Professor Karen Stanton, the Vice Chancellor of York St John University’s opening speech for the recent social and solidarity economy conference. It is reported here in full under the conference video. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and a very warm welcome to York St John University. Welcome, too, to the beautiful city of… Read More »
Following the recent conference about social enterprise and cross-sector collaboration at York St John University, UK, here are some reflections from participant Sorina Antonescu. This will be the first of several posts which report on and draw out themes of the conference. The conference video can be seen here. Information about the presentations, round tables, the social… Read More »
The video captures the essence, diversity and theme of the conference. It was held in English and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation. Powerpoints from the plenary sessions, the round tables and the parallel presentations can be found on the conference website.
Mary Kiguru reports on the outcome of the students’ entry in a national competition in Kenya. An earlier entry talks of the involvement of university students in the support of the Sujali women entrepreneurs in Nairobi. The ENACTUS Team at Kenya Methodist University participated during the 2015 National ENACTUS Competition. The competition brought 9 universities… Read More »
The Social Economy in Higher Education international project seeks to encourage universities to question what they teach and whether they are teaching a range of relevant economic models for students to engage with. The School of Finance and Economic at Strathmore University in Kenya shows clear commitment to addressing complex social issues in its community. Interview… Read More »
The Erasmus Mundus Social Economy in Higher Education project is celebrating an international conference in York St John University, UK, from 1st – 3rd Sept, 2015. It is also a celebration of 1000 days of collaborative work about the social economy by universities in the UK, Bolivia, Peru, Portugal and Spain. Called Universities developing social… Read More »
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 in teaching and researching social entrepreneurship and business for social purposes. Meet and interact with delegates from 4 continents. Participants so far confirmed from the… Read More »
HEIs as catalysts for the expansion of SD a local, societal and global level: Case Studies & Discussions This is the final article written for this blog by Sorina Antonescu. (This final article has attracted some interesting debate. Please see ‘Comments’ at the bottom of this post and join the discussion). See an overview of the… Read More »
This is the 3rd article in the series of 4 by Sorina Antonescu. See overview of articles here >> 1. Universities and the Challenge of Larger Systems Interactions According to Velazquez et al. (2006, p. 812) a sustainable university can be defined as A higher educational institution, as whole or as a part that addresses, involves… Read More »
This is the 2nd article in the series of 4 by Sorina Antonescu. See overview of articles here >> HEIs and the greater society: where do they stand? It is a truth universally acknowledged amongst our government representatives, economists and the mainstream media that we’re living in a time of austerity characterised by economic,… Read More »
In this series of four articles written for the Social Economy in Higher Education project by Sorina Antonescu , the concept of sustainability in relation to higher education institutions is discussed. In this first article, she starts by discussing the notion of sustainability and sustainable development (SD) from a historical perspective and then breaks it down into more… Read More »
Leading thinkers and practitioners from universities in the field of co-operativism, business through the lense of human rights, enterprise incubators in the solidarity economy and innovation in the public sector will be presenting key notes at the international conference called ‘Universities developing social entrepreneurship through cross-sector collaboration’ 1-3 Sept, 2015 in York, UK. The conference… Read More »
International conference at York St John University, UK. 1st – 3rd Sept 2015. Mark the dates! More information on this blog in the coming days Conference Theme: As part of the York St John-led Erasmus Mundus social economy project, the conference aims to address the following question: ‘How can higher education foster interactions between the… Read More »
This blog has now been running for 18 months It seems a good time to review the most visited posts – those which have received the greatest number of visits and re-tweets. It has been inspiring to receive guest posts from university students and staff and others working for social justice in economic affairs from… Read More »
Article written by Charles Hanks, collaborator of the social economy in higher education project, following a visit to the “Institute of Work and Production” of the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. “As a public university,” asserts José Perlino, “we have a very important social role.” Indeed, José and his colleagues in the Institute of Work and Production… Read More »