The HRM Department’s annual conference took place on Tuesday 3 April and it was great to see practitioners and students coming together for this interesting event. I was asked to speak about role models and this caused me to reflect…
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The last few weeks have been incredibly busy and have included me attending the EFMD Dean’s conference in Istanbul and also visiting Helsinki – both these trips took place in the same week so it was interesting experiencing snow (helsinki)…
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There has been a few week’s absence in this blog. The Christmas and New Year holidays interrupted my flow and I have just returned from Singapore where preparations are being made for the Chinese New Year and many streets and…
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At the Westminster Business School, students are finishing off their assignments and I see clusters of them working around their laptops in the social learning spaces. Some are busy preparing for their presentations at our learning and development student conference….
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The world of blogging is an interesting one and I am writing this entry in response to colleagues who have asked me “how do you go about writing your blog?” Since I began this blog my world has changed. Each…
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The Westminster Business School graduation events took place on Monday 19 November. I felt privileged to be there and to welcome the graduands, their families, friends and supporters. Graduation vents are always very special. They have developed from mediaeval times…
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This week the Business School welcomed Gurdip Anand from the Universal Business School (UBS), Mumbai, India. It was a real pleasure to meet with him again and enable him to see our impressive campus. UBS is located about an hour…
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All students now make a huge investment in higher education in terms of time, money, intellectual and emotional labour. The majority of students anticipate that they will benefit in terms of access to professional careers and decent salaries, as well…
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I love it. The new furniture has arrived and students are making excellent use of their new social learning platform on the Marylebone site. The seats are funky – settees with lids and sun lounger look-alikes (I am sure the…
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On Wednesday evening a group of staff and students, including the deputy vice chancellor, attended the AMBA Gala dinner at the Grand Connaught Rooms (a very stylish and opulent location in Convent Gardens). The Gala Dinner is a prestigious gathering…
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