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Lord Ashcroft International Business School Magazine | issue 13
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Dean’s welcome
Contents
In this the 13th issue of our staff and student magazine, we have a wide variety of interesting success stories and news items. I hope you enjoy reading them, and maybe even be inspired by some of them.
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Tourism expert checks in at Anglia Ruskin Further
I would like to welcome all new students who joined us this Semester to our Business School and say that I very much hope you enjoy being a part of what we think is a very exciting place to be. Please keep your eyes open and check your student email account for messages from our Student Experience Co-ordinators for information on the various activities you can take advantage of being involved in. The Big Pitch 2013 is one such opportunity and there is still time to enter – see Page 10 for details on how to enter. Mandy Shillito, our Student Experience Co-ordinator in Chelmsford has now been joined by Nicola Faulkner who is based on our Cambridge Campus.
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Khoo Kongsi recipients of Awards and Graduates Dinner, Penang
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Agency and Structure, Research and Real Life
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Time to test those skills: Introducing new HR practices in the workplace
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Start-ups share Enterprise Fellowship cash
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Oral Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on SME exports
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Special Interest Group – Spirituality in Higher Education (SHE)
In January we welcomed our new Deputy Dean for Student Experience and Quality, Dr Sally Everett who will oversee all aspects of quality management and the student experience within the Business School. The introduction of full tuition fees for all UK universities has had an impact on the higher education market as a whole and some universities have seen their recruitment numbers slow down, with this in mind we are therefore extremely pleased to report that our UCAS applications are currently up on last year and against the sector. Well done to everyone for all your efforts in helping us achieve this position. Plans for the Official Launch of our Research Institute, the Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP), being held on our Cambridge Campus on the 6th March, are now being finalised. Colleagues will all have received an invitation to attend and, if you haven’t done so already, I would ask that you respond to this as soon as possible. We are also planning a Schools’ launch for IIMP at the House of Lords on 27th March. With all best wishes, Dr Trevor Bolton Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean, Lord Ashcroft International Business School
Editorial Welcome to Issue 13 of ‘The Biz’, Lord the Ashcroft International Business School’s staff and student magazine aimed at keeping you abreast of developments and opportunities in our Faculty. We hope you enjoy reading it. The magazine is produced four times a year and distributed via issuu.com. Alternatively you can access copies of this and previous issues on the News and Events page of our website: www.anglia.ac.uk/laibs Contact us: Thank you to those of you who have submitted articles for this issue, please keep the good news stories coming. If you would like to offer us your news or ideas to us please contact christine.durrant@anglia.ac.uk. We look forward to hearing from you. Topics of interest could include those related to: o o o o o o
Good news stories Personal and academic achievements Events Research International visits Diary dates, etc.
…… or anything else you think may be of interest to your fellow students and/or colleagues. We would also welcome your feedback on the magazine, particularly on ways of improving it.
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Student receives Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
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My experience as a GRLI Ambassador at the GRLI General Assembly in Stellenbosch, South Africa
10 The Big Pitch 2013 11 GoGreen Pilot ’12: A new and exciting year! 12 The visit of Mark Drewell, GRLI CEI 13 Top Comedians set for ‘Mumford Live’ Comedy Event SUCCESS STORIES 6
Bid success for Training and Skills Project
13 PhD Success 14 Cambridge business snaps up industry award 14 Masters student co-authors HRM book with academic 15 New book by LAIBS’ academic overturns many of the accepted premises that underpinned policies that contributed to the financial collapse of 2007–8 EVENTS 16 Plotting Essex’s route out of recession 16 Small Firm Seminar 17 Bi-annual HR Forum – Developing Disability Inclusivity in your Organisation’s HR Strategy 17 Audit & Assurance Conference, Cambridge 17 Invitation to the Official Launch of the Institute of International Management Practice (IIMP) RESEARCH 1
Research work by Associate Lecturer pays dividends!
18 IIMP introduces Development Forum for PhD students 18 PhD student has paper published in Spanish Journal 19 IIMP Professor presents paper at premier telecommunications event in Hawaii 19 Research Project – Restoring Spiritual Values to European Science: BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT 20 UPS – Delivering more Degree students! 18 DATES TO REMEMBER
Tourism expert checks in at Anglia Ruskin Dr Sally Everett named Deputy Dean of Lord Ashcroft International Business School Her research interests include food and drink tourism, rural tourism development, and visitor management and heritage interpretation. Dr Everett is currently writing a book for SAGE Publications on food and drink tourism and has given a number of keynote speeches about how this can be used to regenerate regions and sustain communities. Recent research projects include an Esmée Fairbairn Foundation grant for ‘Developing food tourism: Delivering social, cultural and environmental sustainable development in rural regions and communities’; a grant to develop a tourism marketing strategy for Bedfordshire and Luton; and she led a government-funded project to develop online teaching materials for the travel sector. Dr Everett had previously led a number of research projects in tourism and transport research at the University of the West of England, where she also completed her PhD and MA in Tourism Management. Outside of the university sector Dr Everett has worked as Development Officer for the ss Great Britain, a major heritage attraction in Bristol, from 2003-07 and has also developed and delivered online management courses for Pearson Education. Dr Everett said: “I’m passionate about the student experience and I’m really looking forward to working with new colleagues at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School as we embrace new challenges and opportunities.
Dr Sally Everett has been appointed as the new Deputy Dean for Student Experience and Quality at Anglia Ruskin University’s Lord Ashcroft International Business School.
“I have been deeply impressed by the commitment shown by Anglia Ruskin in developing and delivering the best possible opportunities and experiences for all of its students. I am tremendously proud to be joining a business school with great ambition, vision and passion.”
Dr Everett joins us from the University of Bedfordshire, where she was previously the Head of the Department of Marketing, Tourism and Hospitality, and will oversee all aspects of quality management and the student experience within the business school.
Research work by Associate Lecturer pays dividends! Guy Mulley, an Associate Lecturer in LAIBS, saw his work as chair of the IFS ProShare judging panel come to fruition at the annual awards for the UK's best employee share schemes. Although the bulk of the judging work was done over the late summer, the annual awards ceremony – a black tie event in London attended by 500 business men and women – was not held until the end of November 2012.
Some of the UK's largest and best known companies were present at the awards, with companies such as Asda, BT, Legal & General, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone collecting awards alongside smaller and emerging companies. Guy had been asked to be the 2012 chair of judges partly because of the research work on employee share schemes that he has been doing at ARU for several years. Congratulations Guy!
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Khoo Kongsi recipients of Awards and Graduates Dinner On the 15th of December 2012, the Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi (Khoo Clan House) held an event to celebrate the achievements of its clansmen and women, in honour of those who have been given State awards by the Governor of Penang and also to those for their outstanding academic achievements. One of the recipients of the award was Dr Teng Guan Khoo, Senior Lecturer in the Business School.
