By swarren on August 21, 2012
A number of academics from the Business School took part in the training of lifesaving representatives from Senegal, Cameroon, Uganda, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Mauritius and the Philippines this month. The intensive two-week course, organised by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), was designed to equip the representatives with essential skills to run effective coastal lifesaving [...]
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By swarren on July 10, 2012
Dr Christina Koutra, a Lecturer in Global Corporate Social Responsibility within the Business School’s Department of Strategy and Marketing, has recently had a book published by Nova Science Publishers. The book is entitled ‘More than Simply Social Responsibility: Implications of CSR for Tourism Development and Poverty Reduced in Less Developed Countries: A Political Economy Perspective’ [...]
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By swarren on June 23, 2012
Lord Neuberger kindly visited Bournemouth University on Friday 22 June and met with a small group of First and Second year Law students over lunch. The students and the Framework Leader for Law, Sue Warnock, were able to talk to Lord Neuberger about a number of issues currently in the press and in particular were [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on June 20, 2012
Autumn 2012 sees the launch of the part-time MSc Professional Development (Loss Adjusting) degree at Bournemouth University (BU), in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA). This is a valuable partnership providing individuals with the opportunity to build on their professional CILA qualifications and top-up to an academic qualification (Master’s degree). Dr Julie [...]
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By swarren on June 2, 2012
Ten Bournemouth University students have come out on top in a project for car manufacturer SEAT, in a bid to help raise awareness of their brand. The BU team was made up of four students studying the Business School’s MBA and six studying on the Media School’s Postgraduate Media Production courses. Their strong mix of skills was the key [...]
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By kirstipawlowski on May 21, 2012
A week after 700million Euros were withdrawn from Greek banks, the date for the elections has been set as 17 June 2012. If the candidates who reject the terms of the bail out deal are elected, Greece could be leaving the Euro. The Business School’s Lecturer in Economics, Dr Dermot McCarthy discusses the somewhat uncertain [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on April 26, 2012
Final year BA (Hons) Business Studies with Finance student Rhiannon Van Ross has completed two marathons in a week to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Along with her sister Hannah, she ran the Brighton Marathon on 15 April and the London Marathon on 22 April, clocking up an impressive 52 miles in total. [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on February 22, 2012
The annual series of Spring Lectures delivered by BU’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) starts again on Thursday 23 February at 18:00 with an event with Edmund Quilty, Director of Copyright at the Intellectual Property Office, on the proposed Hargreaves reforms to UK copyright law. The second lecture will be given on Thursday [...]
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Chris Chapleo comments in the Guardian on university branding
By Sarah Jane Knox on December 15, 2011
On Monday this week, Bournemouth University’s Chris Chapleo, Senior Lecturer in Marketing within the Business School, commented on a Guardian article entitled “Universities risk aggressive marketing”. The article discusses the issue that rising student fees and increasing competition are putting universities under pressure to market themselves more aggressively. Our academic team are experts in their [...]
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