alumni matters
www.bradford.ac.uk/management/alumni Issue 9 - July 2012
In this issue
The Future: Vision & Strategy - Page 2
Promoting our Programmes - Page 3
Working with our Talent & - Page 6
Promoting our Research
- - Page 7 -
School
Update
- Page 8
Alumni
Events &
Groups
- Page 13
Alumni Survey 2012 - Page 14
Keeping in
Touch
- Page 14
Dean‟s Message
Welcome Alumni,
I am pleased to introduce this special edition of alumni matters focusing on the
mission, vision and objectives of the School of Management and how we can work
more closely with you, our alumni, to achieve them.
In addition, as a reminder, we are approaching our 50th anniversary in 2013 and
we hope to be celebrating this milestone in a variety of ways. The last 50 years
have been highly successful and we must now ensure that we build on these solid
foundations to create an equally successful future for the School, by meeting the
ever changing requirements of a new age.
Also included in this issue is the latest alumni survey. Alongside articulating the
ways you can work with the School the Alumni Office are also keen to establish
greater, more up to date knowledge about the perceptions and needs of our global
alumni community. The 2012 alumni survey will give you the opportunity to let us
know what you think about what we are doing, what you think we should do in the
future and how you would like to get involved.
You will notice the importance given to the development of business engagement
and the alumni network in the School‟s mission, vision and objectives! There
should be a symbiotic relationship between yourselves, your organizations and the
School and we invite you to work with us in one or many of the areas we describe
below.
Best wishes
Dr. Sarah Dixon, Dean,
Bradford University School of Management
Update Your Details Let us know of your new contact
or employment information
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Vision
Our overarching vision is to be a leading international business school with a focus on „Making Knowledge Work‟.
Our School - internationally recognised as a beacon of excellence, and creating impact in applied management research. Our Students - known for their critical thinking and ability to put ideas into practice.
Our Researchers - recognised internationally for contributions to knowledge in both specialist and cross-disciplinary areas.
Our Teaching Staff - assessed as excellent by our students.
Our International Business and Alumni Networks - deriving tangible benefits from collaboration with the School.
Our International Partners - working with us in a rich interchange of ideas on management education, research and
making knowledge work.
Our Focus on Sustainable Development - ensuring the creation of a new future based on a triple bottom line to deliver
economic, social and environmental benefits.
Strategic Objectives To ensure we achieve our vision the following measurable objectives have been put in place:
Rankings
Undergraduate programmes – to be in the top 25 of the Guardian University League Table and to have a National
Student Survey (NSS) student satisfaction score of > 90% by 2014/15.
Postgraduate programmes - to be consistently in the top ten in the UK, top 25 in Europe and top 90 in the world, as
measured by the following FT rankings – Business School, Full time MBA, EMBA, MSc Management.
Research – to be ranked in the top quartile in the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014, and to have 75%
research active academic staff (excluding law) publishing at 3* and 4* level.
Accreditations – Triple Crown
To achieve AACSB accreditation in 2012 and thus the Triple Crown (with EQUIS and AMBA).
Internationalisation
To increase active international inter-institutional agreements on research collaboration to 6 by 2014.
To increase overseas recruitment at undergraduate level.
To develop Global Campus into a Virtual Hub by 2013, creating shared virtual access for all students across the globe
to a unique Bradford experience.
To have partners of equal standing in Russia, China, US and India by 2015.
Business Engagement
To achieve executive education income of £1.5m by 2014.
To increase the number of actively engaged alumni to 3000 by 2014.
To establish 10 corporate partner agreements by 2014.
To achieve the Centre for Managerial Excellence objectives of £1.23m income
by 2014.
Sustainability
To establish the Sustainable Enterprise Centre (SEC) as a beacon of international excellence by 2014.
To meet ERDF targets for the SEC of 130 new jobs created, of which 63 in the environmental sector; 60 gross jobs
safeguarded; 25 new businesses created; gross increase in Gross Value Added (GVA) of £6m and 84 SME businesses
assisted.
To reduce the School carbon footprint by 43% by 2020, with interim targets to be determined.