Teng Guan’s route towards achieving his PhD involved a long and arduous journey but nonetheless, his perseverance, endurance and tenacity ensured the eventual successful completion of his studies. Teng Guan, who started his PhD with Anglia Law School in 2007, had previously taught for the Business School from 2007-2010 before joining the Law School. In July 2012 however, he returned to the Business School as a Senior Lecturer in Business and Employment Law, lecturing in Introduction to Business Law, Corporate and Business Law and other law related modules. In addition to lecturing, Teng Guan also wishes to take his research further with the Business School, one of which is to participate in the incoming REF submission.
Dr Trevor Bolton, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Business School, was invited by Teng Guan and his family to the Khoo Kongsi dinner in recognition of his achievement in obtaining his PhD in 2011. The event, held once in every two years, witnessed more than 30 Khoo clansmen and women being awarded a cheque and a silver pewter plaque in a prestigious ceremony held at the Jade Palace Restaurant in Penang, Malaysia. The event was in itself considered unique and ‘one of its kind’ since Khoo Kongsi is one of the very few Chinese clan houses in Malaysia and outside China to host such events to commemorate the achievement of its clansmen. The achievements of all the clansmen, some dating as early as 1880s are also in scripted onto a plaque and placed in the clan house. Teng Guan had also previously been awarded by the Khoo Clan House for his successful achievements in obtaining his LLB, PG Dip Legal Practice and LLM with Anglia Ruskin University. With this PhD award, he set a remarkable feat not only in terms of the record number of awards he received from the Khoo Kongsi, but also in ensuring Anglia Ruskin University’s name endures in the region.
Teng Guan receiving his award from The Trustee of the Khoo Kongsi (Clan House)
Dr Trevor Bolton (back row, centre) with Teng Guan’s family members, and Teng Guan (front row, second left) with parents and siblings
The plaque Teng Guan was given, in recognition of his achievement
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Agency and Structure, Research and Real Life Anyway, there I was, living the research dream – shaping the physical environment in order to shape the social environment of my home life. We were going open plan. We were going to interact more as a family and to entertain more and more collaboratively and creatively. We were, as our post-Freudian saleswoman put it, moving from kitchen ideal to ideal kitchen – whilst avoiding Ikea kitsch, which is something she wasn’t keen on at all.
Working from home, it took a while for the penny to drop. The builders were banging away downstairs, and the air was thick with brick dust and deep voices when I realised that my research and my ‘real life’ were not so much talking to each other as hammering each other over the head with something large, blunt and heavy. I’m sure I’m not the first this has happened to. But in my case the realisation belatedly dawned just as I was starting to really get to grips with the idea that buildings afford their users differing degrees and types of structure and agency at different points in time.
Then the builder did something he shouldn’t. Agency met structure in a bad way. One casual tap of his hammer and an entire chimney breast collapsed in on itself. With a crash and a rumble, the floor shook and my little upstairs office room was enveloped in a sooty cloud of dirt and dust. And that’s when I’m sure I heard the builder tell his mate, “Aw, the soot’s really hit Lacan now!”
I had been working through the literature on how open plan working environments might impact on workers’ sense of professional identity. This coincided with the builders starting to take out a downstairs wall to ‘knock-through’ our kitchen and dining rooms. ‘Lacan and Latour meet Foucault to talk about Lefebvre in a bombsite’ kind of sums it up.
Wittgenstein would tell me what to do, I told myself; he was good with builders.
Builders aside, I have a feeling that this topic may be a bit of cliché for recent starters at ARU. It is nigh on impossible not be struck by all our shiny news buildings after all. And open plan working still quite new to some of us…
Will Turner, Research Fellow Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP)
Time to test those skills: Introducing new HR practices in the workplace When I successfully completed all my exams and assignments and finally found a job in a small company where I could put into practice the skills and knowledge gained at university, it was the time to test those skills. I found working in a small start- up company very challenging at times, but it also offers a great opportunity to introduce new HR practices which can both raise the profile of HR within the company and motivate the employees.
themselves. In fact, the line managers have already identify development needs for new employees when conducting probation period interviews and discuss their development needs and therefore already have this skill. I would like to identify two to three development needs/ opportunities for each employee every six months and these would be reviewed with the line managers at the end of each period. I plan to set up PDP files for each employee and then make them responsible for recording their development and also identifying their own development needs if necessary. These records will allow each employee to see their own development and keep it in mind. I know that if this is done just once a year by a manager or HR person, very often the employees do not see the importance of PDP’s and do not realise that it offers a perfect opportunity to develop themselves and show that they are interested in improving their career prospects and becoming more knowledgeable. I believe that introduction of PDP’s in our company will help the employees become more effective, motivated and at the same time show the real value of having an HR person in the company.
After the successful introduction of return to work interviews, which has helped the company to monitor absenteeism in a fair and consistent way, I am now planning to introduce Personal Development Plans (PDP’s) for all of the employees in our office. Being a small company with no financial resources for training and development of the employees, I feel that the introduction of PDP’s could be an affordable way of improving employee’s skills and knowledge. Despite the fact that the company does not have any training budget, it has a number of very experienced professionals with many years of experience. My plan is to introduce PDP programme where these experienced people could pass their knowledge onto junior members of staff. Identifying development needs and opportunities with line managers could help us to ensure that our staff remain motivated and continuously develop
Norbert Macko (MA HRM student, LAIBS Cambridge)
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Start-ups share Enterprise Fellowship cash Four Cambridgeshire businesses awarded £37,500 in Anglia Ruskin competition
Steve Marsh
Joshua Wies
Goncalo de Vasconcelos
Caroline Oriokot
Yutaro Kojima
Four fledgling Cambridgeshire businesses have been awarded CEDAR Enterprise Fellowships – and £37,500 in financial support – after impressing the judges of this year’s competition.
develops. With her excellent contacts in the travel industry both in the UK and in Africa there is every chance she could make it work.”
Run by the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR), which is based in the Lord Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, the CEDAR Enterprise Fellowship Scheme is open to anyone in Cambridgeshire with a great business idea.
In addition to financial backing, the quartet will receive mentoring support; entry to the CEDAR Enterprise Fellowship network; specialist training and development support; access to Anglia Ruskin’s StartupLab; academic and business advice from the CEDAR team; and legal support.
Through funding provided by private benefactors, the four CEDAR Enterprise Fellowships were awarded to Steve Marsh for Collide, a mobile application which helps bring nearby people together; Joshua Wies for Walkasins, a medical aid to help prevent falls in the elderly; Goncalo de Vasconcelos and Yutaro Kojima for Syndicate Room, a secure online place to invest in businesses and Caroline Oriokot for African Connexions Ltd, a travel company with a focus on Africa.
Goncalo de Vasconcelos said: “The knowledge and experience, as well as the ideas and honest feedback, we received from our mentors, Walter Herriot and Ben Mumby-Croft, was not only vital in helping us win the Enterprise Fellowship Scheme but will be invaluable in further developing and improving the business strategy for Syndicate Room. “We aim to launch Syndicate Room in the second quarter of 2013 and, all in all, winning the competition was a great way for us to end the year.”
Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason, Director of CEDAR and Chair of the judges, said: “We received a number of high-quality applications this year and it is very exciting to be able to award prizes to four completely different business ideas.
Steve Marsh said: “The funding CEDAR has given to Collide will allow us to carry out the necessary marketing needed to give us a major presence and gain a critical mass of users, which is essential for our business.
“Steve Marsh’s Collide could actually be used in a number of different ways. He developed this technology himself and now has a good team around him to help transform it into a business. Joshua Wies has exclusive European distribution rights for the Walkasins product and with his great connections in the physiotherapy and osteopathy sectors, we have high hopes for this.
“In 2013 we hope to gain 10,000 Collide users in the Cambridge area as well as initial roll-outs to the rest of the UK. We have already released the Collide app for both iPhone and Android, and believe we already have a really great product, which can be downloaded from www.getcollide.com. This funding will help make the vision a reality and will allow us to continue providing our service for free!”
“In stealth mode until April 2013, Yutaro and Gonçalo’s Syndicate Room will offer a sophisticated solution for Business Angels to invest in startups based on crowd funding technology. The pair are very impressive individuals and have developed this terrific idea which should help countless other businesses for years to come.”
Joshua Wies commented: “Winning the CEDAR Enterprise Fellowship Scheme will give Advanced Balance Systems a huge kickstart towards our 2013 product launch of Walkasins. Aside from the financial support, the business mentoring from Professor Roger Mumby-Croft and the prestige of being an Enterprise Fellow will allow me to accelerate my company’s growth in the UK and Europe.
“Caroline is initially targeting Uganda as a business and tourist destination for her company African Connexions Ltd, and is hoping to expand to other African countries as the business
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mentor at the first meeting and his on-going guidance and support are invaluable.”
“I expect to have Walkasins balance technology available through select private physiotherapy practices in the coming months and to have a large clinical trial for people with balance problems up and running by the end of next year. The support from CEDAR has certainly helped to make this possible.”
Syndicate Room was awarded £16,500, while Collide and Walkasins were each awarded £10,000 and African Connexions Ltd, received £1,000. In addition to Professor Lloyd-Reason, other members of the judging panel included Walter Herriot, Peter Taylor, Mark Layton, Julie Horne, Professor Roger Jeynes and Professor Roger Mumby-Croft.
Caroline Oriokot said, “The grant from CEDAR helped me pay for part of my start-up costs such as licence fees and website design. “The networking meetings are brilliant for catching up with fellow entrepreneurs and CEDAR staff. I linked up with a
Oral Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on SME Exports Prof Lester Lloyd-Reason on his day at ‘The Lords’
1. All too often we hear that what is needed to help international SMEs to grow their exports is financial assistance. But it is not about money at all. Rather if we are to help our SMEs to compete effectively in international markets, what they need are skills, knowledge and experiential learning. A mix of simple ‘how to’ training through to managing complexity.
Back on the one of the few sunny days of the summer, Prof Lester Lloyd-Reason, Director of the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR), was invited down to the House of Lords to be interviewed for the position of Special Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on SME exports. Prof Lloyd-Reason was one of four UK academics interviewed for the role and although it did not work out due to the time commitment involved, he was invited back in October to provide oral evidence to the Select Committee.
2. Having developed a typology comprising: the curious, the frustrated, the tentative, the enthusiastic and the successful, it is the enthusiastic category where the Government can generate the highest return for minimal investment. These firms, which have high growth potential, typically employ around 30 staff, have strong domestic markets, some international successes and although they face many challenges, these challenges are often easily addressed.
The background to the Committee is as follows. In May 2011, UK Trade and Investment, the Government export promotion body, unveiled their new strategy: Britain Open for Business: growth through international trade and investment. In response to this strategy document, Lord Cope of Berkley established the House of Lords Select Committee on SME exports to examine what the Government is doing to assist and promote SME exports. In order to gather information, the Committee sent out a call for written evidence to the academic, practitioner and policy communities with a deadline of 14th September. In addition to the written evidence, a small number were invited by the Select Committee to provide oral evidence to the Committee at the House of Lords. The Committee is due to produce their conclusions and recommendations for Government action in February 2013.
3. The emphasis on language skills is a myth. All successful international SMEs tell us that it is not a question of language but of developing what we call “international skills”. That is, the ability to perform effectively when faced with a totally alien environment. When seeking to operate effectively in countries such as China, Russia, Brazil, the issue is not language, but the ability to successfully negotiate your way through a strange, unfamiliar, often hostile environment trading environment. ‘ Reflecting on the process, Prof Lloyd-Reason commented, “It really was quite an experience. Even though I was there to assist the Select Committee, the questioning was pretty robust. It really gave you an insight into what those summoned to give evidence, such as Alistair Campbell and Rupert Murdock, must go through. It was a very stimulating day, but if I am ever asked back, I really hope my invitation means exactly that!”
In providing oral evidence to the Select Committee, Prof LloydReason drew primarily upon his research with UK Trade and Investment where 1,000 small and medium sized enterprises were surveyed and his work as expert adviser to the OECDAPEC 44-country survey ‘Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets’. Prof Lloyd-Reason suggested to the Select Committee that ‘If we really want to have an impact, then there are three key messages for the Government:
For further information on Prof Lloyd-Reason’s experience or on the work of CEDAR, please contact: lester.lloyd-reason@anglia.ac.uk
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Special Interest Group – Spirituality in Higher Education (SHE) SHE welcomes members from all levels and sectors of higher education systems throughout Europe (and beyond), from all disciplines and subjects, and from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds. You can be part of SHE by following and engaging in discussions, posting articles, or sharing your own approaches, resources and views on:
Throughout Europe, interest is undoubtedly growing in the relevance of the spiritual dimension to higher education. In spite of this, the spiritual dimension of higher education remains a complex and elusive area, quite different to many other elements of conventional academic curricula. It presents many challenges to those attempting either to incorporate a spiritual dimension into their teaching and training practices, or to conduct their studies with specific spiritual values or principles in mind.
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/SpiritualityinHE • Twitter: @SpiritualityinHE • Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/spiritualityhigher-education
It is on these grounds that the ‘Spirituality in Higher Education’ (SHE) special interest group has been established as an interdisciplinary community for those interested in exploring in depth the role of spirituality in all aspects of higher education. SHE embraces a broad definition of spirituality and does not endorse or advocate a particular faith tradition. SHE simply seeks to encourage discussion on various themes including, although not restricted to: • • • • •
Membership of all these online portals is free of charge and highly encouraged. All that is required is a general commitment to sharing knowledge resources and experiences. If you would like to find out more about SHE contact Dr Jonathan Smith in LAIBS at Cambridge on Jonathan.Smith@anglia.ac.uk
The existence of spirituality in different academic pursuits ‘Spiritual capital’ and its added-value Teaching methods, resources and support systems Communication and public outreach projects The development of spirituality as an academic discipline in its own right
Bid success for Training and Skills Project Although contracts have yet to be signed and a budget confirmed, Maks Belitski, Senior Lecturer in Business Statistics in LAIBS, has had some good news regarding the recent bid for a project which aims to contribute to making UK business more innovative and get the most from its investment in training and skills.
