Introduction

Is our society becoming less compassionate as it becomes more globalised?

Read the newspaper and you will notice how marginalised groups have less than equal opportunities.

You can be that professional to make the difference. Join this unique diploma and gain a right mix of skills to achieve business and social objectives. The diploma will train you to empower the disadvantaged and the marginalised to set up businesses and be less dependent on hand-outs.

Obtain a foundation in business fundamentals, crisis management, legal framework for social enterprise, corporate governance and marketing and communication skills, among others. Our course focuses on learning through experience with communities, case studies and forums. You will learn to execute projects and promote Corporate Social Responsibility in companies.

Start or manage social enterprise projects in a six-month practicum or industrial attachment with a local or overseas organisation during your final year. You will work with international non-profit organisations and non-governmental organisations, such as Schwab Foundation, Habitat International and World Vision.

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The first and only such diploma course offered by a polytechnic in Singapore

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Graduates will become business and social enterprise managers with cross-disciplinary skills

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Be mentored by a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur and work on social and environmental projects

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