The Future
Sustainable Enterprise Centre (SEC)
Mission
Our mission is to enhance the understanding and practice of business and management world-wide;
as a leading international full-service business school, with an international staff and student community,
engaged in internationally excellent learning, teaching and research in close collaboration with businesses and others,
whilst fostering a commitment to corporate social responsibility.
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How can you help us to achieve our objectives? As alumni of the school you are all a great reflection of the quality of the
programmes we offer at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. We are
constantly reviewing our offer and introducing new programmes to the portfolio. It‟s
very easy to keep up to date with our programmes offer online. We would be
delighted if you were able to advise your networks about our portfolio and in
particular our new programmes for 2012/13.
Postgraduate Programmes (New for 2012/13) The Bradford MSc - the school is building on the success of our specialist MSc
programmes such as HRM and Finance by introducing new programmes for
2012/13 (see across). These programmes have been designed to meet the needs
of students requiring a more focussed and in depth approach to a subject and more
obvious career path.
EMBA (Executive Part-time MBA in the UK) - The Bradford Executive MBA has
been re-engineered to reflect our changing times. Through themes including
transforming business, strategic leadership, international business (with an
international study trip), innovation and managing risk, participants will find
themselves able to perform more effectively at senior levels, with the sharp
strategic, financial and people skills to do just that. The new EMBA features a
revamped delivery model allowing intense periods of study followed by reflection
and assignments. The taught element of the programme lasts for 24 months, with a
further four to complete the management project. More details
Circular Economy (Distance Learning) MBA - This degree programme provides
participants with the skills required to re-model businesses around concepts such
as re-manufacture, service systems and bio-mimicry concepts which are central to
the concept of "circular economy".
A growing number of businesses are recognising that new business models are
required to provide sustainable competitive advantage. New business opportunities
are emerging around the "circular economy" (sometimes called the performance
economy or cradle-to-cradle) model offering massive scope for innovation and
enterprise.
The circular economy model represents a shift away from reduction of resource
usage and disposal to an emphasis on completely re-designing production systems
and consumer behaviour. Businesses already starting to work within this framework
include Proctor & Gamble, Desso, Phillips and Aveda. More details
Undergraduate Programmes (New for 2012/13) MBus - Our MBus in Business and Management builds on the solid foundations of
our current BSc programmes but is extended to a fourth year studying Master‟s
level modules - hence it is an undergraduate Master‟s qualification. A fundamental
aim of the programme is to add value for future employers. This is achieved by two
individual work based projects which allow application of learning in the work place
and thus ensure that graduates are better equipped to make a contribution to the
workplace.
Promoting our Programmes
New MSc Programmes
Global Finance and Banking
International Marketing
Strategic Marketing
Employee Relations
Applied Management & Enterprise
Applied Management & Sustainability
Download our Executive MBA Brochure
Download the Bradford Circular Economy MBA brochure
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BSc Operations and Information Management - The surge of several new
economies across the world means that consumers want services 24/7. They
also demand products that are of top quality yet low cost, and they want them
delivered on time every time. These are the challenges to which the Operations
Manager must rise. Our BSc Operations and Information Management is an
innovative and highly relevant course that harnesses the latest thinking from around
the globe to produce Operations Managers who can compete at the highest levels
and in the toughest international environments.
Professor Christopher Gale, Director of Bradford University
Law School
The Law School
The Law School saw record numbers enrolling on the LLB in September 2011 and
applications for 2012 are again on the up. A new LLM in International Legal Studies
will launch in September 2013 and we believe that there is a market both
internationally and domestically – some of our current undergraduates have shown
serious interest in it.
Final year undergraduate students are able to opt for a Clinical Legal Education
module where they spend around 48 hours working with a legal entity – be it in a
Citizens Advise Bureau, a firm of solicitors, or some other. There is also the
Innocence Project where a group of students work „live‟ on a case referred to the
Law School to seek evidence in a possible miscarriage of justice. Both of these
modules show students the „work‟ side of legal practice and, although places are
naturally rationed, considerably improve the employability. We hope to recruit more
„hosts‟ over the next few years.
