A few weeks ago, we had two lovely virtual visits at Venture Three and Rufus Leonard. They are both successful branding agencies based in London. Venture Three aims to “Create Change People Value”, which is a quite excellent idea for me. They are experts in brand strategy, design and experience. At the same time, Rufus…
Going Digital in a Post Covid World: As customers change the way they buy, businesses should change the way they do business
Carola Valente, UEA alumna (BSc Business Management, 2016) and Strategic Consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners Dr Graham Manville, Associate Professor, Zayed University, UAE & Visiting Scholar at University of East Anglia The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the subsequent lockdowns and the compulsory use of protective masks, have significantly impacted the way in which customers conduct their…
UEA Business Society: Review of Semester 1
As with everything this year, the pandemic has caused us to constantly change our plans for this semester resulting in all events being delivered online. Unfortunately, we have not been able to offer events such as; the classic Business Bar Crawls, the Finance and Marketing trip to London and our UEA Apprentice competition. We remain…
MBA Alumni — Darren Elsom
Update on the MBA and Apprenticeship Levy The Apprenticeship Levy was launched by the Government in April 2017. Any employer with a payroll of over £3 million each year pays 0.5% this into a Levy Fund, with the Government applying a 5% top-up to this digital account. This money can be used to pay the…
Graduates of Global Distinction Part 23: Joanne Black
Joanne Black, Category ManagerDubai, United Arab Emirates Our next Graduate of Global Distinction, Joanne Black is a Norwich Business School (NBS) alumna who is making her mark in the Middle East. Joanne has always shown leadership qualities even when she was a student at UEA. For example, she helped her fellow students by becoming a…
MSc in Organisational Psychology: How to build better workplaces
MSc in Organisational Psychology: How to build better workplaces Organisational psychology is the psychological study of people and workplaces with the aim of improving organisational effectiveness and making the working lives of individuals and teams safer, healthier and more fulfilling. Employee wellbeing has risen high on the policy agenda of governments and organisations around the…
Marketing Club: Latest Trends in Digital Marketing
The first webinar of the academic year was hosted by CIM Greater London on 26th November 2020. It started with a brief introduction by Philip Preston, Volunteer Partnerships Manager of CIM. Philip talked about the CIM Marketing Club, Graduate Gateway programme and the newsletter that students can sign up for, in order to receive the…
The ‘2020 Deakin / UEA Online Student Exchange Experience’ Bridges Continents and Time Zones
The ‘2020 Deakin / UEA Online Student Exchange Experience’ Bridges Continents and Time Zones. Last month, Norwich Business School hosted the fourth annual Work Integrated Learning (WIL) student exchange programme. For the first three years, students would take the 10,500 mile plane journey and take part in an action packed WIL experience involving late nights…
Norwich Business School Academics win National Award for Management Consulting
Last month Associate Professor Graham Manville and MBA Programme Director Julian Campbell from Norwich Business School scooped a national award at the prestigious annual Centre for Management Consulting Excellence Consulting Research Awards for their book on Management Consulting: Management Consultancy Insights and Real Consultancy Projects One of the main aims of the Centre is to promote academic…
Online 2020 Employability Week – Reflections of this exclusive opportunity for students of Norwich Business School
Online 2020 Employability Week – Reflections In the first week of November 2020, Norwich Business School (NBS) hosted its annual Employability Week #NBSEW20, usually a campus-based event, this year the event moved online and was as popular as ever. Student feedback even suggested some preferred the flexibility of this virtual arrangement. This year we concentrated…
Graduate of Global Distinction Part 22 – Ms Ha Ngoc Nguyen, Lecturer in Management, Phenikaa University, Vietnam
Ms Ha Ngoc Nguyen completed an MSc in Management with Norwich Business School in 2019. After returning to Vietnam she worked as an international cooperation officer for a government agency supporting innovative start-up ecosystems. However, inspired by the quality education she received at UEA and her thirst for knowledge, Ha always had her sights set…
Industry 4.0 in a Post-Covid World: A UEA Deakin University Collaborative Event
The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0 is one of the hottest topics in industry and education around now. Industry 4.0 technologies have arisen from a new era of fast-paced digital advancements and includes the gathering and analysing of data, enabling faster, more efficient processes to produce higher-quality goods at reduced operating costs. Computers are…
