Latest Business School Newsletter is here!

The latest edition of our School newsletter has finally arrived! Enjoy the stories about our students, alumni, staff and the school and so much more for the best insight into what’s on in BBS. Here’s a sneak preview of some of our stories.

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2nd International Conference on Islamic Marketing and Branding

We look forward to the 2nd International Conference on Islamic Marketing and Branding organised by the faculty of Business and Accountancy from University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and Brunel Business School, Brunel University, London.

Korea – UK Exchange Programme

Four Brunel Business School students Merisa Bishwakarma, Abubakr Chaudhry, Sara Kahsay and Claire Munday have been taking part in the Korea Aerospace University’s (KAU) foreign summer exchange programme from 5th June to 20th July this year.

Empowering public sector communities in Europe by live video-to-video

Headed by Prof Zahir Irani, the research team from Brunel Business School are participating in LiveCity – a technology integration trial which offers advanced services to over 3000 users in five European cities.

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Branding students learn real-life agency – client relationship

In May, MSc Applied Corporate Brand Management students embarked on a company visit to Telefonica Europe head office as part of their study. The visit was led by Professor T C Melewar and organised by the Business Life programme.

Students learn high flying strategy in British Airways HQ

A group of MBA students recently visited the British Airways global headquarters. The aim of the visit was to gain a detailed insight into the history and the future challenges facing this leading player in the aviation industry.

Jaguar and MINI: automobile industry from a management perspective

To bring the tools and techniques of supply chain and logistics management to life, students on the MSc Global Supply Chain Management embarked on a visit to the MINI production plant in Cowley, Oxford. 

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International Work Placements are a hit in BBS

The Placement and Careers Centre (PCC) team of Brunel University offers students the opportunity to gain work experience by way of 1-year placements, and more frequently students take up these placements abroad.

Best Placement Student Award

Best Placement Student Award was won by Siobhan Feeney, a Business and Management Undergraduate who did her placement in SAP.

Graduation Ceremony 2012

The graduating class of 2012 enjoyed magnificent weather and celebrations during an exceptional week in Brunel University including the exhilarating spectacle of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Red Carpet event for students

The BBS Academic Programmes Office organized an exciting red carpet event for our final year undergraduate and postgraduate students as they celebrated the submission of their final year dissertations.

The art of Alumni Networking at the Saatchi Gallery, London

The School hosted the annual Alumni Reunion in March 2012 at the beautiful restaurant of the Saatchi Gallery in Central London. This is another of such events held in London, following last year’s successful event in the Albermarle Gallery.

Prof Jarvis chairs Chartered Banker Professional Standard Board’s Advisory Panel

Professor of Accounting, Robin Jarvis from Brunel Business School, has recently been appointed to chair the Advisory Panel of the Chartered Banker Professional Standard Board (CB:PSB).

Dr Yen explores the notion of “guanxi” in new book

Dr Dorothy Yen published a chapter in the book “Exploring Western and Chinese Business Relationship Paradigms”. It provides a comparative overview relating to the Western literature on business relationships and the Chinese notion of “guanxi” – translated as ‘relationships’ and ‘connections’ in English. 

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Alumni Network Dinner in Uxbridge

As part the Alumni Network, MBA students were invited to a dinner in the private dining room of the Nonna Rosa, an Italian Restaurant in Uxbridge. The dinner was hosted by Prof. Ashley Braganza, the Director of Alumni and Rankings, who gave a welcoming speech to the new Alumni, together with the MBA Programme Director Amir Sharif, and the Alumni Team.

MBA Dinner in Uxbridge

During the dinner, the attendees could discuss how they can make the best use of this lifelong resource, becoming active members of the network. Sayantan Das said: “Alumni dinners are a great way of getting the ex-students together. Being a part of the Brunel alumni gives you a fantastic opportunity to get in touch with old colleagues and make new ones. It can help immensely during a job hunt or even a relocation to an unknown country!”

 

The dinner gave students an understanding of what a privilege it is to belong to this powerful community, a truly global cross-industry network, and how they can benefit while still in their education and later when out of the school. It has been a truly pleasant evening, and for students an occasion to mingle with the Alumni and staff outside the classroom.

 

The Alumni Network has provided many valuable opportunities to make new friends for current and past MBA students, and this year’s students are looking forward to engaging with this talented community.

 Report by Flavia De Facendis, MBA Student

Alumni: staying with them through life changing years of their lives

Francesca talks about her role in staying in touch with BBS Alumni

I went from not knowing anything about our Alumni, to realising how important our past students really are. We are perfectly capable of becoming friends with the students as soon as they enter Level 1, and stay with them all the way through the most complex, incredible, life changing years of both their academic and personal lives, yet when they leave, it seems that most become like strangers. Strangers, who will move home, change their email addresses and lose all ties with their University life. It is crucial that we remain in contact with our graduates, whether they are UG, PG or MBA’s.

My role is to ensure our students, particularly MBA and Masters in Management, remain in contact with us, by updating their data on a regular basis, keeping them involved with all the goings on in the Business School and holding events in order for them to keep in touch with each other as well as ourselves. Our next event is being held at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London in March, and we hope it will be as successful as the Aston Martin and Albemarle events were in the  last two years. I look forward to contributing towards keeping Brunel’s position in the rankings this year, and building upon the success which has already been achieved.

Upcoming Alumni Events for MBA and Masters Programmes Graduates

Alumni Dinner in Mumbai, 15th February 2012

Alumni Event 2010, Aston Martin Showroom, London

Following on from the success of establishing our Business School Indian Overseas Alumni Chapter last year, we are delighted to announce the third event within this Chapter which will be taking place next month! Join us on the 15th February at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, where Professor Ashley Braganza will be hosting a dinner with our current MBA students. If you are a graduate of the Brunel MBA or any Business MSc programme, living or working in Mumbai then we would love to see you!

Contact Francesca to register for the Alumni Events today!

Please contact Francesca, our Alumni Administrator on Francesca.Vitale@brunel.ac.uk  if you are interested in attending, as places are limited.

Alumni Dinner in Istanbul, 14th or 15th February 2012

Brunel Business School will be coming to Turkey next month with a select few Masters in Management students who are currently studying at Brunel, and we hope to meet with our graduates who are currently situated in Istanbul.
Last year we successfully established Alumni groups overseas in India and China and we hope to continue developing our Alumni network into 2012! Are you currently living or working in Istanbul and are you in contact with any other Brunel graduates who are also in Turkey?
We will be having a dinner on the evening of the 14th or the 15th February which we would love for you to attend and meet some of our current students! We will meet in the Hotel Princess Ortakoy in Istanbul. 

Please contact Francesca, our Alumni Administrator on Francesca.Vitale@brunel.ac.uk  if you are interested in attending, as places are limited.
 

Alumni Dinner in London, 15th March 2012

Register now for a place at the Alumni event held in the prestigious Saatchi Gallery

Alumni Event 2011, Albemarle Gallery in Mayfair, London

Restaurant in Sloane Square, London, on the 15th March for an exciting evening of networking with colleagues and old friends!
We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible but places are limited so be sure to register soon to avoid disappointment!  

Please register for our London event as places are limited!