The Big Interview
Business school extends reach into Croydon It’s safe to say that Sarah Moore-Williams is part of the furniture at London South Bank University (LSBU). She may have been dean of the university’s business school only for the last three years but she has been working at LSBU for around 14 years and in the late 1990s she graduated from there with a degree in accounting and finance.
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arah returned to LSBU in 2013 to complete a master’s degree in the same subject, graduating with distinction, and by then she had carved a successful career in the accountancy industry. A qualified accountant, she gained valuable industry experience at British Gas, Lloyds of London, a road services company and a telecoms firm, where she rose through the ranks and eventually became operations director. Throw a teaching qualification into the mix and it all adds up to a successful, eclectic career.
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Now, however, Sarah’s primary focus is the business school, which is based at LSBU’s Southwark campus and recently extended its presence into Croydon. Sarah says: “We’re really excited to be extending our reach into Croydon. We pride ourselves in the work that we do with our local community and we want to take this ethos into Croydon and add real value to the community which we serve. To this aim, from September the business school will be running our BA (Hons) Business Management and BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance courses from our Croydon campus. “In addition, we’ll be running digital upskilling workshops and Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), Institute of Leadership and
Management (ILM) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) courses. We aspire to be a hub for the business community and we really look forward to working with everyone within the local area, growing together to have a really positive impact on lives here.” The Business School in Southwark already works extensively with the local business community, helping companies to upskill their staff and offering a new consultancy service that gives them access to the skills and talent they need to solve real-world problems. It has around 2,500 students – two thirds of whom are undergraduates, with the rest studying for postgraduate qualifications – as well as around 60 PhD students.