Secondly, it uses the data to estimate the incentive that firm and industry specific characteristics provide for additional investment in training and skills. Thirdly, we will advise on the mechanisms that increase or decrease the benefits from investment in training on innovation performance. These results taken together will inform the regulatory intervention and incentivise those mechanisms that will be found most beneficial for innovation through direct and indirect regulatory changes and policy.
The project, sponsored by the Department for Business and Skills (BIS), will undertake an assessment of private and external returns on the investment in training at a firm, industry and industry-region levels. Firstly, it contributes to Human Resource Management and innovation literature by quantifying the training premium for a firm, industry, region and industryregion capturing the potential externalities that occur due to private investment in training.
The Partner Institutions involved in the project are: Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics; Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University.
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Student receives Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award In January 2013 I was proud to be invited to St James’s Palace to be presented with my Gold Duke of Edinburgh award. One of the sections for this level of the award is residential. This can be almost anything as long as it is 5 days long and away from home. Most people choose to either go on an activity course or volunteer for a charity. I chose to volunteer for CHICKS (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids). CHICKS are a charity offering residential respite breaks for some of the UKs most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people. The children spend 5 days at one of the charity’s retreats in either Devon or Cornwall and they get the chance to experience new things but, most importantly, they have the space to be themselves, something which their personal circumstances prevents them from being able to do. CHICKS receive no government funding and rely entirely on the generosity of individuals and organisations to be able to continue their invaluable work. In 2012 CHICKS celebrated two major milestones, their 20th anniversary and also welcoming their 10,000th child on a break. More information about CHICKS and how to get involved can be found on their website, www.chicks.org.uk. I was apprehensive before going on my first CHICKS break (known as camps) in 2009 but since then I haven’t looked back! Watching the children develop and grow in confidence, even over such a short space of time, was incredible. Since 2009 I have been fortunate to volunteer on another five breaks, including the charity’s first ever Christmas camp in 2011. Although each camp is unique with a different group of children, CHICKS supervisors and volunteers, Christmas was extra special for all involved. The experience of Christmas with a group of exceptional children and adults is something which will stay with me forever. It also gave me the motivation to increase my involvement with the charity. In 2012 I became a local ambassador for CHICKS. I have chosen to mark this occasion by climbing Kilimanjaro in August 2013. I hope that this venture will not only raise vital funds for CHICKS but also raise the profile of the charity locally. I hope that fellow-students and staff at Anglia Ruskin will help me to achieve this goal by sponsoring my expedition.
Jenny Fox (wearing the red coat) and some CHICKS camp volunteers, relaxing and admiring the view from Brentor Church, Devon.
Jenny Fox, BA (Hons) Enterprise & Entrepreneurial Management To support this venture, please visit: mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/climbforchicks or for information about corporate sponsorship opportunities please contact Jenny Fox (jenny_fox@hotmail.co.uk).
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Cape Town Bay
My Experience as a GRLI Ambassador at the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) General Assembly in Stellenbosch, South Africa 18th November – 21st November 2012 My journey started in October last year when Jonathan Smith from LAIBS in Cambridge and my lecturer on the International Leadership module encouraged me to apply to the GRLI Ambassador competition: Africa Leads, Responsible Leadership for Africa and the World.
The Assembly was three intensive days where 60 ambassadors from 13 countries gathered together with 75 members of the GRLI from HE and businesses. We met at the Spier Hotel in Stellenbosch near Cape Town, the South-African wine headquarters. I met Anthropologists, people from business, Deans of Business Schools, politicians and I could fully engage in fascinating conversations with them about Leadership, the impact of migration, Self and Identity, Common Good, Economics, Systemic Thinking and Africa.
To enter the competition I was asked to write a 1,000 words commenting on the following question: How would you rethink or redefine your understanding of the concept “leadership” if its ultimate aim is to become the best FOR rather than the best IN the world? Illustrate how this new concept could ensure meaningful progress using an example from your community or region.
You can find further details about the GRLI and this General Assembly at www.grli.org With some wonderful facilitators from Leadership Beyond Boundaries (LBB) – part of the Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL) that works to unlock human potential through leadership. (http://www.ccl.org), we worked towards the following three main objectives:
You can read my answer on our Blog: http://myopenvoice.com/grlianglia and see the videos of other Ambassadors worldwide on the following link: http://www.africaleads.org.za/2012conf/young-ambassadorsevent.html
• Learning about making globally responsible decisions • Promoting knowledge of self for a better society • Thinking systemically about the challenges future leaders will face
I was one of the winners of the competition and the prize was an all expenses paid conference including accommodation, meals and participation. LAIBS kindly assisted with money towards my flights to South Africa.
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will enable me to act as a responsible human being. I realised that as much as other can have an impact on me; I also leave a print of myself in others. So if we all live in respect of the Common Good, we can change the world, even if we start with baby steps… Remember: "When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion!" (Ethiopian proverb) GRLI is a global coalition of businesses and business schools like LAIBS working at the cutting edge of sustainability and leadership development focussed on creating a new generation of globally responsible business leaders.
Spier Hotel in Stellenbosch near Cape Town From this I have learned that leadership starts within you. Understanding in depth or holistically what is our inner core or life principles is crucial to live in harmony, communicate and understand others. We all know our inner cores very early in life, but then the system we operate in helps us to forget about these so we just fall into the “mould”. I would like to quote John North (2012), associate of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, who illustrates this very well:
A GRLI Ambassador works under the umbrella of GRLI NGO. His/her role is to engage diverse individuals to share their unique perspectives through dialogue with the ultimate goal of fostering interconnectivity. His/her responsibilities are to foster collaboration, share and learn from different perspectives and create a culture of globally responsible leadership. We have established a GRLI society here at Anglia Ruskin University. If you are willing to learn, engage in critical thinking, have a passion for global knowledge and are open to challenges and change, you can engage with the GRLI Society network at Anglia Ruskin University for just £3 annual membership fee. You can register and follow us on: https://www.angliastudent.com/socs/11329/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/GRLI-Ambassadors-AngliaRuskin-University/551522501531347
Before students or managers can embark on becoming capable leaders they must take a close look at themselves and carefully consider what they find (warts and all). Leaders need to identify their inner core, or higher self, which can help guide them through turbulent periods. An integration of body, mind, heart and soul is an important pathway to strengthening such an inner connection.
“I would like to say a big thank you to LAIBS and the GRLI for their financial support, without which this unique experience and huge amount of learning in South Africa that resulted would not have been possible.”
I believe that this world needs a new economic and social system in which many new social organisations can be created to decrease unemployment and promote sustainability. As a result of being a GRLI Ambassador and attending this event, I will never forget what my life principles are again. This
Charline Collard (MA Culture and Organisational Leadership) Chair of GRLI Ambassadors Society at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
The ambassadors
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Round 1 – Video Pitch. Individuals or teams need to record and upload a 1-minute ‘elevator pitch’ video to the competition website outlining an innovative and bold new business idea. The video pitch needs to address the following questions: • • • •
What’s the idea? What problem does it solve? What’s the market? Why is it different/better?
