UK: University to develop social programme

The School of Management at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has been awarded around £150,000 by the European Social Fund Objective 3 programme to develop a unique national postgraduate programme for managers working in the social enterprise sector.

Commenting on the award, Bob Doherty, LJMU?s Senior Lecturer in Social Enterprise, said: ?Social enterprises are very exciting organisations. Many are working to address failures in the private and public sectors, providing innovative business solutions to social exclusion, sustainable energy use, managing waste and the inequalities in world trade. Like any other businesses, social enterprises need to grow, become sustainable and reduce their dependence on grants and donations. In order to do this they need to be managed more effectively. This course will help them do just that.?

LJMU is a national leader in social enterprise education, having launched the UK?s first master?s programme specifically for social enterprise managers in 2003. Now thanks to the new ESF funding, LJMU will be able to share its expertise with more organisations across the country through the development of a new postgraduate programme, which will be delivered on a residential basis and via web-based distance learning support.

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