JOAN DUNCAN SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP (JDSEEL) The vision of JDSEEL is the creation of a nation that is vibrant, dynamic, ethical and bubbling with excitement of new business ventures, creating employment for all while helping persons achieve their dreams. Its mission is to offer students higher education pathways into creating new business ventures and to deliver entrepreneurship, business, and professional education of national and international standards while contributing to the economic development of Jamaica and the Caribbean region. In doing so, the school will undertake focused and relevant research, which will make a major contribution to the understanding of and practice in, the world of entrepreneurship, small business and management. A Bachelor of Science degree is offered in Entrepreneurship which covers university core subjects, as well as others such as Entrepreneurial Behaviour, Project Management for the Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship and Digital Commerce among others, geared towards encouraging and strengthening entrepreneurial pursuits. JDSEEL also offers professional courses for the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the areas of Accounting, Marketing Planning, Business Plan Writing and so on. These courses are geared towards small business owners, as well as corporate clients who want to improve their skills. THE BUS INESS CL INIC This provides varied services to businesses which require short term contacts for assistance in general business development. Students from across the university may become involved in providing services with the guidance of a lecturer. We provide services such as Market Research and Business Plan writing. Our main target is the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. THE LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH CENTRE The Language Teaching and Research Centre is located in Room 8A12 in the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies. An initiative of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, the Language Teaching and Research Centre (LTRC) aims to deliver strategic interventions for language learning. The Centre supports the University’s language teaching and learning needs through research and multimedia resource support for modules in academic writing, communication arts and technology, English, French, Japanese and Spanish. Resources for other humanities and social science modules TH E UN I V E R S I T Y OF TE CHNO LOGY, J AMA I C A – ST UD E NT HANDBOOK 2022–2023 SUP POR T SE R V I C E S FOR ST UD E NT S 62
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