More than a 3 day conference …..
See the conference website Submit an abstract for a presentation or poster by 20th April, 2015 The conference will give an opportunity to share practice and experiences of universities… Read More »
Category Archives: Europe
Social economy is now on EU ministers’ agenda
Press release from ENSIE, the European network of Social Integration Enterprises, an associate partner in the Social Economy in Higher Education project EU Ministers for employment and social affairs have… Read More »
France passes social and solidarity economy law
But students still campaigning for socially-oriented economics education By Charles Hanks, Collaborator in the Social Economy in Higher Education project The prospects of the social and solidarity economy in France… Read More »
Building community an hour at a time – Timebuilders Sheffield, UK
Article written by Mike Calvert, York St John University, UK Time Banking is not a new concept and many of the blog’s readers will know of the history and development… Read More »
500 responses to social economy survey .. and counting
Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey. So far we have responses from: Argentina, Colombia, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, San Tome, Spain, United Kingdom! and they include:… Read More »
Economics students question free-market syllabus
Students at Manchester University rebel against single diet of orthodox free-market teaching An assumption behind the Erasmus Mundus social economy project is that a one-dimensional view of economic wealth & well-being… Read More »
Social enterprise competition in Croatia
by Tina Lee Odinsky-Zec, 8 July 2013 Zagrebacka Banka a division of UniCredit Group has organized a competition in Croatia as part of their umbrella project Moj Zaba Start. The… Read More »
Business for Peace Award won by Founder of Danish Social Enterprise
Thank you to our Associate Partner ENSIE (European Network of Social Integration Enterprises) for sending us this information. (See associate partners of the Erasmus Mundus social economy project here) The… Read More »
Former Children’s Services Worker Opens Social Enterprise
This week I have had conversations with 2 people at York St John University who have commented that the landscape is changing for the public sector in the UK. Many… Read More »
The UK’s No. 1 University for Social Enterprise Receives International Recognition
The University of Northampton has received international recognition for its commitment to social innovation and entrepreneurship by being designated a ‘Changemaker Campus’ by Ashoka U. Ashoka U is the… Read More »
Co-operative wins Financial Times ‘Boldness in Business’ Award
Mondragon Corporation, which includes our partner in the Social Economy project, Mondragon University, has won the Financial Times Boldness in Business award for ‘Drivers of Change‘. Mondragon uses democratic methods in… Read More »
Good news from Brussels – European Parliament approves new rules for social investments and venture capital
European parliament has today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill enabling the creation of a new label identifying social entrepreneurship investment funds (EuSEF), as well as introducing Europe-wide regulation… Read More »