As I reach halfway I have suddenly realised how quickly my placement year is moving along. I’m looking forward to the next 3 months for the latter end of my placement. I’ve begun ongoing shadowing opportunities int he office within the areas of Global Logistics, Business Partners and Supply Chain. Everyone in the office is […]
Read More What I have learned from my placement so far – Laura ConchieOur LUMS Undergraduate Careers Manager Matthew Howard has put together some ‘Top Reads’ for anyone looking for a placement or career. 1. Designing – Bill Burnett & Dave Evans In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how to design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, […]
Read More Recommended Reads: CareersHello, I’m Shannon McCaul a BA Advertising and Marketing placement student working for Communications International Group in London. This is my second blog on working life in London. This time I am going to talk about being away from university and the contrast between working and student life. In my last blog, I mentioned how […]
Read More Working life in London – Shannon McCaulOur financial careers coach, Paul McCormick, has put together some ‘Top Reads’ for anyone interested in a financial career path. 1. Flash Boys, Michael Lewis – One of Michael Lewis’s epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye – and […]
Read More Recommended Reads: Targeting a financial careerTogether with James, Sarah and our faculty champion Gerasimos, we got the chance to represent Lancaster University at the 2019 Silicon Valley meetup for the University Innovation Fellows. We got to hear from incredibly inspiring speakers and take part in thought-provoking sessions at Google, Stanford University and Microsoft. Along with 300 fellows from all over […]
Read More The most inspiring weekend of my life – Anna Schaefer (University Innovation Fellows)Trying to get an industrial placement is a challenging, yet highly rewarding journey that many students at LUMS will choose to go on during the course of their studies. The first step in this journey is, of course, doing your research and submitting some applications. Once you’ve successfully completed this stage – and congratulations if […]
Read More Placement Search – Lewis NicholasPursuing a master’s degree while raising a baby, at the same time, might sound like a crazy idea. On top of this, choosing a university that is a thousand miles away from your home country, could be seen as even more of a challenge. Nonetheless, I decided to do it anyway. In September 2017, I […]
Read More Pursuing a master’s degree with a baby – Guest Blog by JuwairiyyahTowards the end of 2018 Peter Lenney met me in the hub area, of the Management School, and in his usual impactful and motivational way he challenged me to increase the experiential nature of, The Entrepreneurial Challenge. I was taking over this module from Magnus George, who is already known for his great teaching and […]
Read More The MBA Entrepreneurial Challenge 2018/19 – Guest Blog Dr Ian Gordon