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 [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on June 1, 2012
Congratulations to BA (Hons) Business Studies with Marketing Level C Group G who recently won the 2012 £1,000 Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII) Award. The students were assigned the brief that they work for a large Marketing consultancy that has been retained by an insurance company to develop products for the over 65s and had the task [...]
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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 March 12, 2012
BU graduate Ali Bennett took home the Young Entrepreneur award at February’s South Devon Business Excellence Awards. The Business Studies graduate received the award in recognition of her successful and fast-growing business Sparkly Nails, an online store selling specialist nail art supplies. Stocking everything from gems and foils to stickers and providing a wealth of [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on February 7, 2012
BU hosted the finals of the 2011-12 LV= BU Project Challenge on Friday 3 February. Year 2 BA (Hons) Business Studies (BABS) students who are studying project management completed 12 projects in teams to compete for the title. Ken Taylor, Group Change Delivery Director from the Bournemouth-based insurance and savings company Liverpool Victoria LV= was [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on December 12, 2011
The competition has started and three of the six Business School teams that entered this year’s IBM Universities Business Challenge (UBC) have made it through to the next stage – the Regional Semi-Finals. What’s more, one of the teams to make it through to the next stage is the team of first-year BA (Hons) Accounting, Finance and Economics students, which is being sponsored by JPMorgan. The [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Accounting, Bournemouth, Bournemouth University, BU, Business School, Business Studies, Challenge, Competition, Economics, Employability, Enterprise, Finals, Finance, IBM, Students, Success, UBC
By Sarah Jane Knox on December 5, 2011
Bournemouth University is heading for another win, for the 4th consecutive year, in the Association for Project Management (APM) University Project Challenge 2011-12. The APM theme this year is ‘My City’ and the Challenge was launched at a Sustainable Business networking event held at BU in October. Twelve teams of BA (Hons) Business Studies with Project Management students presented [...]
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By kirstipawlowski on November 21, 2011
19 first year Business Studies students cycled 390 miles, the equivalent of Bournemouth to Paris, at the weekend, raising over £1200 for the youth cancer trust. The students took turns on two stationary bikes, provided by Pure Gym, between 9am and 8pm, with Adam Buttigeig cycling the furthest, clocking up 55 miles over two hours [...]
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By Sarah Jane Knox on May 9, 2011
Congratulations to the Business School’s Mark Ridolfo who won the Vice-Chancellor’s award for his exceptional contribution at a recent presentation evening. The award was given for Mark’s unstinting support of students and colleagues during his leadership of the BA (Hons) Business Studies course and his outstanding teaching in cross-cultural capability, communication and management. The award is for staff who have [...]
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