Hello, my name is Dr Antonio Malfense Fierro and I am the Programme Leader of
Hull University Business School's BA Business Management with Entrepreneurship.
The degree is ideally for those students who may be prospective entrepreneurs,
or they may have a
business idea that they wish to pursue and turn into a business, or for students
that don't want to be entrepreneurs, but may want to work in a startup
or work with an entrepreneurship support organisation.
The way the degree works is in your second year at level five,
you will undertake two specific modules that are focused on entrepreneurship.
These modules generally will be an introduction
to entrepreneurship and in the second trimester
you'll be working on a module where you will work with a local business
owned by an entrepreneur or an SME or even a micro firm,
and you'll be working on a problem that that business has.
Now that introduction is really important
before you undertake level six, which is your final year.
In your final year, you'll be focusing on two modules
that are directly related to taking either an existing business forward -
that is, if you've joined the programme as an entrepreneur -
or if you are wanting to start a business, those modules will be focused on
you actually getting to the point of setting up that business
and taking it to fruition.
The first module will focus on idea generation,
and looking at your idea, understanding how attractive it is
before you make that decision to actually go ahead and start that business.
The second module will be focusing on creating that business and you will
be undertaking a business plan assignment, as well as undertaking a Dragon's Den.
What is unique about the Business Management
with Entrepreneurship at Hull University Business School
is that we involve entrepreneurs at every level of the programme.
From the pitching assessments that you will do
in front of panels of entrepreneurs to entrepreneur mentorship,
where as you're doing your assignment, you're paired with an entrepreneur
that will give you that insight from the real practical world
of being an entrepreneur as you're doing that assignment.
And we do this through both modules at level six.
This is a really unique aspect of our programme.
At the same time, we have many, many guest speakers
throughout your final degree,
at least 10 to 12 guest speakers who are all entrepreneurs, each giving
a very particular insight into the content that we will cover on the program.