With the Christmas break behind us, we kicked off a new year of networking with a sell-out business breakfast on Tuesday 15 January. After a welcome from Dr Arvind Yadav, Dr Tiago Botelho, Lecturer in Business Strategy, began the session by talking us through crowdfunding. Though examples can be traced back hundreds of years (even…
Games and Gamification: Marketers Fight to Utilise the Most Engaging Medium of All Time
For many young adults the sentence “you spend too much time playing games” reeks of nostalgia. However, although the gaming industry is growing faster than ever, it is not new. In fact, gaming culture has been an integral part of human social interaction since the early 14th century. This culture has grown and developed almost…
Deakin University Student Exchange 2018: A Successful Second Year
On Saturday 10th November 2018 Norwich Business School welcomed, eighteen students from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, with open arms. They had just experienced a 23 hour journey and travelled over 10,000 miles to arrive at The University of East Anglia ready to embark on their two week international student exchange organised between UEA’s UEA International…
Our fantastic Finance and Marketing trip to our Capital, London – by Olivia Whiting
As Trip Secretary for the Business Society this academic year, I am excited to share with you my first trip of the year on Friday 9th of November to… London! The day trip was split into finance and marketing based activities, each group had 15 members. The marketing trip consisted of visiting the Museum of…
Title: Influencer Marketing – What is all the buzz about?
The tickets to the first CIM/Marketing Club event of the year quickly sold out- and rightly so. We were lucky to welcome Ian Shepherd, CEO and founder of The Social Store and chairman of The Business of Influencers, who shared insights from his experience in influencer marketing, a new rising marketing concept that is currently…
NETWORKING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING AT NBS EMPLOYABILITY WEEK 2018
Every autumn semester, Norwich Business School (NBS) suspends teaching for a week and invites students to build their own timetable from a variety of employability-focussed events. This year has superseded previous years with an impressive 55 events held over the course of 5 days! We were delighted to welcome over 130 guest speakers from 70…
NBS networking: The challenges and opportunities of social media and digital marketing
On Wednesday 14th November, we welcomed 40 business guests to Norwich Business School for our latest networking breakfast. The event was hosted by the School’s Marketing Research Group and focused on the challenges and opportunities of social media and digital marketing. This engaging and informative session was led by Dr Lucill Curtis, Lecturer in Marketing…
Graduates of Global Distinction Part 14: Pete Waterman, Chartered Accountant, Grant Thornton
From 2016 to 2018 Norwich Business School has showcased more than a dozen inspirational alumni from across our degree programmes that have excelled in various career disciplines. No. 14 is Pete Waterman who graduated in 2015 from BSc Accounting and Finance and joined Grant Thornton Norwich . Recently, Pete has also become Chartered with the…
The Mid-Life Career Crisis of a 45-year-old Vet, Solved by an MBA
In 1997, at the age of 24, I thought I had my life career mapped out. I had just qualified as a vet from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh and for the next 40 odd years I would be treating animals, hopefully ending up in Cornwall, as a partner in a…
My Summer Internship – By Charlotte Whiting
Charlotte has been working over the summer as an intern at Nestlé Purina Wisbech. During her internship, she has been involved in the implementation of manufacturing excellence tools across the factory, before returning to Norwich Business School in September 2018 to complete her final year on her degree; BSc Business Management. Before starting her internship…
Being at one with London – The MBA summer London residential
My name is Kevin O. Lumumba a current full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) international student at the University of East Anglia (UEA) hailing from Nairobi, Kenya. My professional background is working as a risk consultant in the internal audit, risk and compliance services advisory function at KPMG Advisory Services Ltd in East Africa, a…
Will’s top tips for grad scheme success
Hi, my name is Will Prince and I have recently graduated from BSc Accounting and Finance at Norwich Business School at UEA. Getting involved in sports and social clubs was a really important part of my uni experience; but I knew that when I finished university, I wanted a job to go to. As my…