The deadline for Round 1 entries is 5pm on Thursday 14th March 2013
The Big Pitch 2013 WHAT IS IT? The third successful running of The Big Pitch competition is now underway following launches in both Chelmsford and Cambridge during the first week of February. The Big Pitch is a business ideas and pitching competition that is run by the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR) – part of the Lord Ashcroft International Business School.
WHO CAN ENTER? The competition is open to ALL current full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at Anglia Ruskin University across all campuses. We accept entries from ALL FOUR FACULTIES – entrants do not need to be a business expert to enter, all they need is a good idea and the passion to want to make it happen. CEDAR provides the business mentoring and support necessary as the competition progresses.
WHAT KIND OF IDEAS ARE WE LOOKING FOR? We are looking for bold and innovative business ideas, this could be any product, service or social enterprise: previous winners range from mobile phone apps, to an ale specifically marketed at women, to a UK based truffle farm – the possibilities are endless! The only requirement is that entrants have an original and innovative idea, can demonstrate a viable market for their idea and significant growth potential, and have the determination and tenacity to drive it forward.
Round 2 – The Big Pitch Boot-Camp. The successful round 1 entrants will attend a boot-camp between 8th–12th April 2013 on the Cambridge campus where they will take part in a variety of interactive business planning seminars and receive mentoring support. At the end of the boot-camp each entrant will present their ideas to a panel of judges who will decide which ones will progress through to the GRAND FINAL. Round 3 – The Grand Final. The finalists will pitch their ideas to a judging panel in front of a live audience on the Cambridge campus on 25th April 2013.
PRIZES! The total prize fund is £30,000, which will be split: • First prize – £15,000 • Second prize – £10,000 • Third prize – £5,000 In addition to receiving the cash prizes to be used to progress their business ideas, all winners will each receive: • FREE financial planning workshop with Peters Elworthy & Moore • FREE legal workshop with Mills and Reeve • FREE business bank account with Barclays • Press coverage by Cabume.co.uk • Monthly business mentoring by CEDAR team • Access to Anglia Ruskin’s pre-incubation space: The StartupLab For more information please contact Lianne Miller (lianne.miller@anglia.ac.uk) Follow us on twitter @thebigpitch2013 Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thebigpitch Visit our Website: www.thebigpitch.co.uk
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Top row (l-r) Charline Collard, Maria Fernanda Ybarra, Maren Loerzer, Pai Liu, Christine Jane Sear, Kelly Tuodolo, Eleonore Durteste, Duygu Kurt, Andrea Lema Bottom row: Sue Strather (Employment Office); Sarah Johnson (ARU Environmental Officer) and Charlotte Taylor (Green Impact Coordinator National Union of Students)
GoGreen Pilot ’12: A new and exciting year! We are glad to share with you the progress of our GoGreen Pilot’12, aimed at creating action learning opportunities for students, organisations and universities interested in improving their environmental practices and understanding of sustainability while enhancing employability opportunities. GoGreen Pilot'12 is about 12 students -eco-auditors- working with 12 organisations of the third sector in the implementation of the Green Impact: a pro-enviromental program designed and coordinated by the National Union of Students and applied in more than 150 higher education institutions, SMEs and public sector organisations. This is a project funded by a the Higher Education Academy; it is coordinated by Dr Beatriz Acevedo with Dr Alison Stowell and Romas Malevicius from the Lord Ashcroft International Business School – Anglia Ruskin University in partnership with Dr Ann Rippin from University of Bristol and Charlotte Taylor from the National Union of Students. During this first six months of the GoGreen Pilot'12 we have been able to form a team of committed academics in the area of sustainability. In addition, the eco-auditors were chosen based on their enthusiasm, professionalism and ability to learn: indeed they had to present a video, a CV and attend an interview: not an easy task! We were very impressed with the quality of the videos, and the high level of motivation of the students, and chose the best from them. We are also delighted by the enthusiasm of third sector organisations participating in the pilot, including some household names such as Oxfam, Cancer Research Institute, Arthur Rank Hospice, WildTrust, Scope, Amnesty International, the Humanitarian Centre, Cambridge Advisory Bureau, amongst other local and regional organisations. Representatives of these organisations met the team of eco-auditors and academics during the GoGreen Afternoon tea on the 3rd of December, 2012. The event was a great opportunity to share some of the key aspects of the Anglia Ruskin University Corporate Plan and the Learning and Teaching Strategy, as: Employability; Education for Sustainable
Development and innovative teaching and learning. Sue Strather from the Employment Office, Sarah Johnson, Environmental Officer; Prof Gary Packham, Deputy Dean (Research and Development), LAIBS; Hoi Lei Chan and Stella Duncan from LAIBS also attended the party. Days after the event we received a number of encouraging emails from organisations willing to start with the pilot in 2013! GoGreen Pilot'12 is all about action learning, systems thinking and the use of art-based methodologies. We believe that in order to change behaviours we need to start with small steps, while keeping in mind the big picture. Communication, aesthetic, passionate engagement and social media are at the heart of our strategy. For more information please contact: gogreen@anglia.ac.uk; www.gogreenmovement.org or follow us in Facebook and Twitter @welovegogreen. Dr Beatriz Acevedo, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Management E: beatriz.acededo@anglia.ac.uk T: 0845 196 2911
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The visit of Mark Drewell, GRLI CEO, to Anglia Ruskin University On the 10 December 2012, as a result of my trip to South Africa and the setting-up of the GRLI Society here at the University, Dr Jonathan Smith, Senior Lecturer in LAIBS and the GRLI Ambassadors invited Mark Drewell, the CEO of the GRLI, to come and meet the team as well as Dr Trevor Bolton, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Business School, Professor Gary Packham, Deputy Dean of the Business School (Research & Development) and Dr Alison Greig from the Global Sustainability Institute. Mark is a thought leader and practitioner of global systemic change at the interface between business and society. He is also Chairman of the Swedish-based World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child Foundation and is a member of the advisory board of the Business School of Lausanne. Born in the UK, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University then started his business career in mining finance in the City of London. He moved to South Africa in 1989 and joined international diversified industrial company Barloworld Limited. Starting out in the steel and ferrochrome business where he was deeply involved with South Africa’s political transition, he then moved to cement business PPC, and then for a decade headed of Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations and Group Marketing where amongst other work, he led the company’s move into sustainability. In 2007 he stepped out of corporate life into a portfolio career developing his business interests in property, a distillery and asset management company. In 2009 he moved to Europe and took on his current role in the GRLI. Throughout his career he has combined business with engagement in society as a catalyst of change. His is a past board member of San Francisco headquartered 14 000-member International Association of Business Communicators; senior associate of the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board of the University of South Africa’s Centre for Corporate Citizenship and Chairman of Africa’s largest indigenous environmental NGO, the Endangered Wildlife Trust. Mark lives in the UK and is married with four young children. His perspectives encompass business, human progress, the pursuit of meaning, the cutting edge of deep sustainability and an infectious appreciation for the journey of life itself.
