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• The process of globalisation and international competition looking at the role of companies and markets in the United States, Germany, Japan, the Tiger economies and China. This provides context for developing an analysis of the response from British institutions.
• The organisational challenge – from the firm level to governmental response – within the British economy to increasing globalisation and associated restructuring associated with technological change.
• The evolution and conceptualisation of business models by business and the associated policy approaches.
• This module will also use archival documents to illustrate the decision making process associated with restructuring, financial analysis and strategy.

• The process of globalisation and international competition looking at the role of companies and markets in the United States, Germany, Japan, the Tiger economies and China. This provides context for developing an analysis of the response from British institutions.
• The organisational challenge – from the firm level to governmental response – within the British economy to increasing globalisation and associated restructuring associated with technological change.
• The evolution and conceptualisation of business models by business and the associated policy approaches.
• This module will also use archival documents to illustrate the decision making process associated with restructuring, financial analysis and strategy.

• The process of globalisation and international competition looking at the role of companies and markets in the United States, Germany, Japan, the Tiger economies and China. This provides context for developing an analysis of the response from British institutions.
• The organisational challenge – from the firm level to governmental response – within the British economy to increasing globalisation and associated restructuring associated with technological change.
• The evolution and conceptualisation of business models by business and the associated policy approaches.
• This module will also use archival documents to illustrate the decision making process associated with restructuring, financial analysis and strategy.

In this module, you will engage with global discourses on design-led innovation and entrepreneurial leadership, developing the skills and mindset to become a confident, responsible change-maker in an increasingly complex world. Through a unique blend of workshops led by inspirational thought-leaders, case studies, and real-world project briefs, you will build capability in strategic planning, design thinking, opportunity identification, and responsible innovation.

You will critically assess the role of design in shaping organisations, products, services, and systems at both local and global levels. Key themes include branding, marketing, technology, finance and emerging business models - from platform-based enterprises and the circular economy to regenerative practices and design-driven start-ups - that frame modern entrepreneurial opportunities.

Collaboration and communication are core to this experience. You will sharpen your ability to co-create and pitch ideas persuasively to a range of stakeholders - from grassroots charities to Fortune 500 corporations. The module culminates in the creation and delivery of a professional-grade innovation proposal or venture concept, underpinned by research, business modelling, and a live or simulated pitch.

The UK government has recognised the importance of innovation and technology transfer in sustaining competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy. If successful innovation management is to take place, it is necessary to recognise when technology has commercial potential and evaluate how economic value might be captured.

The UK government has recognised the importance of innovation and technology transfer in sustaining competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy. If successful innovation management is to take place, it is necessary to recognise when technology has commercial potential and evaluate how economic value might be captured.

Hacking for MoD (H4MoD) is an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial module that provides you with the opportunity to learn from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) to better address the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges. The delivery of the module is supported by the Common Mission Project (The Common Mission Project UK), a charity that works in partnership with the UK Government. This is a practical and applied module with students working in teams to engage directly with complex, real world problems proposed by the UK government sponsors (problem owners sourced by the Common Mission Project). H4MoD covers policy, economics, technology, national security, and any area required to address the problem posed by sponsors.

You will be assigned to a team and provided with a range of relevant methodological tools and techniques to solve a problem assigned to you. As you progress through the module, you along with your team will be required to identify and validate customer needs. You will be required to continually build iterative prototypes to demonstrate that you have understood the problem and provide appropriate solutions. Teams take a hands-on approach, requiring close engagement with actual military, the Ministry of Defence and other government agency end-users, using their real-world challenges.

The goal is to give you a framework to test solution hypotheses using a start-up model with all the real-world pressures and demands in an early-stage start-up, recognising that you are working within the constraints of a classroom and a limited amount of time. This module is designed to give the experience of working as a team and turn an idea into a solution for real-world problems faced by the Ministry of Defence and Intelligence Community.

This module aims to simulate start-ups and entrepreneurship in the real world, which includes the need to take conceptually-sound decisions amidst uncertainty, challenging deadlines, and often conflicting input.
The module is based on the Hacking for DefenceTM (H4D) programme initially developed at Stanford University (http://hacking4defense.stanford.edu) and is an education initiative sponsored by the U.S. Defence Accelerator, and National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). In the UK, Hacking for Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) is funded by the Ministry of Defence.

