Unit name | New Creative Ventures |
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Unit code | INOV30006 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Collins |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | Centre for Innovation |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Why is this unit important?
This unit provides the opportunity to imagine and create world-changing ideas. By working together with students from other disciplines, you will develop ventures which build on your core disciplines in new and exciting ways. Selling your ideas is important too and through this unit you will learn to construct business plans and supporting materials that will help others to buy into your ideas.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
In the third year, Innovation students focus on putting their ideas into practice. This unit will help you learn how to identify interdisciplinary opportunities and how to translate your ideas into attractive, feasible ventures.
Through practical application, you will learn how to develop and pitch successful and sustainable business models for boundary-shifting commercial or non-commercial enterprises.
This unit therefore aims to
An overview of content
On this unit students will work in interdisciplinary groups to identify creative opportunities. Students will be encouraged to use the logics of their respective disciplines to construct new ways of thinking and innovative ways to reframe and resolve problems. Ideas will be matured and developed to consider operating considerations and the impact on the external environment.
Through practical application, students will learn how to develop and pitch successful and sustainable business models for boundary shifting and creative enterprises.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
This unit develops students’ understanding of the entrepreneur role and the steps that entrepreneurs undertake. Students will stretch their creative and analytical thinking and be encouraged to take conceptual risks.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
1. Evaluate different tools, in order to formulate a robust enterprise plan for interdisciplinary opportunities.
2. Appraise and construct business models appropriate an enterprise environment.
3. Reflect critically on their own entrepreneurial experience creating an enterprise.
4. Devise explanatory arguments to justify your ideas to a range of different audiences.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures, group meetings and in-class workshops supported by collaborative and self-directed learning.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
When assessment does not go to plan
When required by the Board of Examiners, you will normally complete reassessments in the same formats as those outlined above. However, the Board reserves the right to modify the form or number of reassessments required. Details of reassessments are normally confirmed by the School shortly after the notification of your results at the end of the academic year.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. INOV30006).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.