(DBA and PhD) and an innovative initiative based on the 50+20 Agenda (http://50plus20.org/about/what-is-5020). Mark also gave the next dates for the next GRLI conferences that will take place at ESSEC Business School in Paris in June and at the CENTRUM Business School in Peru next November. The GRLI Society should be able to help with funding… so put these dates in your diary! Believe me it is a life-changing experience that you don’t want to miss! Mark Also met with the GRLI Ambassadors at Anglia Ruskin University, as the picture below shows.
Centre, back row – Mark Drewell with GRLI Ambassadors We closed the visit with an open lecture to all staff and students at our University. Mark talked about Management Education and the latest report from the GRLI concerning management education for the world (The 50+20 Agenda). I then spoke about the conference in South Africa and what I have learnt from this. We all had a great day and we all learned so much from Mark who is such a great person to be working with! As a result of meeting the Dean of the Business School, Dr Trevor Bolton has asked to meet the GRLI Ambassadors at Anglia Ruskin University to explore with them their views on what the future strategy of the business school should be and what things they believe need to be considered. Charline Collard (MA Culture and Organisational Leadership), Chair of Anglia Ruskin’s GRLI Ambassadors Society, Cambridge
During his visit, Mark discussed the new projects the GRLI are working on; including an International Doctoral Programme
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Top Comedians set for ‘Mumford Live’ Comedy Event A group of third year Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Management students are holding a comedy night at the Mumford Theatre in aid of young carers in the Cambridgeshire region. The event will take place on Tuesday the 16th of April with some top acts set to perform. Acts will include a former president of the world famous drama club Cambridge Footlights, as well as several other top comedians from the comedy circuit. The night is guaranteed to be one to remember and full of laughs. The students are working alongside the Cambridge Community Foundation and all money raised will go towards helping young carers. Sam Weller from the charity says “It’s great to be working with these guys and it should be an amazing evening.” As well as the show, there will be a raffle with some top prizes to be won which have kindly been donated by local businesses.
Pictured (from left to right): Richard Purkiss (Theatre Manager), Vlad Kazakevich, Lamya Ejjelthi, Ed Osborne and Jadean Johnson
This is a great opportunity for people to have a fantastic night, full of entertainment while also helping such a great cause.
Tickets for the event can be purchased from the Mumford Theatre online or through their box office. For more information on the event please visit www.MumfordLive.co.uk
PhD Success Mohamed Khaled Eldaly, Lecturer in Financial Accounting, LAIBS, successfully defended his PhD in December 2012 and was awarded a pass with minor corrections. Mohamed’s thesis is titled: “Effects of the new regulations of the audit profession on the audit firms’ strategies”. Mohamed started his PhD study on November 2009 and during three years of study he was able to build a very good network with the top management level of the big audit firms and audit regulators in the UK; he hopes to continue conducting further research in auditing and qualitative research. He would be very happy to meet with anyone who would like to discuss issues related to the audit profession. Many congratulations Mohamed on your success! Mohamed Khaled Eldaly Lecturer in Financial Accounting E: mohamed.eldaly@anglia.ac.uk T: 0845 196 6852
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Cambridge business snaps up industry award Winner of Anglia Ruskin enterprise competition lands major photography honour Light Blue Software has seen their business management software for photographers named Best Professional Product of the Year by one of the sector’s leading trade organisations, the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP). Their product, ‘Light Blue’, topped the poll of tens of thousands of SWPP members, beating competition from Adobe, Canon and Nikon. “We were chuffed just to be nominated, but to win is exceptional,” said co-founder Hamish Symington. “We’re a small independent company devoted to producing the best we possibly can; to be awarded this prize against the biggest camera manufacturers and the most well-known imaging software company really shows what our customers think of us.” Cambridge-based Light Blue Software has benefited from advice and funding from Anglia Ruskin University’s Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR) after being named as one of the four winners of the 2011 Enterprise Fellowship Scheme.
From left: Colin Jones, SWPP Company Director, with Tom Catchesides and Hamish Symington, both of Light Blue Software. CEDAR Enterprise Fellowship Scheme offers funding to fledgling Cambridgeshire businesses and attracts some really high quality applications.
Symington added: “As Enterprise Fellows at CEDAR, we’ve had access to business and marketing experts, and they’ve helped us focus on key milestones and objectives. They’re also excellent at asking us questions we hope they’re not going to ask us, meaning we have to discuss topics we might have otherwise put off!”
“Light Blue Software was awarded £12,000 in 2011 to help fund their software development, and we’re delighted that they’ve achieved such success.”
Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason, Director of CEDAR, said that Light Blue’s success highlights the calibre of the businesses supported by the Enterprise Fellowship Scheme. He said: “The
For more information about Light Blue Software, visit www.lightbluesoftware.com. More information about CEDAR can be found at www.anglia.ac.uk/cedar
Masters student co-authors HRM book with academic Dr Jonathan Smith, Senior Lecturer in LAIBS has co-authored a book on HRM with one of his former students. The book is titled: Ethics in Human Resource Management: Contemporary Dilemmas of the Practitioner, and critically examines and illustrates some of the ethical dilemmas that confront HR practitioners in contemporary times. The books primary author, John Kelechi Ekuma, completed his MA HRM at our Cambridge Campus. The book’s content is largely drawn from his Masters dissertation which was supervised by Jonathan.