GDL students are allocated a mentor who is working in a legal practice and this not
only exposes the student to a firm of solicitors, it gives them an insight into how
others have obtained training contracts – even if in a kinder, gentler time!
Members of the local judiciary have spoken to students and a guest lecture on
alternative dispute resolution was given in November 2011 by a member of the
Muslim Arbitration Tribunal.
We hope that alumni will recommend and promote our current and new
programmes, to friends, family and other contacts. This snapshot will have also
alerted you to the many opportunities for alumni and their organisations to get
involved, offering case studies, involvement in the curriculum, mentoring and more.
We are open to other ways of working with you.
Executive Education As Alumni you might not be aware of Executive Education at the School of
Management. Our role is to work with organisations and their managers, within both
private and government sectors to improve skills and capabilities and thus
organisational performance. We tend to work on quite a bespoke basis, developing
programmes driven by the needs of our clients.
Activity can be through non award bearing programmes – where organisations are
looking to develop their managers without the need for a qualification (perhaps
focusing on change, finance for non financial managers, leadership or business
development) - or award bearing programmes - we run Corporate MBAs, Corporate
Post-Graduate Certificates (the first six modules of an MBA) and a Corporate BSc
where we work with high potential school leavers as they part study and part work.
We can also offer consultancy services.
Download our
Undergraduate Brochure
Watch our working with business video
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We are also experts at developing business networks for small and medium sized
businesses. The ones we operate tend to be based here in West Yorkshire but we
can provide the expertise to facilitate development in other places - Executive
Education operates regionally, nationally and internationally.
As alumni, Executive Education can be a very important way in which you can
support the school...and one in which the School can support you and/or your
organisation.
If you need now, or in the future, the skills and services that we can bring please do
contact me, [email protected] , and I‟ll be very happy to talk to you or one of
your colleagues. Additionally if you have an ideas about how you could work with
us in your country and/or region then please contact the Alumni Office.
Julian Rawel,
Director of Executive Education
How can you help? Recommendations
It would be great if you could recommend our programmes to family, friends, and
colleagues in your networks. Please remember as part of our Global Campus, we
offer a variety of programmes and study opportunities around the world. Contact
our marketing Team for more details about our “Recommend a Friend Offer”.
Recruitment Fairs and Preview Events
We regularly attend Recruitment Fairs both in the UK and around the world and we
also hold various preview and online events. We are delighted when “local” alumni
can join us to help promote the School and our programmes - alumni are the” ideal
voice” to talk to prospective students and their parents.
Click here for full details of upcoming events and then Contact our Marketing Team
if you‟d like to attend any.
Geographic and Regional Contacts
To further strengthen global alumni activity we are looking for alumni to serve as
contacts and representatives within their country or city of location. We have a
number of alumni contacts situated around the world who serve as key points of
contact and are happy to respond to general enquiries from other alumni, current
and prospective students, and staff.
Alumni contacts can provide insider information about their region or country and
can also share their experiences of studying/working with the School of
Management. More details
Alumni Ambassadors
The role played by our alumni in raising and maintaining the School's brand
worldwide is very important. The School of Management Alumni Ambassadors
Network was launched in 2009 and is a key resource for the School. Working
alongside members of the school‟s alumni, marketing, and programme teams,
ambassadors fulfill an invaluable role by offering information advice and guidance
to prospective students, working with key School contacts including agents,
becoming actively involved in raising the School‟s brand and by promoting our
programmes at a local level in their country or region.
Our Alumni Ambassadors are highly energetic, motivated and committed
individuals with a passion for Bradford University School of Management. To find
out more about being an Ambassador and what‟s involved click here.
Recommend a friend and get a free place on an MBA
Block Elective of your choice worth £600
To find out more about our
“Recommend a Friend Offer”
please contact us
Complete the Alumni Survey
Let us know how you would like to get involved
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One of the greatest ways alumni can work with and support the school is by using
our talent and offering students and alumni the opportunity to engage with them
and their employer. This can be achieved in several different ways.
