Below you'll find the digital version of Pioneers Post Quarterly issue 8. 

Inside you'll find our special guide to education and training for social entrepreneurs. We'd been meaning to collect all we knew about the ever closer ties between higher education institutions (HEIs) and social enterprise for some time.

All the courses you can take in social entrepreneurship and all the business support the HEIs are offering, alongside profiles of the people and organisations that are poster boys for social enterprise success – it's all in there. 

The other long read in the magazine is the NatWest SE100 Data Report. And there's good news. The survey of more than 2,000 social enterprises found that social enterprises are growing strongly. Flick to p48 to find out how.

You tell us that you love the Black Cab Interviews when we meet you out and about. In this one, CEO of UnLtd, Mark Norbury cuts social impact bonds down to size and suggests that the organisation's endowment might be used for impact investing in the future. Which would certainly pack a punch.

Leadership lessons, social enterprise in New Zealand and the ex-offender turned impact investor who's big on the environment are just some of the other features you can feast your eyes on. Enjoy it!

• Cover feature: Alongside engineers, lawyers and scientists, higher education institutions are now teaching social entrepreneurs. We explore how.
• SE100 Data Report: UK social enterprises are in rude health. Find out about their growth in our survey of over 2,000 of them.
• Global Focus: The Social Enterprise World Forum is in New Zealand this year, in September. We find out how social enterprise is doing there.
• Investor Profile: from prison to profits. Lisa Renstrom went from behind bars to using her money to help the environment.
• Challenging Leadership: are you the difference between your social enterprise surviving and thriving?
• PLUS: How construction firm Wates is using social enterprises to make a difference and we ask: why can't corporates behave?