Placement Connect-Up Conference 2015 Plymouth Business School Friday 6th March 2015 9:30am – Rolle Marquee, Plymouth University
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Welcome Back Firstly I want to thank you for doing such a great job out in your placements. I expect you are now becoming aware that the time has gone by very quickly. We invite you back to sample what your final year electives might be and to help you understand how to apply your learning from the placement. You have had a unique experience; one that is highly valued by potential employers, extremely useful if you want to start an enterprise of your own and adds considerably to your academic understanding. This ‘connect-up’ day is the first of its kind and we hope we have planned and offer an opportunity to reconnect with your studies, your friends, staff and the University as a whole. We look forward to welcoming you back in September but until then please spend the day with us and see how things are changing. We look forward to seeing you and hearing about your placement. Ian Deamer Associate Head of Employability Plymouth Business School
CONTENTS • Welcome Back • Destination: Graduation • Final Year Module Guide • Guest Speakers • Top 10 Tips – for a successful final year! • Your Careers & Placements Team
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Welcome back to the Business School. I hope that your placements are working out well. It’s a really important year in which you develop professionally and make really valuable networks for your postgraduation career. Tutors teaching final year students who have completed a placement can really see a positive difference in attitude to study and wider business knowledge. The final year is a chance to put into practice everything you’ve learned so far and to develop niche skills and knowledge that will help you in your graduate career. Make the most of your ‘Connect-Up’ day – you have the chance to make choices about your final year studies and to make sure that you are on track with your placement report. It’s also a great opportunity to catch up with friends. So enjoy today and I hope the remainder of your placement time goes well. Hilary Duckett Director of the Plymouth Business School
Hilary Duckett
Ian Deamer
MKT301
BAIF (International Finance)
MKT304
BMG304AY
ECN303
BSO309
Events
Advice
Grad CV’s
Graduation
BMG303AY
Options
BMG301
ELC306
ECN391
BABM (Business Management)
BAIB (International Business)
BSO302
Self-Employment
Social Media
Plymouth Award
Workshops
Your Dream Job
BAM (Marketing)
Graduation
BSO305
BABS (Business Studies)
BSO305
ECON (Economics)
BABM (Business Management)
BAIB (International Business)
ECON (Economics)
BAIF (International Finance)
BABS (Business Studies)
BAM (Marketing)
Employability Line BAAF (Accounting & Finance)
ABF303 ABF310
MKT306
MKT303
Graduation
Graduation
Graduation
Graduation
Graduation
Competitions
Further Study
Mock Interviews
BSO309
ABF300
ABF311
ABF319
BAAF (Accounting & Finance)
DESTINATION: GRADUATION
The Faculty Support Office will be sending out module choice information w/c 9th March 2015. You will receive this information on your university email account and you will need to go online and make your choices by 27th March 2015.
For more information contact the Faculty Support Office on 01752 585650 Here you will find a list of the final year optional modules and their module leaders. Please note that not all of these modules are available on every course in the Plymouth Business School.
FINAL YEAR OPTIONAL MODULE GUIDE ACCOUNTING & FINANCE ABF301 - Financial Management Graham Clayton ABF303 - Financial Research Methods Moji Olugbode ABF305 - Investment Management Graham Buckingham ABF310/D - International Finance / Management Sue Farrar ABF316 - Risk Management in International Banking, Insurance & Finance Simon Ashby ABF318 - Auditing Sally Antrobus ABF320 - Accounting for Sustainability Fiona Dalton ABF321 - Advanced Taxation Julie Williams ABF322 - Financial Modelling Peijie Wang ABF323 - Credit Management: Theory & Practice Salima Paul
BUSINESS BMG301/310 - Current Issues in Management / Current Issues in Information Technology Andy Phippen BMG302 - Organisational Leadership Smita Tripathi BMG304 - Project (Management Report) Mike Leat BMG305 - Managing Change Margaret Greenwood
BSO300 - Corporate Strategy Atul Mishra BSO302/D - Global Enterprise Lynne Butel BSO304/X/D - Operations Management for Competitive Advantage Charles Thornton BSO312 - Global Supply Chains Gordon Smith BSO314 - Enterprise Creation Robert Newbury BSO315 - Enterprise Portfolio
HUMAN RESOURCES HRS300 - Employee Relations Richard Saundry HRS302/X - International and Comparative HRM Rossana Guttilla HRS306 / HRS309 - Diversity and Difference / Equality and Diversity in the Workplace Duncan Lewis HRS307 - Human Resource Management Jasmine Kelland
ECONOMICS
HRS308 - Learning and Development in the Workshop Chitalu Kabwe
ECN301 - Economic Growth and Change Alberto Basso
HRS310 - Women in Business Karen Jones
ECN302/X- Games and Strategy Paul Bishop
HRS311 - Leadership in Practice Donna Ladkin