Jonathan said:
“The book is a great demonstration of what our students can achieve and is a wonderful example to all our students.” The book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Human-ResourceManagement-Contemporary/dp/3838389778/ref=cm_sw_e m_r_alp_Hp-Xqb18J8Y2P_tt
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New book by LAIBS’ academic overturns many of the accepted premises that underpinned policies that contributed to the financial collapse of 2007–8 Stephen Bloomfield, who is director of the Corporate Governance Unit at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School, has led the University’s Master’s degree course in Corporate Governance for ten years and will have his fourth book published later this month by Cambridge University Press. ‘Theory and Practice of Corporate Governance’, is the product of 25 years of working in the City as a fund manager and as a director of numerous large companies, combined with leading the content and delivery of the academic course, which has trained over 150 senior company administrators since its inception. The book contends that the descriptions of processes of governance that form the legal rules of corporate governance and which affect how and for who companies are run, are misidentified by the traditionalist descriptions that form the basis of policy. Crucially, these policies then often have no effect – or even perverse effects – in their impact on the way that companies and their managers behave with respect to shareholders and stakeholders. It was the operation of these policies that brought about unstable conditions in the financial market in a race for illusory profits. The author’s basic contention is that by regarding shareholders as the owners and active stewards of listed public companies and encouraging a spurious link between shareholders’ interests and executive rewards, corporate governance rules brought about the great financial crash – ‘the GFC’ as economists are now calling it – from which we are all still suffering. Using both contemporary and historical examples dating from turn-of-the-century scandals like the Marconi Scandal of 1913, through the turfing out of Lord and Lady Docker from BSA in the 1950s all the way through to modern scandals like the collapse of the value of the balance sheet of firms like Mitchells and Butlers and the major High Street banks, the book shows that the systematic use of inappropriate measures built in to the system of governance ensured the outcomes of the financial collapse of 2007–8. A collective policy failure to appreciate the changing undercurrents of the economy together with misidentified issues of interpretation, accounting convention and City practice all built up to bring about consequences that have left the economy in tatters. ‘Theory and Practice’ goes on from this to develop a new theoretical definition of corporate governance which links better to the practice of what companies should do and how they should be run. It also offers new methods for analysing corporate governance which would allow policy makers and regulators to pinpoint problems. The book has met with strong approval from reviewers. As one reviewer, Lorraine Talbot, Associate Professor at Warwick University commented:
‘The current crisis, like so many crises before it, has shown what capitalism will do when the regulation of corporations only seeks to support market activities rather than to promote progressive social outcomes. The complicated regulatory system which has developed in response to the many crises unleashed (paradoxically) by the deregulation of corporate activities has made the subject of corporate governance one of immense breadth. This accessible book illustrates much of this breadth. Stephen Bloomfield argues that despite the many disciplines encompassed in this topic, it remains grounded in outdated models of the corporation. His call for a fundamental re-examination of corporate governance is one that must surely concern all scholars, policy makers and practitioners in this area.’ Theory and Practice of Corporate Governance (ISBN 9781107612242) is now available from all booksellers, price £34.99. Stephen Bloomfield, Director, Corporate Governance Unit, LAIBS E: Stephen.bloomfield@anglia.ac.uk T: 0845 196 6834
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Plotting Essex’s route out of recession Anglia Ruskin event sees business, political and academic figures discuss financial crisis Leading figures from the Essex business, political and academic communities discussed the current economic situation and why achieving growth matters to everyone – not just City bankers and Whitehall politicians – at a free public event at Anglia Ruskin University held in Chelmsford on Wednesday, 16 January. Keith Attwood (Chief Executive of e2v), Cllr Peter Martin (Leader of Essex County Council) and Dr Trevor Bolton (Dean of Anglia Ruskin’s Lord Ashcroft International Business School) shared their views on how each of their sectors can deliver economic growth. UK public debt continues to rise and, despite record low interest rates, both consumers and the Government are cutting back on their spending and trying to pay off their debts. With companies also reluctant to invest, the three speakers discussed what could be done to kick-start the economy and suggest where growth is likely to come from. Dr Bolton said: “The current crisis will not just affect all of us, but probably also our children and grandchildren – it is that big. We are in the worst possible type of recession and the only solution is that we can grow our way out of the current predicament. “The human cost of the financial crisis that began in 2007 has already been huge. The things that we took for granted up to
l–r: Dr Trevor Bolton, Pro-Vice Chancellor & Dean at Lord Ashcroft International Business School; Keith Attwood, Chief Executive of e2v and Councilor Kevin Bentley, Essex County Council Cabinet Member on Economic Growth, Waste & Recycling. that point, such as growth, credit and prosperity, are now in short supply. With UK output around 3% below its prerecession levels this is the longest downturn in UK history. “In Essex we are lucky to have relatively low unemployment but for long-term stable growth we continue to need an educated and trained workforce, and the appetite for selfimprovement and risk taking needs to be encouraged. “Hopefully this event has helped people to understand why we are in this situation and provided an insight into what the future might hold for businesses and consumers in Essex.”
Small Firm Seminar In December 2012 Professor Simon Down was invited by Professor Monder Ram, OBE, to speak at De Montfort University's small firm seminar series on the topic of 'Regulations and Small Firms: Boon or Burden?' Professor Ram, who received his OBE for services to Black and Ethnic Minority small business, was a senior advisor to the small firms regulation project. Together with Martin Traynor, OBE, Group Chief Executive of Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce and member of the Regulation Policy Committee which provides independent scrutiny of proposed regulatory measures put forward by Government, a vibrant discussion of the issues surrounding the effect of regulation on small business was had. Professor Down gave a presentation on the research that he and his colleagues have been conducting for three years into over 90 high-growth firms with the aim of discovering how they
receive, understand and respond to regulation. A key concern of the research was not merely what representatives of small businesses thought of regulation, but how they engaged with it. The findings from the project continue to influence policy makers and help shape discussions surrounding the regulatory environment for small firms. The field research for the project finished in June 2012, and the team has been busy disseminating the project findings at these and other more academic events, analysing the large amount of data, and is busy preparing academic papers for publication. Professor Simon Down would be more than happy to speak to you about the project. You can contact him at simon.down@anglia.ac.uk
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Bi-annual HR Forum – Developing Disability Inclusivity in your Organisation’s HR Strategy competitive sport to retirement. Chris provided an inspirational presentation on ‘Treating the individual as an individual’.
Following the outstanding success of Team GB at the Paralympics this summer and the emphasis on legacy, the topic for LAIBS bi-annual HR Forum in conjunction with Pretty’s Solicitors and Reed Employment focused on “Developing Disability Inclusivity in your Organisation’s HR Strategy”.
What our attendee, Sian Smathers of Atkins Global said: “It was a great session, and all three speakers were interesting and informative”.
The forums held in Chelmsford aim to provide information and networking opportunities for senior HR professionals working or living in the area. Over 35 professionals attended the event on Thursday 24th January. Tab Ahmad, Founder and Managing Director of EmployAbility (www.employ-ability.org.uk) illustrated to delegates the benefits and importance of valuing diversity in the workplace and outlined the strong business case for employing people with disabilities. Attendees were also provided with the recent legal issues and trends relating to equality and diversity in the workplace from Mathew Cole, Partner at Pretty’s. Our final speaker on the day was to be Fran Williamson, a Paralympic Medal winner from the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games and an alumnus of Anglia Ruskin University. Unfortunately due to a nasty fall, Fran was unable to attend. However, her agent Chris Whitaker kindly stepped into her place. Chris has worked with both Olympic and Paralympics athletes since 2010 and managed Fran Williamson in 2010 to raise her profile and ensure her successful transition from
l–r: Jonathan Key, HR Recruitment Consultant, Reeds, Mathew Cole, Partner at Prettys, Carol Tighe, Business Development Manager, LAIBS
An invitation to staff and students to attend the annual Audit & Assurance Conference The Auditing Special Interest Group of the British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) is holding its annual Audit & Assurance Conference on our Cambridge Campus on the 16–17 May 2013. The conference offers a unique mix of distinguished expert speakers in the areas of auditing and assurance (incl. audit education) and it provides highlights of the latest unpublished academic research on auditing and assurance. The conference
also addresses critical auditing issues arising from the recent discussions and developments by various regulatory bodies. The conference this year is sponsored by the Anglia Ruskin University, ICAEW, and ICAS. The conference organisation is also supported by Aston University Business School. If you wish to attend this conference, or would like further information, please contact: mohamed.eldaly@anglia.ac.uk
The Official Launch of the Institute for International Management Practice Colleagues will have received the invitation to the Official Launch of our Research Institute, the Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP), being held on our Cambridge Campus on the 6 March. If you are planning to attend, please email christine.durrant@anglia.ac.uk as soon as possible so that your name can be added to the attendee list.
