Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation Leadership

The Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation Leadership is a multi-disciplinary course focused on equipping you with a strong foundational knowledge about social innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills. 

You will study four units aimed at preparing you to meet social challenges through the creative and sustainable development of new ideas, products, models or systems. You will be introduced to design thinking and collaborative ways of using an eco-system approach to resolve complex problems by offering ways of providing social benefit. Gain an understanding of leadership in the context of entrepreneurship, examining the drivers and behaviours of people, group dynamics, and organisational and leadership processes. You will draw on theoretical frameworks and insights from across management, human resources, sociology and psychology disciplines. Develop a practical understanding of how to facilitate disruptive innovations and entrepreneurship within an organisation, and create market value. Your studies culminate with an innovation project which can be tailored to your workplace or interest area. You will prepare, design and implement a professional innovation project proposal to build contextual skills for designing and leading innovative projects that have a social impact. 

Throughout your studies, you will benefit from practical learning experiences including case study analysis, real-world examples and your final project. 

Designed for maximum flexibility, this course is entirely self-paced and 100% online hosted on our Be Different platform. Access your course content on any device, anytime, and experience the ultimate in flexibility and convenience.

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• A completed Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent Bachelor degree, or higher equivalent qualification; or
• A completed AQF Diploma with two years relevant business experience*; or
• A minimum of five years relevant business experience*.

• A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
• An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level qualification, or
• Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

• An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall & minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
• An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.

If you are an International student, please visit International students English requirements for further information.

If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers. This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.

The Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation (GCSI) focuses on building the professional capacity of managers and social entrepreneurs of the future, across the corporate, government and third (not-for-profit) sectors. Student will learn to lead organisations creating social and environmental value, and their ability to operate in a changed cross-sector social landscape, where the dynamism of the market is also directed at social innovation. Specifically student may seek employment in consulting and advising on business performance and improvements including:

• social project design and management
• new social ventures developments, international venture assessment and capital raising in a social context
  
• corporate social innovation and social entrepreneurship
  
• social incubator and technological innovation, support services to new ventures, in Not For Profit and small to medium enterprise (SME) sector
  
• design and development of teams and team dynamics working in social innovation Launchpad environments
  

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Scholarships and financial aid available if eligible

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