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Dear Prospective StudentBusiness and Law is a great Faculty with a wide range of programmes at bothundergraduate and postgraduate level. Our watchwords are “quality”and “distinctiveness”.This focus on excellence is a characteristic of all our programmes as the annual reports ofour external examiners continually emphasise. To quote one examiner: “… modules are atthe cutting edge in terms of content and delivery. The subject continues to be aremarkable success story in terms of producing high quality research and teaching”. Weaspire to excellence in all aspects of our work in the belief that this will equip you to facethe challenges and opportunities which lie ahead.
If you link the above with our outstandingly good NSS (National Student Survey)outcomes in the last few years you will be able to see that you are studying in a Facultythat focuses its efforts on providing the best possible learning and teaching experiencefor all students on all courses.
Staff in both Leicester Business School and Leicester De Montfort Law School are hereto enable you as students to flourish. You don’t need me to tell you how tough theeconomic environment is for graduating students but we firmly believe that the vocationalthrust of our courses – often allied with professional body recognition – gives ourstudents a great opportunity to succeed in what is a highly competitive marketplace.
Hopefully you have had the opportunity to visit us to experience the impressive facilitieswithin the Hugh Aston building, the £35 million home of Business and Law. By choosingto study with us you will be able to study in the state-of-the-art lecture theatres, utilise thelatest ICT facilities, and make use of the excellent social spaces such as our very owncafé, bookshop and library within the building, you can find more details atdmu.ac.uk/facilities
Many thanks for your application and we hope to see you in September.Every good wish for 2013 and beyond.
Yours sincerely
Professor David WilsonDeputy Vice-Chancellor / Dean of Business and Law
EXCELLENT NEWS - last sessionthe Faculty achieved the bestNational Student Survey (NSS)results in the University!
Nationally, as a result of the survey, all our Faculty’s subject areas were identified asperforming exceedingly well for student satisfaction against other universities offeringthat subject for student satisfaction. For example, we were 4th from 52 in Marketing; 5thfrom 78 in Management Studies; 6th from 50 in Finance; 6th from 69 in Politics; 6thfrom 66 in Economics; and 13th from 83 in Accounting, Law came 33rd from the 100Universities offering this subject. Whilst HRM wasn’t in the survey last year due to lowstudent numbers when it was last included we came 1st.
An excellent achievement and national recognition for the quality of your programmes!
De Montfort University celebrated one of the proudest days in itshistory when it welcomed Her Majesty The Queen on the first stopof her Diamond Jubilee Tour on Thursday 8 March.
Accompanied by the His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and Her RoyalHighness The Duchess of Cambridge, Her Majesty arrived to the roar of a huge crowdthat had gathered in DMU’s Magazine Square from early in the day.
The Royal Party arrived through Magazine Gateway, a medieval city gateway added toLeicester Castle by the Third Earl of Leicester. A celebration of Leicester and DMU’smulti-cultural population followed, with colourful demonstrations of Indian and Chinesedancing. Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness were then escorted to a fashion showheld within a specially erected marquee in the Hugh Aston courtyard, featuring stunningcreations by University fashion graduates.
The exhibits that were placed around the Royal Party route included the six prototypedesigns for a shoe for the Duchess of Cambridge, along with a pair of shoes that weremade in Leicester for the Queen’s grandmother more than a century ago.
Before departing, each of the Royal Guests was invited to sign the university’s visitorsbook before Her Majesty unveiled a plaque to commemorate the visit that was forgedat a family-owned foundry in Leicestershire.
The Vice-Chancellor commenting on the day said “Having The Duke of Edinburgh andKate, The Duchess of Cambridge, accompany her made this event even morespecial. The Queen looked resplendent and after escorting her around thecampus I couldn’t help but be charmed. She was so happy to meet the studentsand particularly interested in the diversity of the campus and the number ofinternational students we have here.”
“I have no doubt that all those who witnessed this historic event for the universitywill be left with memories to cherish for a long time to come.”
Historic Royal visit isa fantastic success
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Department of Accounting and Finance makes history!The Department of Accounting and Finance within Leicester Business School has made history following several recent successfulaccreditation awards. The department now holds more professional body exemptions than any other in the country.
Firstly, the department has been awarded the maximum number of exemptions by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants(CIMA) on its BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance, and now offers exemptions on nine examination papers. This is in additionto the exemptions already offered for ACCA papers by the department.
