MA at DBS: keeping in touch

If you would like to order of your class photograph please follow the link :  http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/psphotos/view-your-pictures/albums/9825

Posting your dissertation – please ensure that you post your dissertation and ethics forms in plenty of time to ensure delivery before the deadline.  Please get & keep a receipt, as proof of posting, stating that it will be delivered to the Business School prior to the deadline and also ensure you upload your electronic copy.

Please make sure that when you hand in your dissertation all pages are secured together.  This does not have to be expensive binding but does need to be secure.

All students who where involved in the Geneva Study Tour can you please complete the survey requested by Lourdes.  Your feedback is very much appreciated.

We are planning on holding an MA focus group 12 July 2011.  If you are interested in attending can you please email me (emma.robinson@durham.ac.uk)

Please sign up for ‘Succeeding with Your Dissertation’ Friday 3 June 2011, 1pm, room CLC202 https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Please sign up for the MA Consulting Skills Workshop which is running Monday 6th June to Thusday 9th June 2011 https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Don’t forget there is still availability for the talk by Diane Earles, 9th June 2011, 1pm MBA Lecture Theatre, DBS https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Good Luck with the remainder of your exams

There are still places available on the MA Consulting Skills Workshop.  Information available on DUO, MA Programmes 2010, MA Consulting Skills Workshop.  Please check the following link for details and sign up http://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Don’t forget the Diane Earles talk 09 June 2011, 1pm, MBA Lecture Theatre, DBS – Find out if a career in marketing is for you. The Chartered Institute of Marketing is theworld’s largest professional body for marketing so get an insight into theindustry and hints and tips on getting on the career ladder from those thatknow how. Find out how The CharteredInstitute of Marketing can help you starting right now! https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

The University has now launched its new online shop, www.durham.ac.uk/shop, and as of May official Business School Merchandise will be available to order directly from the site.

Important information regarding the May/June 2011 Examination period has been posted on DUO under MA Programmes 10/11, Announcements https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

4 Phd Scholarships  and The Catali China Programme 2011 have been advertised via the following link https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

There are still opportunities to sign up for the Fiona Capenter Presentation, Friday 6th May 2011 by following the link https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Please register for the MA Consulting Skills Workshop via https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Please don’t forget to complete the module evaluation questionnaire’s on DUO, your input is very much appreciated.

And lastly, some of you still have results to collect which you can get on your return from Easter Break.  We are aware that you are eager to get your BEA and Strategy results, we hope to have them available within the next couple of weeks and will email you as soon as possible.

We hope you are enjoying your break

Responsible Leadership for Challinging Times Event has now been postponed until later in the year.  Apologies for any inconvenience and we will let you know when it is rescheduled to take place.

The Marketing Team has registered a Twitter feed for the Durham Business School – DBSDurhamUni. In order to establish @DBSDurhamUni as a feed worth following, we need quality tweets. With this in mind, we plan to launch Twitter Tuesday -  #TTDBS.  Throughout the course of the week, we are inviting staff and students to submit their tweet/s. The most interesting, relevant, useful or amusing tweet of the week will be posted to our feed between 10.30 and 11.00 on the Tuesday morning.  We are looking for tweets related to DBS, such as observations about your academic studies, college and social life, advice for prospective applicants, highlight of the programme so far….. ‘Tweet boxes’ will be available beside the coffee machines in the lounge, in the MBA breakout room and in the MA/MSc office.  Alternatively, you can email your tweets to us at dbs.marketing@durham.ac.uk  Finally, if you have a personal Twitter feed, please follow us and send us your handle so we can follow you back.  We very much hope you will join us in developing DBSDurhamUni as a feed worth following, and look forward to reading your tweets.  

Guest Speaker – Fiona Carpenter, Friday 6th May 2011, 1.30pm, MBA Lecture Theatre, Durham Business School, Mill Hill Lane.

In February 2010, Fiona was cited as one of the 50 leading women in hedge funds by the Hedge Fund Journal. Fiona also holds the position of UK Treasurer for Hedge Funds Care, an international charity, supported largely by the hedge fund industry, whose sole mission is preventing and treating child abuse. She has a BA (Hons) in Economics and MSc in Corporate and International Finance from the University of Durham, where she attended St Mary’s College.

https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

You can book a place following the link above or advise the Masters Office who will register you for this event.

BMAF Internationlisation Special Interest Group – 2 events taking place during 2010/11 academic year.

Friday 8 April 2011 hosted by the University of Glamorgan – Speaker Prof David Jenkins – topic, Supporting International Students in their Learning. Anyone interested in attending this free course please contact Karen Pettit on kpettit@brookes.ac.uk

Thursday / Friday 23&24 June 2011 at Nottingham Trent University – theme, Internationalisation – A Strategy for the Future, speakers include Prof Elspetch Jones & Dr Simon Mercado, further information available via http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/business/events/workshops

We have been informed by Student Planning and Assessment that, with immediate effect, they will produce the following letters for students:

Student status letters for current students for such purposes as travel in the EU, proof of registration for authorities in their home country, student discounts etc. This confirms the start and end dates and the programme of study for which the student is registered.

1. Council tax exemption.
2. Post study work visa letters for students who have had a pass list issued.
3. Third party verification of degrees awarded to students who have completed – e.g. screening agencies, employers, other HEIS (signed consent from the student is required).
4. Letters confirming the successful completion of a course and the degree awarded e.g for a potential employer or for recognition of the qualification in their home country. These are often required before the parchment is received.

Any requests for letters should be made by emailing verification.requests@spa.ac.uk

Therefore the Masters Office will not be issuing any student status letters. If you have recently completed a letter request form then you should forward this to verification.requests@spa.ac.uk

Reminder – Emeritus Prof Malcolm H.B. McDonald will be holding a presentation in the MBA Theatre, at the Business School Thursday 17 March 2011, 4pm – 5.30pm, ref the latest DeLoitte report setting out the deep unease by CEOs and CFOs over the widespread lack of financial accountability for thir often substantial budgets.

Business Excellence, Careers Internations, Berlin, Germany 9-10 May 2011, 20 March 2011

Engineering Excellence, Careers International, Brussels, Belgium 13-14 May 2011, 20 March 2011

Apply now on www.careersinternational.com.

Direct link to the event page:

http://www.careersinternational.com/events/9-business-excellence.html?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=e&utm_campaign=uni

Aricson Graduate Campaign 2011 – Closing soom – https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Research Seminar – “Disseminating ideas with the power of the tale” – and research Seminar deails available: https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Spotting Business & Career Opportunities – http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F8771773%2F2011-03-03%252014.02%2520Durham%2520Alumni%2520_%2520Spotting%2520Business%2520and%2520Career%2520Opportunities.wmv&h=5acd6

Durham Speaker Series “PwC’s Sustainability Journey – Thursday 14th April 2011, 6.15 arrival 1 Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH – https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

C-TIE Research Opportunities 2011 – https://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_72_1

Newcastle University Careers Service will host its annual Graduate Recruitment Fair, NGRF, on Monday 13 June at St James Park. For further information click on http://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/events/recruitmentFairs.htm

To book a place http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=1046

Staff and students are cordially invited to come along to the DBS Dragon