December/January 2014

nubiz Bulletin

Dec/Jan 2014

Welcome to the latest nubiz e-bulletin with all the latest news, developments and events from the Nottingham University Business School alumni community.

We hope the image of a wintry Jubilee Campus brings back happy memories of the crisp British weather at this time of year. Once more there has been a lot going in our alumni community since the last e-bulletin.

On 8 November we held a fantastic alumni event to mark over 50 years of cutting edge business education and research, and celebrate our 25th MBA anniversary. Professors Martin Binks and Simon Mosey delivered a superb Master Class on business ingenuity and the event was topped off with a reunion dinner featuring special guest speaker Sky News Business Editor Jeff Randall. You can view photos of the event on our Facebook page.

Alumni Manager, Adrian Mateo, recently returned from a trip to India meeting with alumni and prospective students across the country. A dedicated LinkedIn group has been set up to enable Indian alumni to stay in touch and share news and events of common interest.

If you have any news, stories or events to share we would love to hear from you, contact us at businessalumni@nottingham.ac.uk Follow the social media icon links at the bottom of this bulletin for exclusive social media channels and join the conversation with friends, colleagues and staff.

Festive wishes and all the best for 2014.

Nottingham University Business School Alumni Team

News

Using Tesco's scale for good

Judith Nelson, UK Personnel Director of Tesco PLC, outlined the retail giant’s philosophy of making what matters better together and using it’s scale to make a real difference in the local communities it serves at the most recent Business Leaders Series event hosted by Nottingham University Business School.

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International Business Management alumnus receives 'President's Award' in Malaysia

Malaysia Campus alumnus Syed Faiq Najeeb, has received the prestigious President’s Award from the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) as the ‘Best Student of the Year’ for the Masters in Islamic Finance programme with the highest CGPA in the history of INCEIF.

Nottingham MBA continues to rise in the rankings

In the latest international league table of full-time Master of Business Administration programmes, Nottingham University Business School has risen 12 places to 74^th globally against tough competition from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Entrepreneur secures significant investment for innovative business venture

Confirmed entrepreneur and Business School alumnus Ben Grech has secured £700,000 in seed funding to expand innovative online booking platform for student and mid-term accommodation Uniplaces first launched in 2012, from UK investment management firm Octopus and leading angel investors.

NUBS China honours first Entrepreneurship graduates

Nottingham University Business School Ningbo China's first cohort of MSc in Entrepreneurship students has graduated and some have already started their own businesses.

Executive Education enables executives to tackle real-world business challenges more effectively

Nottingham University Business School’s Executive Education short course portfolio delivers an intensive and highly rewarding workout for executives and senior managers to address real-world and perennial management challenges as well as encourage a creative and entrepreneurial mind-set in the next generation of business leaders.

New interdisciplinary network in sustainability launched

A new Sustainability Research Network (SRN) has been launched by five PhD students, based in five different schools at The University of Nottingham (including Nottingham University Business School), to establish a network for early career and postgraduate researchers focussed on, or with an interest in, sustainability.

Double trouble - Cambodian twins set to maximise their business potential at Nottingham

Inspired by their grandmother’s entrepreneurial resilience during the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, twin sisters Meyka and Meyta Chea have enrolled at Nottingham University Business School in the hope of following her entrepreneurial lead.

New book from the Africa Research Group

The Business School's Africa Research Group is an international and interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in furthering the understanding of the management, organisational, socio-economic, investment, innovation, and entrepreneurial issues relevant to African countries. They have recently published a new book examining current human resource management in Africa.

What's on

Executive Education course 'Innovation Management' - Business School South, Jubilee Campus, UK

Executive Education course 'Responsible Business: A Strategic Approach' - Business School South, Jubilee Campus, UK

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