Social Enterprise at Teesside University Karen Race Deputy Director, Academic Enterprise.
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Social Enterprise at Teesside University
Karen RaceDeputy Director, Academic
Enterprise
• Began as a college supporting the engineering industry over 80 years ago
• Continued links with industry
• Strong central support department
• One of the first on campus incubators
• Embedded in local community
• Social Entrepreneur in Residence• UnLtd awards• Specialist mentors • Social enterprise workshops• entrepreneurs@tees• Project based activity, eg Food Co-
op• Junk to Funk• Enactus
Since September 2014 we have supported 23 social entrepreneurs.•9 social entrepreneurs at the ideas exploration stage. •4 new social enterprise start-ups and 8 in the pipeline.•We have supported 4 existing social enterprise businesses
• Regional partnership• Intensive weekend• ‘Lean’ start up methods
and group discussions• Groups supported by
social entrepreneurs• Social innovation
• Engaging social entrepreneurs requires new routes
• ‘Social’ projects work• Innovation will come
from forming multi-disciplinary teams
• Social enterprise support is different