Social Entrepreneurship: Developing Robust Hope in the next generation
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The value of social capital that enhances others’ lives and assists in their development of skills and knowledge can no be underestimated. Moving away from a focus of entrepreneurship being purely the development of financial literacy skill the University of Western Sydney has focused on the development of social entrepreneurship. With the introduction of a unit of study ‐ Learning through Community Service ‐ we have seen a variation in the role of students and how they interact with their community. So by focussing on the skills that need to be developed to enhance the social capital of our university community, students are being required to work either within the university community, the local community or the world community. Through the development of a particular unit of study available to all undergraduate students at the
Author: Diana Whitton
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2189137640