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Becoming an Entrepreneurial Citizen: Exploring Competencies for life and business

Learn to act upon opportunities and ideas, manage dynamic careers, and shape the future for social, cultural, and economic good.

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Becoming an Entrepreneurial Citizen

Course information

We live in a fast-paced and changing world, where we need “entrepreneurial citizens” who can act upon opportunities and ideas, manage dynamic careers, and shape the future for social, cultural, and economic good.

By undertaking this course, you will develop and increase your “entrepreneurial citizen” abilities to explore ideas and opportunities, develop your self-efficacy, resilience, and resourcefulness, and how to set goals/take action in uncertain circumstances. It will be of benefit/value to your personal development, the communities you live in and the organisations you want to work within or run.

What you'll study

After studying on this course, you should be able to:

  • Set challenging, ambitious, and realistic goals for yourself
  • Increase your self-awareness, develop a growth mindset and resilience strategies
  • Use tools to generate ideas, select opportunities, and creative problem-solving techniques
  • Create compelling narratives to increase your ability to inspire, influence and persuade others
  • Develop strategies to deal with uncertainty, change and taking calculated risks
  • Work and cooperate with others to develop ideas and solve team conflicts

This course is ideal for enterprising students from all disciplines.

Your tutors

Diana Pasek-Atkinson

Enterprise Advisor Manager | Enterprise and DEC

Will Chew

Student Enterprise Lead

How to Apply

Complete our online application form to apply for Global Summer School. The application deadline is 1 June 2024.

Once you apply we’ll be in touch with more information on how to pay, your course, accommodation and travelling to Nottingham.