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Introduction

Entrepreneurship and Innovation focus on an awareness of how a practical skillset (such as fashion design) can be translated into an entrepreneurial business venture. Students are empowered to develop creative solutions such as business plans and processes.

This contact learning module will be offered over 25 weeks. The module structure and schedule are shown below.

Module Structure and Schedule

	SEMESTER 1
WEEKS	MAIN TOPICS	DATES
Overview	An overview of this module; module outcomes; assessment guidelines Meet your lecturer!
Week 1	ON-SITE - Introduction to Subject and Module;	06/04 to 09/04
Week 2	ON-SITE - Opportunities in the Fashion Industry; FF1 - Formal Formative Assessment 1 - BRIEFING;	12/04 to 16/04
Week 3	ON-SITE - Fashion Entrepreneur’s Traits;	19/04 to 23/04
Week 4	ONLINE - Networking	26/04 to 30/04
Week 5	ONLINE - Competitive Advantages;	03/05 to 07/05
Week 6	ONLINE - Advantages & Disadvantages of starting a business;	10/05 to 14/05
Week 7	ONLINE - GUEST LECTURE; FF1 - Revision	17/05 to 21/05
Week 8	ON-SITE - FF1 - Formal Formative Assessment 1 - Online Test - SUBMISSION; taking place during class time.	24/05 to 28/05
Week 9	ONLINE - The Business Plan; FF2 - Formal Formative Assessment 2 - BRIEFING;	31/05 to 04/06
Week 10	ONLINE - The Business Plan: Executive summary, product/ service plan, Organisation plan;	07/06 to 11/06
Week 11	ONLINE - The Business Plan: Sales and marketing plan, Production and distribution;	14/06 to 18/06
Week 12	ONLINE - Nike Case Study Homework exercise; Elevator Pitch Presentations; and FF1 - Formal Formative Assessment 1 - FEEDBACK;	21/06 to 25/06
Week 13	Study Leave!	28/06 to 30/06
Week 14	Assessments/ Exams (there is NO BENT151 exam)	01/07 to 09/07
Week 15	Supplementary (anyone who missed FF1 due to valid reasons will complete the supplementary during this week).	26/07 to 03/08

MID-YEAR BREAK

12/07 to 23/07

	SEMESTER 2
WEEKS	MAIN TOPICS	DATES
Week 1	SEM B - Block 1 (no BENT151 class)	10/08 to 13/08
Week 2	SEM B - Block 1 (no BENT151 class)	16/08 to 20/08
Week 3	SEM B - Block 1 (no BENT151 class)	23/08 to 27/08
Week 4	SEM B - Block 1 (no BENT151 class)	30/08 to 03/09
Week 5	SEM B - Block 1 (no BENT151 class)	06/09 to 10/09
Week 6	SEM B - Block 1 (no BENT151 class)	13/09 to 17/09
Week 7	BENT151 - SEM A Recap & FF2 Submission Revision	20/09 to 23/09
Week 8	Lesson 1: Feasibility Study; FF2 Workshop Lesson 2: Presentation skills; FF2 Workshop	27/09 to 01/10
Week 9	Lesson 1: Market Research: Strategy Step 1 - 5 (Chp 8); Lesson 2: Market Research: Strategy Step 6 - 10 & Customer satisfaction (Chp 8, 9); FF2 SUBMISSION (by Friday 17:00 pm);	04/10 to 08/10
Week 10	Lesson 1: Logo & Brand Identity Design (Chp 9); Lesson 2: Sales & Negotiating: The Customer List & Preparing to Sell (Chp 10); FIS BRIEFING;	11/10 to 15/10
Week 11	Lesson 1: Sales & Negotiating: Part 1 (Chp 10); Lesson 2: Sales & Negotiating: Part 2 (Chp 10);	18/10 to 22/10
Week 12	Lesson 1: The Design & Product Cycle: Part 1 (Chp 11); Lesson 2: The Design & Product Cycle: Part 2 (Chp 11);	25/10 to 29/10
Week 13	Lesson 1: Project Management Skills (Chp 14); Lesson 2: Re-cap and Revision for FIS assessment;	01/11 to 05/11
Week 14	Study Leave; FIS SUBMISSION 12th November (by Friday 17:00 pm);	08/11 to 12/11
Week 15	Assessments/ Exams	15/11 to 19/11

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