People-Centered Economic Development UK (P_CED) is an autonomous social enterprise which has been engaged in Eastern Europe since 1999. Jeff Mowatt from P_Ced has written this article for the blog. The… 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… Read More »
News: We are delighted that Dr Antonio Cruz, former National Coordinator (Brazil) of the Network of Popular Cooperatives of University Incubators will be speaking at the conference at York St John University,… Read More »
Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey. So far we have responses from: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, East Timor, Germany, Guinea Bissau, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, San… Read More »
Universities can be laboratories for a new kind of economic development Professor Simon Denny from the University of Northampton, UK, has identified an important role for universities: delivering local economic… Read More »
By Natasha Almond, Founder of Living Interiors, York, UK and collaborator in the Social Economy in Higher Education Project York had a thriving voluntary, community and social enterprise sector; however,… Read More »
As well as teaching and researching about social enterprise and cooperatives, it is important that universities explore ways of practicing the social economy. In the case of cooperatives, these lead… Read More »
As part of the social economy in higher education project we are visiting the universities of several countries in Latin America. Our first visit has been to Pinar del Río… Read More »
Former nurse starts social enterprise to enable people with dementia to live a good life. One of the chapters in the forthcoming handbook about teaching and practice of social economy… Read More »
In the previous post Lina Muñoz González explained how women from 11 families in Colombia paid a set amount into a community fund to set up a market stall. The… Read More »
The Erasmus Mundus social economy project is delighted to present the first in a series of articles written by students from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Bucaramanga, Colombia. The students of… Read More »
See the Social Economy in Higher Education November newsletter here. Newsletter includes: – an update on the project in Latin America; – an item about time banks: interview, video… Read More »
Greg Dees, sometimes known as the ‘Father of Social Entrepreneurship Education’ believes that social entrepreneurship education should blend theory and practice to develop a range of social, social and soft skills. He… Read More »
Students: submit your idea to innovate and revitalise education and gain financial support and mentoring Dell Education Challenge – ‘Innovate Education for Primary Students Worldwide’. The program provides university students interested… Read More »
Thanks to Jelena Erstic, member of the Erasmus Mundus social economy project team for drawing my attention to these resources. Stanford Graduate School of Business Centre for Social Innovation has… Read More »