placement connect-up conference 2015 (pbs)

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Placement Connect-Up Conference 2015Plymouth Business SchoolFriday 6th March 20159:30am – Rolle Marquee, Plymouth University

• Welcome Back

• Destination: Graduation

• Final Year Module Guide

• Guest Speakers

• Top 10 Tips – for a successful final year!

• Your Careers & Placements Team

CONTENTS

Welcome Back

Firstly I want to thank you for doing such a great job out in your placements. I expect you are now becoming aware that the time has gone by very quickly. We invite you back to sample what your final year electives might be and to help you understand how to apply your learning from the placement. You have had a unique experience; one that is highly valued by potential employers, extremely useful if you want to start an enterprise of your own and adds considerably to your academic understanding.

This ‘connect-up’ day is the first of its kind and we hope we have planned and offer an opportunity to reconnect with your studies, your friends, staff and the University as a whole. We look forward to welcoming you back in September but until then please spend the day with us and see how things are changing. We look forward to seeing you and hearing about your placement.

Ian DeamerAssociate Head of EmployabilityPlymouth Business School

Welcome back to the Business School. I hope that your placements are working out well. It’s a really important year in which you develop professionally and make really valuable networks for your post-graduation career. Tutors teaching final year students who have completed a placement can really see a positive difference in attitude to study and wider business knowledge. The final year is a chance to put into practice everything you’ve learned so far and to develop niche skills and knowledge that will help you in your graduate career.

Make the most of your ‘Connect-Up’ day – you have the chance to make choices about your final year studies and to make sure that you are on track with your placement report. It’s also a great opportunity to catch up with friends. So enjoy today and I hope the remainder of your placement time goes well.

Hilary DuckettDirector of the Plymouth Business School

Ian Deamer

Hilary Duckett


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DESTINATION: GRADUATION

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

ABF301 - Financial Management Graham Clayton

ABF303 - Financial Research Methods Moji Olugbode

ABF305 - Investment Management Graham Buckingham

ABF310/D - International Finance / Management Sue Farrar

ABF316 - Risk Management in International Banking, Insurance & Finance Simon Ashby

ABF318 - Auditing Sally Antrobus

ABF320 - Accounting for Sustainability Fiona Dalton

ABF321 - Advanced Taxation Julie Williams

ABF322 - Financial Modelling Peijie Wang

ABF323 - Credit Management: Theory & Practice Salima Paul

BUSINESS

BMG301/310 - Current Issues in Management / Current Issues in Information Technology Andy Phippen

BMG302 - Organisational Leadership Smita Tripathi

BMG304 - Project (Management Report) Mike Leat

BMG305 - Managing Change Margaret Greenwood

BSO300 - Corporate Strategy Atul Mishra

BSO302/D - Global Enterprise Lynne Butel

BSO304/X/D - Operations Management for Competitive Advantage Charles Thornton

BSO312 - Global Supply Chains Gordon Smith

BSO314 - Enterprise Creation Robert Newbury

BSO315 - Enterprise Portfolio

ECONOMICS

ECN301 - Economic Growth and Change Alberto Basso

ECN302/X- Games and Strategy Paul Bishop

ECN306/D - Practical Economic Modelling Steven Brand

ECN307 - Business Analysis Panagiotis Tziogkidis

ECN317/D - International Trade and International Finance Fangya Xu

ECN320 - Topics in Economics Paul Bishop

ECN390/D/X - Environmental and Resource Economics Alexander Haupt

ECN391/X - International Economics Neil Smith

ECN392 - Mathematical Economics Sarah Keast

HUMAN RESOURCES

HRS300 - Employee Relations Richard Saundry

HRS302/X - International and Comparative HRM Rossana Guttilla

HRS306 / HRS309 - Diversity and Difference / Equality and Diversity in the Workplace Duncan Lewis

HRS307 - Human Resource Management Jasmine Kelland

HRS308 - Learning and Development in the Workshop Chitalu Kabwe

HRS310 - Women in Business Karen Jones

HRS311 - Leadership in Practice Donna Ladkin

MARKETING

MKT302 - Public Relations Sofia Duskou

MKT303/X/D - International Marketing Carmen Lopez

MKT305/X/D - Marketing Management Hugh Conway

MKT308 - Charity Fundraising Management Adrian Sargeant

The Faculty Support Office will be sending out module choice information w/c 9th March 2015. You will receive this information on your university email account and you will need to go online and make your choices by 27th March 2015.

