Hello! Welcome to Cooknst table. I am Daniela, the founder of Cooknst, a space for creative food experiences that speak to the heart. We connect skilful cooks with curious people. Cooknst is short for Cooking New Stories. The most challenging chapter of my life is happening right now, as an entrepreneur and owner of this…
Making academic research accessible- NBS meets Norwich at Café Conversations 2017
The idea behind “NBS meets Norwich” is to bring UEA and Norwich communities together through coffee and conversations. The aim is to increase the engagement of the non-academic audience into research via a joint discussion around some research themes explored in Norwich Business School. The programme includes five thought-provoking conversations on various aspects of wellbeing…
Content Marketing: An Ongoing Investigation? The 3rd CIM/NBS Marketing Club event
The third in our series of CIM/NBS marketing club events brought together industry professionals and marketing students in a content marketing workshop hosted by Further, a Digital Marketing and SEO Agency. We were guided through the evening by Gill, an expert in content marketing at Further, who would arm us with his knowledge of the…
Graduates of Global Distinction Part 9: Andrew Brown: Consultant at EY London
Graduates of Global Distinction is the title of our 2020 Employability Strategy and our best graduates whether they are UG, MSc, MBA or PhD can succeed in public, private or the third sectors. They possess a “can do” attitude and have resilience by the bucket load. Our ninth in our series of “Graduates of Global…
Diverging Lens- One of the most important weekends for our MBA – by Gyuzala Muzafarova
I am a full-time MBA student at Norwich Business School. The UEA and NBS provide vast of opportunities for their students in terms of learning and gathering experience. Lloyd, Tony, Michelle, Alex, Mazen and myself (Gyuzala) took an opportunity to compete with global business school students in Warwick Business School Case Challenge 2017. The case…
NBS Academics join Forces with AVIVA’s data science team to bridge the Data Skills Gap.
If Norfolk is to benefit from the opportunities offered by big data and data science, business and public sector organisations need to work with universities and researchers. To promote such links, the second event of the Meetup Group “Data Science Norfolk” took place on Thursday 11 May 2017 at the historic AVIVA Marble Hall at…
NBS Students Present New Business Ideas to the Zoological Society of East Anglia
Second-year Management Accounting students from the Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have used their business planning skills to come up with new ideas for the Zoological Society of East Anglia (ZSEA). ZSEA, the charitable banner covering Banham Zoo and Africa Alive, worked with the 240 Norwich Business School students, offering…
MBA Students in the Spotlight at Norwich Theatre Royal – By Faay Vonpen
Having been away from our homelands to study at one of the most historical cities in England for few months, a touch of art and culture is what we desired to experience apart from being super studious MBA students at Norwich Business School. On 15th February, as our first academic trip, we finally checked being…
Value Chain Analysis in Practice at Lotus by Yating Zhang
My name is Yating Zhang, and I am a student of UEA studying MSc Operations and Logistics Management. During the first two semesters of study, we have a gained a good grasp of supply chain knowledge and during semester 2, we gained an extremely important opportunity. On Thursday 27th April, I had a chance…
Life after MSc Enterprise and Business Creation – By Tinashe Chiweshe
My journey at UEA started as an undergraduate in 2012 studying BSc Actuarial Science which I proudly completed with a First Class Honours. It was during undergrad that I discovered my entrepreneurial flair and made the decision to carve out a career for myself setting up businesses. I went on to study a Master’s in…
“One day as an MBA is long, but one year is short.” By Alisa Chen
“One day as an MBA is long, but one year is short.” Andrew Vassallo (full-time MBA course leader) shared this philosophy to us on first day. A previous student told him this, and when he shared with us, some of us were unsure, but now we all understand and agree. One day learning from 9 to 5 in…
Graduates of Global Distinction Part 8: Alison Aylward: Procurement Lead at Nestlé
Alison is our latest “Graduate of Global Distinction” and she has gone from strength to strength since graduating in 2014 with a BSc Business Management to join global giant Nestlé. Nestlé is the largest food company in the world and ranked 66 in the Fortune 500. With annual revenues of 90 Billion Swiss Francs (£70+Billion per…