Note for students considering taking this module:

This module requires a significant time commitment which includes working with a government sponsor for your assigned problem and gathering primary data on it. In addition to classroom time and engaging in group discussions, the module’s demands include engagement with the lecture and other resources, course reading and an average of 10 interviews per week per student team. You are required to be available for a session of interview training as well as any team meetings.

The aims and learning objectives of this module are focussed on developing a set of skills that you will be able to apply in a variety of professions. The problems assigned to students are curated by the Hacking for MoD module team to ensure that they provide you with the scope needed for the module, and that they match the student skills.

The number of students on this module is limited. Once you sign up for the module, you are making a commitment to all stakeholders (including the government agencies that are sponsoring the problems for the module as well as your fellow team members) involved in making this module a success. Dropping out is unfair to your fellow students who did not get into the module and also appears unprofessional to the government sponsors involved.

Hacking for MoD (H4MoD) is an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial module that provides you with the opportunity to learn from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) to better address the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges. The delivery of the module is supported by the Common Mission Project (The Common Mission Project UK), a charity that works in partnership with the UK Government. This is a practical and applied module with students working in teams to engage directly with complex, real world problems proposed by the UK government sponsors (problem owners sourced by the Common Mission Project). H4MoD covers policy, economics, technology, national security, and any area required to address the problem posed by sponsors.

You will be assigned to a team and provided with a range of relevant methodological tools and techniques to solve a problem assigned to you. As you progress through the module, you along with your team will be required to identify and validate customer needs. You will be required to continually build iterative prototypes to demonstrate that you have understood the problem and provide appropriate solutions. Teams take a hands-on approach, requiring close engagement with actual military, the Ministry of Defence and other government agency end-users, using their real-world challenges.

The goal is to give you a framework to test solution hypotheses using a start-up model with all the real-world pressures and demands in an early-stage start-up, recognising that you are working within the constraints of a classroom and a limited amount of time. This module is designed to give the experience of working as a team and turn an idea into a solution for real-world problems faced by the Ministry of Defence and Intelligence Community.

This module aims to simulate start-ups and entrepreneurship in the real world, which includes the need to take conceptually-sound decisions amidst uncertainty, challenging deadlines, and often conflicting input.
The module is based on the Hacking for DefenceTM (H4D) programme initially developed at Stanford University (http://hacking4defense.stanford.edu) and is an education initiative sponsored by the U.S. Defence Accelerator, and National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). In the UK, Hacking for Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) is funded by the Ministry of Defence.

Note for students considering taking this module:

This module requires a significant time commitment which includes working with a government sponsor for your assigned problem and gathering primary data on it. In addition to classroom time and engaging in group discussions, the module’s demands include engagement with the lecture and other resources, course reading and an average of 10 interviews per week per student team. You are required to be available for a session of interview training as well as any team meetings.

The aims and learning objectives of this module are focussed on developing a set of skills that you will be able to apply in a variety of professions. The problems assigned to students are curated by the Hacking for MoD module team to ensure that they provide you with the scope needed for the module, and that they match the student skills.

The number of students on this module is limited. Once you sign up for the module, you are making a commitment to all stakeholders (including the government agencies that are sponsoring the problems for the module as well as your fellow team members) involved in making this module a success. Dropping out is unfair to your fellow students who did not get into the module and also appears unprofessional to the government sponsors involved.

The module will look at innovation in learning and teaching in the context of educational practice.

This module explores the opportunities and challenges presented by the growing importance of the environmental agenda in the political, social economic and technological context. With increasing environmental awareness comes a need for commercially sustainable solutions to energy and resource conservation. The challenge lies in translating environmentally sound technologies into viable market solutions and business ventures - just because it is the right thing to do does not mean that customers will buy! Emergent new sectors present exciting opportunities, yet the very dynamism of such sectors, a nexus of new technologies, new markets, new networks, new regulatory practices presents risk too.