Placements: by offering undergraduate students on a 4 year programme the
opportunity to spend their year in industry with you or your organisation. We are
looking for local, national and international opportunities in small or large
organisations, where our students can develop. This year we have students placed
in organisations such as the NHS, Cummins Technologies, IBM, Vauxhall,
Peugeot to name but a few.
MBA Management Projects: we are always looking for short term consultancy
projects for MBA students to undertake at the end of their programme. We have a
number of local opportunities but students would also welcome the chance to
undertake a project nationally or internationally.
Job Vacancies: advertise your job opportunities with us. We have a fantastic pool
of undergraduate and postgraduate talent, looking for job opportunities around the
world; we can advertise opportunities to students and alumni. We could also assist
you with finding appropriate candidates based on your requirements etc.
Please forward all enquiries to [email protected]
There are several ways in which you can have an on-going fruitful relationship
with the school.
Deliver a Bradford Guest Lecture: we welcome offers from all alumni to deliver
guest lectures. These opportunities are available globally through the
development of our International network of local alumni groups.
Input into the curriculum: are you now in a role / organisation which you feel
could add value to one of our taught modules? It is one of our KPI‟s to have an
industry / employer input into all modules / electives over the next three years.
This could be either as a case study, a guest lecture or presentation, a factory
visit, or a project carried out for you in the module.
Input into the careers programme: all our students (undergraduate and
postgraduate) are keen to understand what employers are looking for, what are
the routes into different roles/sectors and what will make them stand out in the
job market and to hear it from the experts – i.e. you.
Mentoring: would you like to mentor a final year undergraduate student? We
recently delivered a pilot e-mentoring programme for final year undergraduate
students on three-year programmes. Students benefitted through direct contact
with alumni, by acquiring valuable information and insights into the real world of
work and, moreover, into the industries in which alumni were working. We are
hoping to roll out this programme again in September 2012.
If you feel you would like to work with our talent or offer your talent, please
complete the short Alumni Survey at the end of the newsletter. We will be in
touch to take your offer forward once we have collated alumni responses.
Working with our Talent
Download our Working with our talent brochure
Offering your Talent
Complete the Alumni Survey
Let us know how you would like to get involved
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Businesses benefit from our world leading, internationally excellent research. Our
range of activities, the depth of our research, and our close involvement with
industry, commerce and the public sector provide an excellent and highly
supportive research environment. We promote research that passes the "double
hurdle" of producing academically excellent work that is also valuable to
policymakers and practicing business people.
To ensure that our research is commercially applicable, we have established a
number of research centres through which we work with businesses and
organisations.
Centre for Managerial Excellence (CME)
The centre embraces innovative research and knowledge transfer that is practice-
focused and addresses the key global challenges facing businesses. The CME
embraces the worlds of industry and academia to help to build capacity, create and
apply research in the areas of innovation, competitiveness and economic growth.
More details
The Enterprise and Innovation Lab
This provides an inter-disciplinary environment where researchers explore
entrepreneurship and innovation within the institutional and organisational context
in which they take place. Our researchers bring to the Lab a unique combination of
expertise (coming from disciplines as diverse as economics, sociology, geography,
and fields of study including entrepreneurship, innovation, international business,
technology management) and research skills (both quantitative and qualitative).
More Details
Bradford Centre in International Business
Research in international business, and much of the business economics and
strategy research by members of the group, is supported and developed in
the Bradford Centre in International Business.
The centre provides a structure for research in international business and is
developing research networks both in and outside the UK. More details
Bradford Management Review
This is an online series of practitioner working papers. This is an ideal opportunity
for alumni and other practitioners associated with the School to disseminate their
views, best practice, experience and research that are relevant topics in
Management, to both the academic community and the world at large.
Contributions can take the form of case studies, articles, essays or opinion pieces
which are likely to attract an international readership from businesses, academics
and researchers from around the world. For further information or to submit your
contribution, please contact the Editor, Dr Rana Tassabehji
Promoting our Research Excellence
How can alumni get involved?
Could your organisation benefit from our research excellence?