ECN306/D - Practical Economic Modelling Steven Brand ECN307 - Business Analysis Panagiotis Tziogkidis ECN317/D - International Trade and International Finance Fangya Xu ECN320 - Topics in Economics Paul Bishop ECN390/D/X - Environmental and Resource Economics Alexander Haupt ECN391/X - International Economics Neil Smith ECN392 - Mathematical Economics Sarah Keast
MARKETING MKT302 - Public Relations Sofia Duskou MKT303/X/D - International Marketing Carmen Lopez MKT305/X/D - Marketing Management Hugh Conway MKT308 - Charity Fundraising Management Adrian Sargeant
GUEST SPEAKERS JUNIOR OGUNYEMI Junior is a multi-award winning business starlet and author of the revolutionary book, “How to be a student entrepreneur”. During university he launched successful ventures, creating significant social impact. His inspirational messages have pioneered the current “student-entrepreneur” buzz across the UK. Junior first stepped into the business scene at age 17, just before going into University to study a BSc in Economics at Queen Mary, University of London. He made it his personal goal to raise enough to payoff his
student fees. By graduation, not only did he achieve this; but he also owned a football coaching academy operating in schools and communities across London. Junior chose to become a social entrepreneur because he believes they are pivotal to understanding and improving today’s society, in order to shape and influence a better tomorrow. He has appeared on TEDx and national TV across Africa. Now, he continues to travel around the world sharing his principles of success.
DUMISANI MOYO ‘King Cas’ Caspian is confident, adventurous and spontaneous, and through it all also knows how to maintain discipline, and is an extremely patient individual. Caspian’s main ethos is being centred in the knowledge that his presence and purpose is not self-serving but it is an opportunity for him to add value to the lives of millions of people, and this is extended to the fact that Caspian has penned his very own motivational book ‘Ambition is not enough’, which was launched in L.A. in 2014. .
A message from King Cas…
“You must embrace your individuality and celebrate such within each other, I believe that each of you can be whoever and whatever you want to be and the limits can only be set by you. I urge you all to dream as big and as ostentatiously as you want and as long as you are willing to put the work in, you will succeed and achieve your limitless potential.”
TOP 10 TIPS... ...for a successful final year *
Make use of the library room booking service for some peace and quiet when revising – or when you are working on a group project.
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Do you have to complete a dissertation or final year project? If so, start thinking about topics now and it’s never too early to start reading…
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Make useful contacts, whether you’re adding people on Linkedin making a collection of business cards – these people could be the door to your perfect job.
Pick a language! It’s not too late to think about learning a language, on most courses you can choose from French, Mandarin, German or Spanish in your final year!
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Join a society – everyone needs a little downtime, so whether it’s knitting, juggling or playing the Ukulele, an afternoon a week won’t hurt.
* Use real-life examples in your coursework and exams when relating theory – this is where your placement year really comes in handy!
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Set up your own business! Visit the Futures Entrepreneurship Centre or the Formation Zone to see what support is available for you!
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Run for UPSU President! or even a VP role! These are full time, paid positions that any student is eligible to be elected for. Visit www.upsu. com for more information.
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Remember to visit the Employability Service in The Commons, RLB to discover your options after graduation and for help and advice on CV’s, applications and much more! Visit www.plymouth.ac.uk/ employability for more information.
Come and meet your Careers Adviser! Alex Houston, who is based in Cookworthy Room 103 can help with graduate level job applications, advice on postgraduate study and much more!
YOUR CAREERS & PLACEMENTS TEAM Sarah Plunkett – Careers Consultant sarahlouise.plunkett@plymouth.ac.uk
Alexandra Houston – Careers Adviser alex.houston@plymouth.ac.uk
Lauren Kay – Placements & Employer Liaison Adviser lauren.kay@plymouth.ac.uk
Helen Smith – Outreach Adviser helen.smith2@plymouth.ac.uk
Jane Owen – Employability Assistant jane.owen@plymouth.ac.uk
Rhys Smith – Employability Assistant rhys.smith@plymouth.ac.uk
Faculty of Business Placements 102 Cookworthy Building Plymouth University Drakes Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA +44(0) 1752 585651 / 585647 fobplacements@plymouth.ac.uk facebook.com/fobplacements
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