UTech, Ja Student Handbook 2019-2020

J O A N D U N C A N S C H O O L O F E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P , E T H I C S A N D L E A D E R S H I P ( J DS E E L ) The vision of JDSEEL is the creation of a nation that is vibrant, dynamic, ethical and bubbling with excitement of new business ventures, cre- ating 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 inter- national 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 Entre- preneurship which covers university core sub- jects, as well as others such as Entrepreneurial Behaviour, Project Management for the Entre- preneur, Entrepreneurship and Digital Com- merce among others, geared towards encouraging and strengthening entrepreneu- rial 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. T H E B U S I N E S S C L I N I C 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. T H E L A N G U A G E T E A C H I N G A N D R E S E A R C H C E N T R E The Language Teaching and Research Centre is located in Room 8A12 in the Faculty of Educa- tion 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 lan- guage learning. The Centre supports the Uni- versity’s language teaching and learning needs through research and multimedia resource sup- port for modules in academic writing, com- munication arts and technology, English, French, Japanese and Spanish. Resources for other humanities and social science modules U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E C H N O L O G Y , J A M A I C A – S T U D E N T H A N D B O O K 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0 S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S F O R S T U D E N T S 64