Start-up and Innovative Business Modelling (IFTE0016)

Start-ups are a key source of wealth creation. While traditionally thought of as internet-based entrepreneurial ventures in the virtual world, today start-ups are disrupting the way of doing things by bringing established technology to many traditional real-world industries such as Automobile, food and beverage, transportation, hotels, etc. Armed with new business models, enabled by rapid advances in information and communication technologies and run with a unique Silicon Valley management style, start-ups today attract the best and the brightest from the world over and have caught the attention of policymakers and top management at established companies, each of whom wish to replicate their successes in their domains. This module will expose participants to the start-up culture and empower them with an understanding of processes to start their own entrepreneurial venture.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will have:

An understanding of, and ability to critically identify and analyse, opportunity selection
	An understanding of the key contemporary concepts of start-up management, and an ability to apply these
	A demonstrable understanding of innovative business modelling in an age of disruption
	Knowledge of fundraising and other financing methods
	Ability to develop and communicate a business plan

ANCIENT ROME|REPUBLIC|EMPIRE|POLITICS|CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY

This module explores Roman religion as an integral part of ancient society, life and culture. Spanning from the mid-Republic to the early Empire, it traces the...

Roman Religion: Belief, Culture and Politics (HIST0829)

This module explores Roman religion as an integral part of ancient society, life and culture. Spanning from the mid-Republic to the early Empire, it traces the developments within religion in the context of this period of great political and social change. Students will consider how religion, politics, historical events and cultural shifts all interacted and influenced each other, developing a well-rounded understanding of ancient society and religion’s place within that. Students will also be introduced to both ancient and modern debates as to the nature and role of religion and its place in wider society. Through a series of thematic topics, this module will draw upon literary, material and archaeological evidence, including Cicero’s dialogues and Horace’s Saecular Hymn, inscribed religious calendars and votive offerings. These will allow students to create a wide-ranging understanding of the importance of religion in both the public and private spheres among a range of demographics. This module will invite students to consider problems of evidentiary bias; when the majority of our surviving sources concern monumental, public and elite religion, how might we uncover the religious experience of the lower classes, women or children?