Here at the University of Bristol our students can benefit from working with our Professional Liaison Network (PLN) to find opportunities for work experience. We found out more about student Ali’s recent experience on his work placement with Fortil UK, a consulting firm specialising in engineering.
Category: Students
How to Lead in a Crisis
The overall focus for leaders in a crisis should be to create organisational resilience. Covid-19 is an unpredictable environment in which organisations look not only to survive but thrive.
We asked our Head of School, Professor Palie Smart, to provide her top 5 tips for those leading in a crisis.
School of Management Highlights of 2020
There’s no question that 2020 has been a year like no other. With everything it’s thrown at all of us, we thought we’d take a minute to reflect on a few of the things we’re proud to have achieved.
What’s your Favourite Christmas Advert?
It’s December, and that can only mean one thing…our TVs are filled with new Christmas adverts! (Okay, we know we’ve been watching them since September). We asked some of our marketing academics to share their favourite Christmas adverts and why they enjoy them so much.
One of the most anticipated Christmas advert every year is probably the John Lewis ad. And we’ve got two in our favourite Christmas ads list!
Be a better leader with our MSc Strategy, Change and Leadership!
Across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, today’s leaders are facing the most challenging operating circumstances for generations. In this landscape of global uncertainty, leaner workforces, budget cuts, and reliance upon digital communications and the competencies needed to lead organisations successfully have shifted. Leaders now need to be skilled at crisis management, dealing with uncertainty and high-level strategic leadership.
MSc Management student, Luyu Yang, talks about her time at Bristol
We chatted to MSc Management student, Luyu Yang to find out more about why she chose to come to the UK, and particularly Bristol, for her Masters degree.
IDM Dissertation Award Winner!
For my dissertation, I researched how young women perceive gender and the female body within the marketing of sanitary products. My passion for studying this topic predominantly stemmed from personal frustrations with constant patriarchal standards women are forced to meet within marketing standards.
However, it also grew from previous feminist studies covered in the courses, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, and Organisation Theory.
Bristol’s Top 5 Quirky Places to Eat
There are so many places to eat in Bristol, we’ve narrowed it down to our top 5 unusual places for you to try out and enjoy.
Top 5 Things to do (and see) in Bristol!
If you’re new to Bristol, or haven’t visited yet, here’s a selection of our favourite things you can do, see, eat, drink and visit when you’re here! We hope you love Bristol as much as we do.