By Sarah Jane Knox on February 6, 2013
The 2013 Business School Careers Fair took place today, Wednesday 6 February, in Kimmeridge House on Talbot Campus. The event was attended by all our key industry partners – companies who between them employ over 500 of our placement students and graduates. These include: Ascot Wealth Management ACCA Astute CIMA EDF Trading Enterprise Rent A [...]
Posted in Events | Tagged Bournemouth University, Business School, Careers, Employers, Placements
By Sarah Jane Knox on November 29, 2012
Danielle Foster, a fourth year LLB (Hons) Law student from Bournemouth University’s Business School, has been awarded the Hays Employability Prize for her poster presentation describing her placement year. Danielle has received £100 in House of Fraser vouchers from Hays recruitment agency, after they judged her poster to be the best of ten finalists from [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Accounting, Bournemouth University, Business School, Competition, Employability, Finance, Graduate, Law, Placement, Student, Winner
By Sarah Jane Knox on October 30, 2012
Our new BSc (Hons) Marketing course is an exciting degree that combines the strengths of BU’s Business School and Media School through a unique blend of creative communication and management disciplines. The Media School has an outstanding reputation for its courses that focus on the communication and cultural awareness that are at the heart of [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Business, Business School, Communications, Marketing, Media School, Strengths
By Sarah Jane Knox on October 1, 2012
Congratulations to Matt Parsons, currently studying BA (Hons) Business Studies, who has won an Undergraduate of the Year award by the company he worked for whilst on his placement year. Matt received his award from company AgustaWestland, which manufactures and sells helicopters. He spent six months of his placement working in the company’s operations department – making [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Award, Bournemouth University, Business School, Business Studies, Placement
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 [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Bournemouth University, BU, Business School, CILA, Courses, Loss Adjusters, Partnership, Professional Qualifications
By Sarah Jane Knox on May 18, 2012
Each year a number of BU students take part in an international experience during their time with us. This includes various study exchanges, work placements and summer schools abroad and gives a fantastic opportunity to experience different cultures and languages and improve employability. Erasmus, the European Union’s flagship educational exchange programme for Higher Education students, [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Bournemouth University, Business School, Graduate Employment, Work and Study Abroad
By Sarah Jane Knox on May 17, 2012
The Business School currently has 385 students on a 40-week placement as part of their degree. Placements are a great way to gain first-hand work experience and, as a result, 30% of students receive employment offers once they graduate – a great way for students to get ahead with their career! The Business School has more students placed [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Bournemouth University, Business School, Employability, Graduate Employment, Placements