If you would like to discuss any research ideas please contact the Associate Dean
for Research, Professor Nelarine Cornelius
Professor Nelarine Cornelius, Associate Dean, Research
Complete the Alumni Survey
Let us know how you would like to get involved
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Accreditations Update EQUIS
We are delighted to advise you that we have once again been re accredited by
EQUIS. They were impressed by the progress the school has made since the
previous accreditation and the seriousness with which it has addressed its area
for improvement. The Awarding Body took particular note of the School's
strengths as outlined in the Peer Review Report and the recent developments in
revising the UG strategy, improving the research culture, and launching Global
Campus. The review panel spoke to current students and alumni, and we would
like to thank those alumni who took part in the visit for their positive contributions.
AACSB
This has been a long journey but we have submitted the final reports to the peer
review team, who will visit the school 21st to 24
th October 2012. This accreditation
looks at how the school is performing against its own mission; it is more focused
on quantitative than qualitative criteria and has more required prescriptive
outcomes than other accreditations. The Peer Review Team will consist of Ellen
Harshman, Dean of John Cook School of Business, St Louis University (Chair of
Panel), Bernard Belletante, Dean and Director General, Euromed Management
(AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accredited), Jose Ferreira Machado, Dean,
Universidade Nova do Lisboa (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accredited) and
Lucienne Mochel, Vice President Accreditation Services, AACSB. We‟re looking
forward to their visit and will advise on the outcome as soon as we are able.
50TH Anniversary As you will be aware 2013/14 sees us celebrate 50 years of delivering excellence.
As part of our 50th Anniversary we will be organising events around the world for
students, staff, alumni and external academic and business partners throughout
2013 and 2014.
A special edition of the alumni matters will update you on our plans for the
anniversary. We are planning guest lectures, Continuing Professional Development
events, dinners and other opportunities for the global School community to come
together. We do hope that you will be able to join in with the celebrations and you
have the opportunity to let us know how you intend to in the alumni survey included
towards the end of the newsletter. Do let us know if you want to visit us in Bradford
or celebrate in your home country - we would like to have as many events around
the world as we can.
Fundraising The School is planning a fundraising campaign as part of the anniversary
celebrations. This will give our community and stakeholders the opportunity to
contribute to an endowment fund which will be used to fund (and name), for
instance, a research Chair, the construction of new student-centred facilities on
campus or the Sustainable Enterprise Centre. Alternatively alumni or their
organisations may prefer to support student bursaries and scholarships, the
establishment of a Virtual Hub for our Global Campus or any other aspect of the
University‟s activities such as cancer research, dementia studies etc.
We do hope that you will be able to join in some of the anniversary activities and
events and also to support us in our fundraising campaign.
50 Years of Business & Management Education
School Update
ALUMNI GIVING Make a donation, support our
continued development
Click for more details
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Class of 1972 - 40 Year Reunion (June 2012) The Queen was not the only one celebrating in June 2012 as 14 graduates from
the academic years 1969-1972 gathered in Bradford to reacquaint themselves with
the „Management Centre‟ or the School of Management as we now know it.
In their day the current library was the main lecture theatre where lecturers used
overhead projectors and in tutorial rooms chalk on revolving blackboards were the
order of the day with undergraduates making notes on paper. The main hall/
current library were also used to sit all examinations and host guest lecturers. After
graduating they entered industry and currently live in diverse parts of the world
including the UK, Spain, Switzerland, Canada and as far as the Falkland Islands
but felt the need to reconvene the place that had spring-boarded them into a world
of opportunity with their newly acquired management degree. They hope the
current undergraduates & postgraduates get the same opportunities given to them
when they graduate.
The full list of attendees included: Sylvia Adams, Robin Baxter, John Bonnett, Jeff
Gitter, Don Graham, Keith Harrison, Suzan Matthews, Les Pointing, Bob Potter,
Richard Pulleyn, Lynne Rushton, Andy Willis, John Yea, Pete Goudge
Would you like to organise your own reunion? The School Alumni Office
would be happy to assist you and could provide the help and support you
need. Click for more details about organising reunions.
