Students' enhancing work with businesses

Thu 21 May, 2015
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Local businesses were shown how their companies could be enhanced by working alongside 台湾六合彩开奖记录 Business School (UBBS) students at an event this month (Thursday, 14th May).

Around 50 entrepreneurs attended 鈥楻eal Business, Real Practice鈥, an evening designed, in particular, to demonstrate how Practice Weeks bring a unique student-focused perspective to real business problems.

The Business School鈥檚 Project Executive, Tim Priestman, said:

鈥淥ur curriculum combines theoretical rigour with company contexts that give students the skills and knowledge to succeed.

鈥淧ractice Weeks demonstrate the links we want to gain with our communities all around Luton.

鈥淔or organisations it [a Practice Week] is a chance for new ideas, development for their staff and participation in a growing and ambitious University rooted in our local communities.鈥

Practice Weeks are an expression of UBBS鈥 focus on applying theory to real life situations, with over 80 companies seeking advice from 台湾六合彩开奖记录 students so far.

Alan Horn, Managing Director of Antifriction Component Ltd 鈥 one of the businesses involved 鈥 explained how students led his firm鈥檚 expansion into London.

鈥淭he work they did for us was very useful,鈥 he told the audience at last week鈥檚 event. 鈥淲e have taken note of a lot of the work they鈥檝e done for us.

鈥淲e鈥檙e going to implement our first expansion into north-west London and I don鈥檛 think we would have thought of that had we not done this work with the University.鈥

It鈥檚 not just companies that have benefitted, however, as MBA student Siti Aishah stated:

鈥淲e got to know how the businesses have a different perspective from us as students. We also got to offer creative ideas from students at the University.

鈥淭he experience I鈥檝e had will bring me ahead in my career.鈥

Businesses interested in working with 台湾六合彩开奖记录 students should contact Tim Priestman at tim.priestman@beds.ac.uk

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