Environmental building design, sustainable societies and stakeholder engagement in supply chains were all on the agenda at Norwich Business School’s latest business breakfast. Hosted by The Enterprise Centre – the UK’s greenest building – the event provided attendees with a chance to discuss sustainability in business and make some new contacts too. Angela Macdonald, Tenancy…
UEA MBA Students tackle the first project of the Management Consulting module
The differentiator of the UEA MBA is the Management Consultancy Projects module. It serves as a capstone module that requires you to deploy the subject matter expertise learned on the modules of the MBA programme. Students are given opportunities to apply their learning on other modules in a teams of 3-5 to solve real life…
NBS host the Young Enterprise Regional Final 2018
The entrepreneurial achievements of young people from across the East of England have been celebrated at the Young Enterprise Regional Final 2018, hosted by Norwich Business School. Students from secondary schools across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk have been taking part in the Young Enterprise Company Programme, gaining hands-on experience of setting up and running…
How to turn your presentation, pitch and talk into a star performance – NBS/CIM Marketing Club
In the final NBS/CIM Marketing Club event of the academic year, we challenged students and practitioners to overcome the ever-dreaded presentation through a workshop with the lovely Emma Zangs. Emma is a Choreographer and Movement & Communication Coach based between London and Suffolk. Using a conscious movement-based method of choreography, yoga, somatic and performance techniques,…
The Grant Thornton Employability Prize 2018
We were pleased to develop our programme of student employability prizes in May by working with accountancy firm Grant Thornton for the first time in a joint initiative to give NBS students a helping hand into the world of work. The undergraduate students that took part, all studying the Advanced Management Accounting module at Norwich…
Graduates of Global Distinction Part 12: Julia Glenn, Company Director, Norwich
Our twelfth instalment in our Graduates of Global Distinction series showcases an MBA alumna, Julia Glenn. Prior to completing her MBA in 2011, Julia had enjoyed had a glittering career in financial services working in various parts of the world such as New York and Hong Kong before making a life style change to relocate…
NBS students take on Universities Business Challenge Semi-finals
Welcome to the Do Better Business blog, this week’s blog is all about the Universities Business Challenge (UBC) semi-finals that took place earlier this year. The UBC is a national competition that allows students to practice their business and financial management skills through a series of simulations. This year, two teams from Norwich Business School…
The Adnams Employability Prize 2018
Norwich Business School students have put their marketing skills to the test with some well-known Norwich brands, thanks to a collaboration with well-known local brewer Adnams. Now in its fourth year, the Adnams Employability Prize challenged students to engage with local businesses to produce a poster and 30 second TV advert. Eight teams were selected…
NBS networking: launching a new phase for Norwich Financial Industry Group (FIG)
60 members of the local business community attended the latest NBS business breakfast on 25 April to learn more about the development on the Norwich Financial Industry Group (FIG). Attendees enjoyed a networking breakfast before being welcomed by Dr Kevan Williams, UEA Associate Dean of Innovation, who discussed the benefit of a strong business community…
Effective video content – how to get it right? UEA/CIM Marketing Club
The night of Tuesday the 28th of February saw the arrival of ‘The Beast from the East’ to Norwich, as well as dramatic snowfall. The night also played host to the second UEA/CIM Marketing Club event of the year, entitled ‘Effective video content – how to get it right?’. The UEA students and industry professionals…
Strengthening the UEA MBA Family
Students past and present attended a special event at Norwich Cathedral on Tuesday 13 March to celebrate the UEA MBA network. The event, organised by Norwich Business School, focused on networking and inspiring attendees to make the most of the opportunities on offer to them after completing their MBA. Lucy Marks, managing director of Norfolk Network,…
Graduates of Global Distinction Part 11: Carola Valente, Business Analyst, Hong Kong
If you could bottle the essence of a Graduate of Global Distinction, the bottle would be labelled with NBS Alumna Carola Valente and underneath it would read: Milan, London, Hong Kong. Carola is number 11 in our series of “Graduates of Global Distinction” who joined us from Milan in Italy having completed an International Baccalaureate…