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IIMP introduces Development Forum for PhD students The Business School’s Research Institute, the Institute for International Practice (IIMP), is introducing a monthly development group for PhD students within LAIBS. The group brings students together in a semi-formal environment to refine their academic abilities and to build positive relationships with their peers. The group is multidisciplinary and is open to all those interested in improving their generic research skills and broadening their intellectual horizons. The group’s convenor Will Turner explains, “As anyone who’s gone through the PhD process knows, a little bit of support and advice can be really valuable – in all sorts of ways. These sessions are
designed to deliver precisely that sort of practical back-up. They’re a supplement to what their supervisors already provide and they offer an excellent networking opportunity as well.” The sessions will feature skills-based workshops as well as the opportunity for students to present and receive feedback on their work; they also will feature presentations from expert contributors on themes that are relevant across disciplinary boundaries. For details of schedule and venues visit the IIMP website www.anglia.ac.uk/iimp
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PhD student has paper published in a Spanish Journal Luca Mannocchi, a PhD student at LAIBS, had a paper published at the end of January in a Spanish Journal (with relevance also for Latin America). The joint paper contains opinions based on Luca’s experience and the experience of Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke, one of his teachers at a summer school he attended last year who is a foundingpartner at Mesopartner, a knowledge firm that specialises in territorial development, competitiveness and
innovation and an expert on value chains, clusters and innovation systems. For Luca it was like giving a taste and a kick-start to his research project putting together some ideas on the importance of participation and institutions (as a place for participation) in development (particularly in tourism development), and the importance of the dynamic use of value chains for local economic development.
Currently a PhD. candidate studying the role of the private sector in development at LAIBS, Luca’s research topic is the efficacy of pro-poor tourism as a management approach in protected areas in emerging countries. An English version of the paper can be viewed at the following link: http://www.politicsandterritories.com/?j ournal=p3t&page=article&op=view&p ath%5B%5D=51
Dates to remember 6 March 2013
Official Launch of the Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP), Cambridge (christine.durrant@anglia.ac.uk)
14 March 2013
The Big Pitch – deadline for Round 1 entries (lianne.miller@anglia.ac.uk)
16 April 2013
‘Mumford Live’ Comedy Event, Cambridge (www.MumfordLive.co.uk)
16–17 May 2013 Audit & Assurance Conference, Cambridge (mohamed.eldaly@anglia.ac.uk)
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IIMP Professor presents paper at premier telecommunications event in Hawaii PTC’13 Capacity, Capability, Collaboration will explore the increased capacity, greater intelligence, greater flexibility, and additional innovative capabilities required by today's applications along with the new era of collaboration enabled by this capacity and capability.
On the 20–23 January Professor Emanuele Giovannetti, Professor in Economics at the Institute for International Management Practice, LAIBS was invited to speak at the PTC ’13 Conference which was held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Emanuele’s paper was entitled: Attractors and Repellors: A Game Theoretic Interpretation of the Cycles in Providercustomer Relations.
For further information on the conference visit: http://www.ptc.org/ptc13/?page_id=1287&pid=25
PTC's annual conference is the Asia-Pacific's premier telecommunications event. Now in its 35th year, the annual conference is a strategic springboard for the global telecommunications industry. The Conference provides all attendees with a three-day platform to focus on planning, networking, and discovering what the New Year will bring.
Professor Emanuele Giovanetti Professor in Economics, IIMP E: emanuele.giovannetti@anglia.ac.uk T: 0845 196 2233
Research Project – Restoring Spiritual Values to European Science: The New Renaissance? The way Europe does science is changing. Today’s society faces many global ‘grand challenges’ that can only be met by evidence-based scientific research coupled with acceptance by society at large. The European Commission’s senior advisory board on the European Research Area has already recognised that for the European Union to meet these challenges effectively requires “fundamental change in the way we think, work and research – indeed, a change as great as any in our history”. It called this change a “new Renaissance”, deliberately invoking the memory of a comparable revolution in thought, society and science. Although this is all very laudable, it is not at all clear if this new European “Renaissance” builds upon any spiritual basis, which takes account of stimuli other than financial and political profit for contributing to Europe’s knowledge economy. This is in marked contrast to the spiritual drive of the EU’s visionaries and founders, and even more different from the ideals of the first Renaissance, which firmly rooted scientific discovery in a strong spiritual context.
examining documentation for examples of spiritual values driving EU policy, and (ii) providing both practitioners and policy-makers of European science with a self-assessment framework (via surveys, interviews and workshops) to encourage them to evaluate which values influence their research decisions. By reasserting an emphasis on personal humility in this way, it should be possible to detect whether spiritual values still have the potential to contribute to the construction of a ‘common vision’ for European science long called for by European officials. For further details on the project, which is being led by Dr Diana Beech at the Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, please contact Dr Jonathan Smith in LAIBS at Cambridge (Jonathan.Smith@anglia.ac.uk). To participate in its surveys, please visit the project’s website: www.restoringspiritualvalues.wordpress.com. You can also keep up-to-date with relevant news and information, by following us on Twitter @EUScienceValues or ‘liking’ us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RestoringSpiritualValues.
This research project seeks, therefore, to explore whether spiritual thought can still progress along with other aspects of the European social and political environment, primarily by: (i)
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UPS – Delivering more Degree students!
Rachael Hall and Vanessa Knowles from Lord Ashcroft International Business School first started working with UPS Ltd in 2008 when students from the faculty joined UPS to undertake their 2 year placements which formed the workbased element of their BA (Hons) Management and Leadership. The programme’s potential to demonstrate added value for both the individual and the business led to the full 3 year workbased model of the degree being launched in 2010 and to date in excess of 200 managers and supervisors have embarked on a Degree Programme with Lord Ashcroft International Business School. By engaging closely with UPS in terms of their organisational and business objectives, the programme aligns individual and organisational learning. Drawing on 3 core themes;
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Commercial and Organisational Awareness, Applied Practice Based Research and Self-Awareness via Career, Professional and Leadership Development the aim of this work based learning degree is to develop individuals who are competent, confident and inspired in their practice. Tracy Parker District Learning and Development Manager at UPS said, “Through this initiative, UPS employees’ gain an enhanced understanding of theory and practice, a very relevant university degree and the chance through the assessments to add value to the business. We have been delighted with the impact the programme has made in the business.” Rachael Hall said
“It has been so rewarding to work with UPS and to develop a strong relationship. This programme truly embraces the notion of work based learning and we are looking forward to working with the latest cohort of UPS employees.”
Editor: Christine Durrant Marketing, Communications & External Relations E: christine.durrant@anglia.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 1245 493131 (Ext 6882)
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Lord Ashcroft International Business School have recently launched their eleventh cohort of UPS students who will study for the BA (Hons) Management and Leadership degree.