Aims and Fit of Module

The aims of this module are to:

• Develop students’ critical engagement with key theories, models, and debates in entrepreneurship, educational innovation, and international education in diverse local, national, and global contexts.
• Examine how policy, markets, culture, technology, AI, and social need shape entrepreneurial opportunities and innovation in education, with particular attention to China and the Asia-Pacific region in relation to wider global developments.
• Engage students in project-based learning through the identification of authentic educational problems and the collaborative design of an innovative educational initiative, venture, or programme concept for a real or realistic context.
• Cultivate students’ ability to use digital tools (e.g., AI-enabled tools) critically, ethically, and strategically for opportunity analysis, innovation design, stakeholder engagement, planning, and professional communication.

Learning outcomes

A. Critically analyse key theories, concepts, and contextual influences related to entrepreneurship and educational innovation, including the roles of the state, private enterprise, policy, culture, and technology.
B. Evaluate entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities in education by analysing global, national, institutional, and sociocultural factors, with attention to feasibility, stakeholder needs, ethics, and context.
C. Collaboratively design and justify an innovative educational initiative, venture, or programme concept for a realistic global education context as the innovation-design component of an integrated pathway project, demonstrating coherent problem definition, value proposition, stakeholder awareness, and feasibility and scalability analysis.
D. Use digital tools (e.g., AI-enabled tools) critically, ethically, and strategically to support opportunity analysis, innovation design, market and policy scanning, collaboration, and professional communication.

Method of teaching and learning

The whole module adopts a Research-Led Project-Based Learning approach, integrating technology (e.g. AI) where appropriate, with teaching sessions comprising a series of interactive seminars and fieldwork. Students will be guided to identify real-world issues in the education industry and asked to develop practical solutions through their projects.