Class of 1972 in the
Arthur Francis Lecture Theatre
From left to the right: Amadou Sy (alumni), Friend, Alessandra Lopez Martini (alumni and spouse), Benoit
Duval (alumni), Friend, Ghazala Daod Nathoo (alumni), Friend, Gabrielle Real
(alumni)
Download Flyer - Hong Kong
Alumni Event
Paris Alumni Dinner A few of our alumni based in Paris organised a dinner earlier this year and sent us
a photo to share with others. Most of the alumni are graduates of 2006 and they
plan to all meet again in the very near future. Benoit Duval, BSc 2006, kindly sent
in a picture (right).
We would love to hear from any alumni who are planning to or have recently held a
get-together, reunion or a social activity. Email or tweet us your photos.
Alumni Groups & Events
Dean‟s Guest Lecture and Launch of Hong Kong Alumni Group
Bradford University School of Management and global partner RDI have organised
a joint Bradford guest lecture and alumni group launch to take place in Hong Kong
on Friday 27 July 2012.
This joint event will include an insightful guest lecture delivered by the Dean, Dr.
Sarah Dixon, about how organisations thrive in rapidly changing and complex
environments and the potential approaches best suited for the success of your
organization. Read More
The event also aims to raise awareness and encourage involvement in a Hong
Kong alumni group as part of our aims to expand our global network of local
groups. Alumni groups are great for reconnecting like minded individuals and those
with shared School of Management experiences so they may network, socialise
and support their alma mater and it is envisaged that a launch of a Hong Kong
group would be beneficial for alumni who live and work in the region. Register now
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We would love to hear what you have been up to since leaving Bradford. We would
also love to keep you updated on alumni news and events.
Update your details & Alumni Database
The best way to keep us informed about any changes to your contact or
employment details is by completing and submitting the Alumni update & change of
details form
You also have the option of being featured in our public web-based alumni
database for other alumni to see what you are now doing and where you are now
based. Details of many of our alumni can be found here. Please check to see if
you are included on this database and if so, that your details are up to date.
Lost Alumni - help us to find and reconnect with Alumni.
Do you know any alumni who have lost contact with the School? Are you in touch
with any fellow alumni?
We are keen to track down alumni not on our database and/or those for whom we
do not have up to date contact details. We request you to put us in touch with
alumni you know who may not be in contact with us. We‟re always working to
increase and maintain the number of alumni we are in contact with and we would
like to intensify our efforts building up to the Schools 50th anniversary.
Social Media Our official LinkedIn Group, Bradford University School of Management Alumni &
Students, promotes professional networking across our global alumni community.
Join the group now to We now have approaching 3000 members.
Join our LinkedIn group now
Follow us on Twitter: @BradManagement @BradMgtAlumni
School of Management blog
Position yourself as a thought leader and get valuable links back to your company
website by commenting on our blogs and providing guest blogs.
Final Words… We hope you liked this special issue of alumni matters and enjoyed catching up on
all School news and developments. We welcome your feedback on the issue and
once again would encourage you to share with us any exciting news or stories. If
you would like for us to consider anything for future publication in alumni matters
please contact the Alumni Office.
School‟s 50th Anniversary -
2013
The School will soon be celebrating
its 50th year of delivering Business
& Management education and to
mark this fantastic achievement we
are planning to hold a series of
events in 2013. We hope to give you
more details in the next newsletter in
February 2012.
Keeping in touch
CONTACT US
Alumni Office
Bradford University
School of Management
Emm Lane, Bradford
West Yorkshire, BD9 4JL
England
+44 (0) 1274 236828
Where are they now? Track down your class year
colleagues via our web database
Update Your Details Let us know your new contact or
employment details
Please spare two minutes of your time and complete the 2012 Alumni Survey. The
survey aims to explore your perceptions on current provision and identify the types
of involvement and services of interest to you. It‟s been a while since we last
surveyed alumni in 2009 and we hope the findings will help the School to better
understand your needs and, subsequently, to provide a more distinct and
responsive service that meets the different expectations of a diverse and global
alumni community. The deadline for submitting your responses is 31/08/2012.
Click here to start the Alumni Survey.
Alumni Survey 2012
Complete the Alumni Survey
Let us know how you would like to get involved
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