On February 26th
we welcomed our Year in Business students back from their placements for the
second Call Back afternoon of the year.
Students joined us from a range of
companies including Asahi Beer, ATOS, Cherith Simmons, Enterprise Rent a Car,
GE, J&J, McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, Oracle, PiXL, PwC, Rank group,
SAP, Superdrug, Surrey Chamber of Commerce, The Walt Disney Co, Unilever, VMWare.
Students
were undertaking a wide range of roles including Accountancy, Finance, Revenue
Management, HR, Marketing, Event operations, Sales Development, IT, Marketing
Operations, Business management, Cloud Business management, Customer Success
Management and Account Management.
buffet lunch served in the Moore foyer and the opportunity to network with 2nd
YIB students seeking placements and also Academics with an interest in the
programme. We were delighted that Gloria Agyemang, Head of School could join
the lunch and show her support for the Year in Business programme.
afternoon provided an opportunity for students to learn from each other about
the experiences they faced. There was also a series of workshops designed to
assist them with the Course work Assessment which they have to complete
as part of their Year in Business and which is worth 20% of their
final year grade. Dr Chika Oka ran a workshop on the Case Study element of the
Academic Assessment while Doreen Thompson-Addo and Lisa Zampetti from the
Careers’ Department ran a workshop on the Personal Development Portfolio.
Students shared a STAR example within a small group, and were given feedback
and guidance.
A detailed
guide can be found on the Year in Business
moodle page (3rd years) and all students have been allocated a Year
in Business Advisor. Students were reminded of the deadline for the Moodle
submission of the outline plan on March 30th midday.
The Year in
Business Programme officer, Katharine Radford, updated YIBs on a number of
areas including workplace visits, Autumn term reintegration meetings, the
opportunity to write blog articles and to become a buddy to 2nd year
students seeking placements.
At 6pm the
students headed down Egham hill for a team building meal at Prezzo and the
opportunity to better get to know each other ahead of returning to College for
their final year together. Most YIBs still have another 4- 6 months to complete
on placement but we know the time will go very quickly and we will be soon
welcoming them back to College in the Autumn.
