Boeing Take-Off
Ping into the email inbox on a Friday afternoon in late September comes a message from a colleague āBoeing has some unallocated money in itsā University Fund which it could give to Southampton for a compelling new project for the benefit of students. Do you have any ideas Stefan? We need a proposal from you by close of play today!ā
Time to quickly scratch our heads and see how we could get Boeing on-board.
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Diary of Co-Design, Week 1 – Mark Gatenby
Monday 09:30
It is the first day of the new academic year. I enter building 40 amazed to find a long line of Freshers waiting patiently to register for the Opening Conference event. I didnāt expect them to beat me to the venue. And they are also dressed more smartly than me in their business casual wear.
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Opinion: The Airports Saga, Enough is Enough
Plaguing successive governments since the 1950s, the question of airport capacity in the South-East of England most brilliantly showcases the utter lack of modern British infrastructure planning and resolve. Let there be no doubt, this is a blatant political choice, and one that has cost us dearly.
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Co-Creation Group: Explained!
Welcome, hopefully, to many new readers of the blog after our fantastic first EVER co-designed induction conference for Business Management Students. A huge amount of credit must go to Zak Rakrouki, who incidentally is also the editor of this blog, and his dedication to making the event as successful as it was.
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A Welcome from the Editor
Iād like to personally welcome all of our new colleagues joining us this week at the University of Southampton, especially those who are joining us in the Business School! Iād like to take this chance to introduce you to the Studying Business at Southampton Blog, where everyone will have a chance, and be actively encouraged, to contribute to. The blog was started last year, as an initiative of the Business Programmes Co-Design Group and, as such, has a large student focus.
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Our Top 10 Tips to Make the Most of Your SBS Course!
We thought it might be helpful to you if we gave you our top ten pieces of advice to make the most of your first year! Ā These are a mixture of course-related and extra-curricular related things.
1. Go to the Bunflight (on the 28th of September) during freshers week and get involved! It is the single best event to see the whole breadth of what societies and clubs the university hosts.
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International Workshop on the Sharing Economy
With the new academic year on its way I was lucky to fit in another conference last week. It was the 3rd International Workshop on the Sharing Economy, hosted by the University of Southampton at the Winchester Campus.
A few weeks ago The Economist announced on its cover the coming of Uberworld. Uber, the taxi service app is now worth $60 billion and is the world's most valuable start-up.
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Reflective Piece – Marthe Borresen
Going into your first year at a University is a big deal whether you are coming straight from A-levels or have had a gap year, are an international student or have grown up in the same city as where you are starting your degree. You may feel like everybody knows each other and have found their place except you. At least that is how I felt when moving to Southampton a year ago.
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RAISE Conference on Student Engagement 2016
Another month, another conference, anyone would think we hadnāt had a summer holiday here in the Co-Creation Group! Iām only joking of course, we have all very much enjoyed our summers, and we hope that those joining us for the first, and those returning to Southampton have also enjoyed theirs.
Fresh from the beaches, Tom Rowledge, Sam Phelps and I made the long journey from Bournemouth to Loughborough to give a presentation at the RAISE conference on Student Engagement.
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