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Monthly Archives: February 2017

For many, crowdfunding is old hat. It’s been around for 20 years in its modern form although I’ve found examples from the 1850s and even a reference to the base of the Statue of Liberty being funded through crowdfunding. We already have some examples of crowdfunding at YSJ. The SU […]

Crowdfunding

February 15, 2017 in Social Innovation tagged crowdfunding / Social Enterprise / Social Innovation by m.calvert2

During the coming months, ADD will be running two masterclasses for staff to attend. The first will be hosted by Corony Edwards who will talk about ‘Measuring Learning Gain in Higher Education’ on the 28th March. Sally Brown will host the second and discuss ‘Assessment to Support Retention’ on the 26th […]

Masterclasses

February 9, 2017 in Events / Learning and Teaching tagged assessment / Events / learning gain / masterclass / retention by Gabby Wilson

The final session of the day was given by Jerry Allen who is Deputy Director of Enterprise at Greenwich University. He addressed the subject of ‘the future of social enterprise in a post-Brexit world’. He began with an amusing anecdote of a twitter comment asking if anybody could explain what […]

EEUK Event at Greenwich (Part 3)

February 6, 2017 in Events / Social Innovation tagged Events / Social Enterprise / Social Innovation by m.calvert2

There were so many good speakers at the day that it is worth summarising some more wise words from the workshop. One particularly fiery speaker was the CEO Partas which is a social enterprise in Dublin. He works in an area of high unemployment – up to 50% in places. […]

EEUK Event in Greenwich (Part 2)

February 3, 2017 in Events / Social Innovation tagged Events / Social Enterprise / Social Innovation by m.calvert2