For more information contact the Faculty Support Office on 01752 585650

Here you will find a list of the final year optional modules and their module leaders.

Please note that not all of these modules are available on every course in the Plymouth Business School.

FINAL YEAR OPTIONAL MODULE GUIDE

GUEST SPEAKERS

Junior is a multi-award winning business starlet and author of the revolutionary book, “How to be a student entrepreneur”. During university he launched successful ventures, creating significant social impact. His inspirational messages have pioneered the current “student-entrepreneur” buzz across the UK.

Junior first stepped into the business scene at age 17, just before going into University to study a BSc in Economics at Queen Mary, University of London. He made it his personal goal to raise enough to payoff his

student fees. By graduation, not only did he achieve this; but he also owned a football coaching academy operating in schools and communities across London.

Junior chose to become a social entrepreneur because he believes they are pivotal to understanding and improving today’s society, in order to shape and influence a better tomorrow. He has appeared on TEDx and national TV across Africa. Now, he continues to travel around the world sharing his principles of success.

Caspian is confident, adventurous and spontaneous, and through it all also knows how to maintain discipline, and is an extremely patient individual. Caspian’s main ethos is being centred in the knowledge that his presence and purpose is not self-serving but it is an opportunity for him to add value to the lives of millions of people, and this is extended to the fact that Caspian has penned his very own motivational book ‘Ambition is not enough’, which was launched in L.A. in 2014. .

A message from King Cas…

“You must embrace your individuality and celebrate such within each other, I believe that each of you can be whoever and whatever you want to be and the limits can only be set by you. I urge you all to dream as big and as ostentatiously as you want and as long as you are willing to put the work in, you will succeed and achieve your limitless potential.”

JUNIOR OGUNYEMI

DUMISANI MOYO ‘King Cas’

TOP 10 TIPS...

* Remember to visit the Employability Service in The Commons, RLB to discover your options after graduation and for help and advice on CV’s, applications and much more! Visit www.plymouth.ac.uk/employability for more information.

* Come and meet your Careers Adviser! Alex Houston, who is based in Cookworthy Room 103 can help with graduate level job applications, advice on postgraduate study and much more!

* Pick a language! It’s not too late to think about learning a language, on most courses you can choose from French, Mandarin, German or Spanish in your final year!

* Use real-life examples in your coursework and exams when relating theory – this is where your placement year really comes in handy!

* Make use of the library room booking service for some peace and quiet when revising – or when you are working on a group project.

* Do you have to complete a dissertation or final year project? If so, start thinking about topics now and it’s never too early to start reading…

* Make useful contacts, whether you’re adding people on Linkedin making a collection of business cards – these people could be the door to your perfect job.

* Join a society – everyone needs a little downtime, so whether it’s knitting, juggling or playing the Ukulele, an afternoon a week won’t hurt.

* Set up your own business! Visit the Futures Entrepreneurship Centre or the Formation Zone to see what support is available for you!

* Run for UPSU President! or even a VP role! These are full time, paid positions that any student is eligible to be elected for. Visit www.upsu.com for more information.

...for a successful final year

YOUR CAREERS & PLACEMENTS TEAM

Faculty of Business Placements102 Cookworthy BuildingPlymouth UniversityDrakes Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA

+44(0) 1752 585651 / [email protected]/fobplacements


Sarah Plunkett – Careers Consultant [email protected]

Alexandra Houston – Careers Adviser [email protected]

Lauren Kay – Placements & Employer Liaison [email protected]

Helen Smith – Outreach [email protected]

Jane Owen – Employability Assistant [email protected]

Rhys Smith – Employability Assistant [email protected]

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