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 >

‘Overwhelming array of talent showcased – 35 student enterprises faced a nail biting competition to face the panel of six Lions’ It set out to be the most exciting and innovative University wide competition to take place at Newcastle University and did not disappoint! The first annual NU Lions’ Den event took place on Wednesday the 24th of April at Venue downstairs in the Student Union, with 35 Student enterprises battling it out for the prize awards of £5000. Over 300 people attended the event including its sponsors, influential local business people and the wider public; each individual member of More >

Final year really allows little time to do all the things that once  seemed so important to me.  Lie-in’s every day of the week have become a distant memory.  Going out 3 times a week has turned into one.  School nights are rare and as of now, very strictly off the cards.  Casual drinks on Osborne road are a thing of the past.  Now I’m about to enter my final month of higher education and I really couldn’t be happier.  Not only have I almost completed the DREADED (I mean that) dissertation, with only two exams and two assignments between More >

  The weight of imposing joblessness is finally over… I’ve been offered a graduate job!   Come September I’ll be starting my first day on the Vodafone discover graduate scheme. Vodafone have amassed around 403 million customers since the first ever mobile phone call was made on January 1st 1985 and is now the seventh most valuable brand in the world. They operate in 30 countries and partner with networks in over 50 more. They currently sponsor the McLaren F1 team (although that partnership ends this season) and London Fashion Week. Pretty cool, right?   The programme involves first working More >

Hey loyal readers, I’m back! It’s been almost half a year since I wrote my last post on here and much has changed since then. I’m no longer enjoying the challenges and rewards of the daily grind of placement employment, I’m now nearing the end of the final year tunnel. Stressed? Yes. Dreading dissertation deadline? Check. Running out of money? Ohhh yes. But the main thing I’m going to write this blog about is finding the balance between job hunting and degree work. First of all, finding a graduate job is hard. Really hard. In fact, it’s much harder than I 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 >

One thing that definitely does not change with culture is the ´Friday feeling´!  Upon entering the office ´Rebecca Black: It´s Friday Friday´ was being played!  A ritual that apparently happens every Friday!  But work does still continue and Friday, my final day at work, was definitely the busiest! Fernanda, the Senior Director of Linhas Comunicacao, left for London on Tuesday night.  Before leaving I had a meeting with her to discuss the project for the Planet Earth Institute I would work on during my time here.  I was asked to draw up a marketing plan for the Planet Earth Institute 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 >

After a sleep deprived night, this morning I decided I was looking forward to becoming a student again come September – ah to have the flexibility of waking up whenever and doing whatever.  I then got into work and remembered that my morning thoughts were silly, as I do actually enjoy working.  I enjoy the responsibility, the pressure and I especially enjoy the days where you’re so busy that sitting down becomes a distant memory.  Despite these thoughts, ‘the fear’ still came; the dawning realisation that in 12 months I will be on the verge of been thrown into the More >

Hello my name is Henry and this is my first post. As an introduction I want to tell you something about my experience in Newcastle so far. Of course, I could point out how great everything is and how I love especially Newcastle. But I won’t. I want to give you a real insight into how studying at the Newcastle University Business School ‘feels’ like. In the first year we have all our lectures in the Armstrong Building on campus. Not only is it a very stunning and historic building, it is moreover completely redone on the first floor. Inside More >