8

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