NU Biz School Student Blog

Almost 4 years spent in higher education and besides being super confident in my ability to reference Harvard Style by now, I’ve learned at least one other key thing too: uni isn’t just about studying! As my other fellow bloggers have advised, building on your CV is crucial nowadays as employers are expecting graduates to be some sort of super humans…Scary! Not taking the super human route, but the do-a-little-bit-of-everything route, throughout uni I tried to turn most of my hobbies into rewarding extra-curricular stuff that I could include in my CV. This was fun and didn’t seem like hard More >

A couple of months ago having spoken with my line manager we decided that it would be a good idea for me to attend some other regional events as a “mystery shopper” to try and get some hints and tips on how to improve events. However, Olympic fever has taken over the nation and it seems that a lot of people are more interested in going on holiday than putting on events – shocking! However, I did manage to find one event – ‘The Curious Case of’ at the Great North Museum: Hancock. The event was described as aiming to More >

9 months down and only 6 weeks of work left.  I seriously can’t believe how quick this year has gone.  I remember waking up on my first day of work and panicking about what to wear, what people in the office would be like, what working life would be like (as a true student, this was my first time full time job).  My placement so far has not been what I expected – it has surpassed my expectations in every single way.  I have one piece of advice for prospective students: do a placement and you won’t regret it.  This More >

My events experience continued last Thursday night as I attended the Will King (founder of the King of Shaves) event in the Business School. The talk revealed how his male-grooming brand continues to challenge market leaders Gillette, some of the lessons he has learnt through his time in business (including the importance of keeping your eye out for opportunities outside of your central business. For example, Will mentioned that when the Internet was still in its ascendancy he purchased the domain name shave.com for $75, and last year turned down an offer of $2million) and the King of Shaves  company More >

The time has arrived – Team Newcastle have finished the SEAT Brand Challenge and handed in their videos! April was extremely busy for everyone involved in the project. There have been thousands of comments exchanged on the SEAT Facebook groups (yes two groups, the first started to shut down due to overuse…), many, many hours spent in meeting rooms discussing ideas, countless late nights trying to organise last minute video details, and an unbelievable amount of stress, but it’s all over now. We handed in our four videos for SEAT to have a look at and see if they want to More >

In all honesty, I had no idea what to expect when I first applied for the position of Global Experience Officer. I did, however, think that ‘global’ would be great on my CV.  In the month I had to prepare for my placement, I could never really deduce what the job description meant.  Technically, I work closely with the Head of International Relations and Placements Officer to support the development of high quality student experience initiatives (internationally, nationally and regionally) via research and promotion, as well as assisting with the promotion and operationalization of mobility agreements with partner institutes.  But, More >

With all the emails jumping on my inbox unread list, you don’t really need to check the timetable to realize that the new semester has started. Here it comes, the final part of student life before obtaining my degree paper in July. But somehow I feel everyone I met in the lecture hall in the first day after such a long holiday is different now. There are ones who has already got everything arranged after the final exam while to many others, I guess, are still trying to sort out the direction they want to head towards. Career is a More >

“We want you to think ‘size, scale and impact’ in order to produce something truly amazing. Whether it be a digital campaign, a short video clip or even an iPad App, we’re hoping to receive work that is so brilliant, we are compelled to show it in Cinema, on TV, projected onto the side of a building or released into the digital world. To be totally honest, the possibilities are endless so be innovative, relevant and think BIG!” If your initial reaction to this brief was ‘what on Earth is that supposed to mean!?’ followed by repeat readings with the More >