University of Leeds teams up with M&S to launch business innovation course

Innovation by Marks & Spencer is featured in a new University of Leeds free online course starting later this month.

Important developments in the fresh food supply chain and with machine washable fabrics feature in the course.

M&S shares its knowledge of innovation as part of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), which aims to provide valuable professional development to people at various stages of their career.

Innovation: the key to business success runs from September 15 and uses case studies from the University of Leeds as well as M&S.

Alison Houston, Head of the M&S Company Archive, which is based on the Leeds campus, said: “This unique course brings together learnings from professional business and academia, illustrating how creative concepts are balanced with commercial thinking to forge business success.

“M&S has always had innovation at the heart of its business, right from our early beginnings in Leeds, and we are looking forward to collaborating with the University of Leeds to open this experience up to all.”

For more details, visit www.futurelearn.com/courses/innovation-the-key-to-business-success.