The University of Northampton

The University of Northampton is delivering a new student experience, underpinned by a culture of entrepreneurship, research and social enterprise. In delivering this aim, we have become the first university in the UK to integrate both teaching and research activities, in all degree disciplines, with social enterprise.

The social enterprise theme unites work carried out in all our Schools, and many of our Departments, and builds on our existing, award winning, strengths in enterprise promotion, community interaction, regional engagement, widening participation, third sector partnership, student volunteering and employability.
The student experience that we offer from October 2011 – to all our students – is that, as part of studying for their degree, they will have opportunity of working in a social enterprise (either that we set up, or one in local community, or one the student sets up), often with the change to earn money while studying. This unique offer will both significantly enhance our students’ employability, and enable many of them to reduce the costs of their investment in their education.

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