In addition, the department was also successful in securing Australian accreditation to its programmes, from the organisation CPAAustralia, once again demonstrating the international excellence and global reach contained within the Business School. Thesesuccesses reinforce the position of Accounting and Finance as a Department of quality and distinctiveness in the area of professionalaccounting studies.
A law student is one of two recipients of the first ever scholarshipset up to commemorate the royal wedding.
Kerri-Anne Ferdinando has been awarded the Duke and Duchess of CambridgeScholarship – a grant that will cover her bar school fees and help her on her way tobecoming a fully qualified barrister.
The 21-year-old from Southend-on-Sea in Essex, who graduated from the Law Schoolin July, is a student member of Middle Temple – the Inn of Court in London that offeredthe scholarship.
Kerri-Anne’s personal tutor within the Faculty, Louise Jacklin – who has devised anextra-curricular initiative called the Bar Project to help DMU students make informedchoices about their law careers – is very proud of her success.
“Kerri-Anne is an extremely dedicated and determined young woman,” said Louise,who is also a barrister and a member of Middle Temple.
“She has taken part in every talk, every visit and every extra-curricular activitythat I have organised as part of the Bar Project, in a bid to get herself where sheis today. She’s even found time to be a ‘Bar Project Buddy’ – sharing herexperiences and knowledge with younger law students.”
“Thanks to the fantastic employability initiatives at DMU, we have been able tosupport her along the way and give her the information she needs to make herchoices, but the reason she’s won this scholarship is because she’s ahard-working and talented student, who’s a credit to De Montfort University.”
The Duchess of Cambridge visited De Montfort University in March, when sheaccompanied Her Majesty The Queen on her visit that marked the start of the DiamondJubilee Tour. The royal visitors toured the state-of-the-art Hugh Aston building, which ishome to the Faculty of Business and Law.
Royal scholarshipsuccess fortrainee barrister
Students pitch for success!Two groups of enterprising students from the Faculty have received national recognition at the Varsity Pitch organised by the governingbody for Enterprise Societies NACUE (National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs), following their previoussuccesses in the Faculty’s own Fox’s Lair enterprise competition.
One group of students led by David Scull entered their business - Motion Clean - into the competition in the hopes of winning a £10,000prize. Another student business led by James Beddows and Tom Birch, also received recognition for their student bike hire business,Bright Bikes. Both groups run their businesses alongside their current studies.
The national competition involved a 90 second video pitch briefly explaining the concept of their business. Short-listed finalists werethen invited, along with other student enterprises, to an event in London where they had 3 minutes to deliver a pitch without the aidof any visual equipment. This was then followed by a gruelling 6 minutes of Q&A where every aspect of their business plan was putunder scrutiny.
Being selected for the finals of such a competitive national competition not only proved a great experience for the students but providedinvaluable networking opportunities in the capital. Their story is great testament to our successful students from the Faculty and also totheir tutor, Edwina Goodwin, who started the Enterprise Society at DMU.
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Legal practice student helps localwoman keep her homeA legal practice student has played her part in ensuring that a youngmother and her little boy were not homeless during the cold winter months.
Neneh Gebeh, 32, took on the case after local woman, Sandy, and herone-year-old son were judged to have made themselves intentionallyhomeless by their local council.
The pair had given up their council flat to move in with Sandy’s partner inLondon but, after just two months, they were forced to leave followingsome serious incidences of domestic violence.
Facing homelessness and eviction from their temporary hostelaccommodation, Sandy turned to the Shelter Housing Aid and ResearchProject for help and was very grateful when Neneh – who is doing aplacement at the project – was assigned to the case.
Deb Evenden, principal lecturer and pro bono coordinator at LeicesterDe Montfort Law School, said: “We are delighted that Neneh’s hardwork and dedication with Shelter has been so valuable to Sandyand her son.”
The Faculty’s Corporate Development Department won the tender toprovide a BA (Hons) Management degree to KFC employees (KFC is partof Yum, the world’s biggest global restaurant group). There was stiffcompetition from other UK universities to win the tender.
DMU will be working with KFC to create a degree course that’s specificallydesigned for its restaurant general managers (RGMs) in the UK.
The contract will see 60 KFC managers studying a bespoke BA (Hons)Management degree on DMU’s city centre campus over the next five years,with the first managers starting in January.
