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Anna shares why she stayed at BU to study her Master’s

This is a guest blog by Anna Crompton, BA (Hons) Business Studies with Finance and MSc International Accounting & Finance student at BU. Anna shares insight about her courses, and her reasons for choosing to study at BU for her Master’s degree. I chose to study BA (Hons) Business Studies with Finance at BU for three… Read more » about Anna shares why she stayed at BU to study her Master’s

From Bournemouth to New York: My IBM Placement Experience

Stephen tells us how his BU placement year has landed him a job after university… Sitting in the IBM auditorium in the North Harbour, Portsmouth office, I was completely unaware of what would come of the next 12 months. I’d just finished my exams the week before, and now I was being inducted as a… Read more » about From Bournemouth to New York: My IBM Placement Experience

Students compete in Project Management Challenge

For the eighth consecutive year, Business Studies Project Management students are competing in the Project Challenge organised by the Wessex branch of the Association for Project Management (APM).  BU took three teams to present their project ideas to a panel of APM judges, along with teams from Southampton University and two teams of apprentices from… Read more » about Students compete in Project Management Challenge

BU Business Studies graduate wins prize from Condor Ferries

A recent BA (Hons) Business Studies with Finance graduate has received a student prize from Condor Ferries for the best assignment looking into greenhouse gases. Christina, who collected her £500 award at her graduation ceremony in November, received the prize for her assignment looking into the measuring and reporting of greenhouse gases. She said: “The assignment… Read more » about BU Business Studies graduate wins prize from Condor Ferries

“Rise to” challenge – winning a national enterprise competition

By Glebs Kiselovs BA (Hons) Business Studies, Year 1 This year for me one of the most exciting experiences was participation in the “Rise To” challenge. Together with four BU students (Lauren England – Business School, Jana Sirica – School of Tourism, Mark Trubetskoy and Aleksandrs Pereverzevs – Media School) we had to run a… Read more » about “Rise to” challenge – winning a national enterprise competition