Professor David Wilson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Business andLaw, said: “At De Montfort University, we pride ourselves on our abilityto adapt our skills and services to match the needs of business –and our track record in forging partnerships with key organisationsacross all sectors is second to none.
“This is an important new contract for De Montfort University andwe’re delighted to have this opportunity of working with such amajor player in the global restaurant market.”
The hard work of all staff involved, especially the Business DevelopmentManagers and the programme leader Alison Bragg has enabled the facultyto further expand its range of high quality courses.
Coup for Business School as restaurant giantsigns up for degree deal
Katie MacLachlan, a final year student on the Business and Marketing degree programme, has been busy fundraising with the universitySwimming and Triathlon Team, including a 15 hour bicycle ride. She has raised over £152,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support over a fourmonth period. Another achievement was taking part in a half marathon, in memory of a friend, given that Katie could not run to the end ofthe street when she started her training!
Katie cycles to success!
A company that forms part of theworld’s biggest restaurant group willbe sending its managers to theBusiness School from January 2013.
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Leicester De Montfort Law School has hosted the 2012 annualconference for the Socio-Legal Studies Association. This prestigiousinternational event took place over the Easter vacation in the HughAston building utilising the leading-edge facilities and was a hugesuccess attracting nearly 300 legal academics from universitiesthroughout the EU as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand,Malaysia, Nigeria, India, and Japan. This was the second time thatthe Law School has hosted the SLSA Conference in recent years,something that no other university has done previously.
Law Schoolhosts prestigiousinternational conference
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has granted Dual Award status to keymarketing programmes within the Faculty. The Dual Awards initiative rewards successfulstudents on approved marketing programmes with exemptions from two out of the fourmodules on the CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing. DMU becomes one of only 25universities to offer the Dual Award. This is a tremendous boost to students looking toadd value and enhancement on their CV.
Leicester Business School gainsdual award for Marketing
The following members of the Faculty have been presented with VC’s Distinguished Teaching Awards in recognition of their teachingexcellence this year:
Andre Naidoo – School of LawAaron Toogood – Department of Accounting and FinanceNatalia Vershinina – Department of Strategic Management and Marketing
Faculty Staff recognised for their distinguished teaching
Visit Opportunities and Open Days:If you have already applied for an undergraduate business or lawprogramme there are visit opportunities in March and April that will becommunicated to you by our Admissions team.
If you are a prospective undergraduate student, and have not yetapplied you can visit us on one of our University Wide Open Daysbeing held throughout the year. Our open days will be taking placeon the following dates, between 9.30am–3pm:
• Saturday 15 June• Saturday 28 September• Saturday 19 October• Saturday 16 November
To book or gain further details please logon at dmu.ac.uk/opendaysPostgraduate and Professional open evenings are also being heldthroughout the year, to learn more about our postgraduate eventsplease logon at dmu.ac.uk/pg
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Top employers pick graduateswho worked during studiesIn the current economic climate it is becomingmore important than ever for graduates to leavewith an enhanced CV and work skills to competethe competitive job market and our Work-BasedLearning Unit (WBLU) has once again had afantastic year with current students being placedin a wide range of companies.
Suhailah Noormahomed, a Business Management and Economicsstudent conducted her placement at HM Treasury in London,working as a Policy Analyst working on high profile cases such asthe Public Service Pensions review, The Autumn Statement and theBudget. She commented: “This (placement) allowed me to applythe knowledge I have acquired at DMU about economics intoreal world situations, whilst receiving the support from mymanagers and all the other teams I worked with, and I cantruly say it has been an amazing year living in London. Irecommend everyone to do a placement because I learnedso much from it, built up many contacts and had the pleasureto meet/work with other students on placement. The bestpart about doing my placement was that I got to visit Number11 Downing Street and met with The Chancellor of theExchequer, George Osborne.”
Another student, Gana Alampalle, worked at IBM as a Defence andSecurity Analyst and had the opportunity to meet former Secretaryof State for work and pensions David Blunkett, in addition toorganising an event at the Emirates Stadium. Gana commented “awork placement will develop your interpersonal and teamworkskills and make you a more well-rounded and focusedindividual when coming back for the all important final year.”
Once again a great year for our students in industry and testamentto the work our WBLU team undertake to successful enhance ourgraduates success in the workplace.
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