The Bottom Line is returning with a nine-part televised series starting on Saturday 25th September. The episodes be broadcast on the BBC News channel at 21:30 and repeated on Sundays at 02:30, 15:30 and 21:30.
In the first programme host Evan Davies will be joined by prominent business leaders from the insurance and technology sectors to broadly discuss the economy in terms of public sector job losses, failure rates of private businesses and what the knock-on effects will be; and the benefits of sponsorship, particularly, how to decide which events to back and what advantages sponsorship can bring.
Guests will include:
Nani Beccalli-Falco, President & CEO of GE International
Nani was named President and Chief Executive Officer (...
Professor Gráinne Conole, of the Institute of Educational Technology at the OU, has been invited to give a keynote speech at the 24th ICDE World Conference on Open and Distance Learning which takes place in Indonesia during October 2011.
Gráinne’s keynote will be on Open Educational Resources, so will draw on her OLnet, OPAL and Learning Design work. Professor Conole announced her keynote via Twitter (@gconole), describing herself as “delighted to accept to be a keynote at ICDE … what an honour.”
The International Council for Open and Distance Education is the leading global membership organisation for the open and distance education community. It holds the prestigious international conference biannually. The 2011 conference is hosted by...
Around half (48%) of UK small businesses are using smartphones for email or to use the Internet for business purposes, with a further 9% planning to adopt the technology this year, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School, Barclays and ACCA..
In particular, the more entrepreneurial firms that want to grow even in the current economic climate are driving take-up, with some 65% of these firms using the innovative technology.
The Open University Business School's Professor Colin Gray said, "These quarterly surveys over recent years have seen a strong trend towards the increased use of new ICT and online applications by growth-minded entrepreneurial...
Around half (48%) of UK small businesses are using smartphones for email or to use the Internet for business purposes, with a further 9% planning to adopt the technology this year, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School, Barclays and ACCA..
In particular, the more entrepreneurial firms that want to grow even in the current economic climate are driving take-up, with some 65% of these firms using the innovative technology.
The Open University Business School's Professor Colin Gray said, "These quarterly...
The Open University is in the top three places for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK for student satisfaction, maintaining its position at the forefront of the National Student Survey ratings since they began in 2005. Over 30,000 OU students were surveyed – the sample size more than trebling since last year’s survey - with 93% saying they were satisfied overall with the quality of their course.
Will Swann, Director, Students at The Open University, said: “The OU places a huge emphasis on student support and course development, using the latest technologies and educational practices. I am delighted that this continual focus on the individual learning experience has meant that students continue to rate their OU experiences so highly, and that...
1 in 4 of new OU students is under 25 - 55% work full-time
A whole new generation is joining the 39% of UK students who choose to study part-time¹. Over 29,000 of Open University students are now under 25, making up 1 in 4 of all OU new undergraduates², and most work while they study with 55% of the OU’s 18-24 year old students in full-time employment³.
89% of part-time students study to further their career aims4. Younger OU students tend to be studying towards a qualification rather than for interest or as a one-off, and popular course choices among the under 25s at the OU are science, ICT and social sciences5.
Christina Lloyd, Head of Teaching and Learner Support, said: “This year, record numbers of...
The Open University's Vice-Chancellor Martin Bean is part of the delegation to arrive in India today with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The PM wants to open a new chapter in Britain's relations with its largest former colony and is being accompanied on his trip by captains of industry. As well as six cabinet ministers, the PM will be joined in Mumbai by leaders in business, science and education, culture and sports, technology and a parliamentary and local government delegation.
The Open University Business School celebrated the achievements of its students and alumni last Friday (July 18th) at the House of Commons.
The event was hosted by newly elected MP for Milton Keynes South, Iain Stewart, who described the OU as the “one institution that unites all sides of the House of Commons”.
The Dean, Professor James Fleck, said that the Business School was summed by the four ‘r’s:
- Ramp; the Business School provides access to a variety of different awards and to the ultimate accolade of the MBA
- Relevance;...
On Saturday 29th May 2010, The Bottom Line will be broadcast on BBC News Channel at 21:30, with repeats on Sunday, and also on BBC World News. This returning eight-part series is presented by Evan Davies about the business world; The Bottom Line is Radio 4's business discussion programme.
This week's guests include:
• Irwin Lee - Procter & Gamble, Vice President & Managing Director, UK and Ireland
• Matt Brittin - Managing Director, Google UK
• Thomas Flohr - founder and chairman, VistaJet
The series will televise the established economics...
Work carried out by Business School academics has been named a Highly Commended Award Winner at this year’s Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
The award will be given to a paper by Liz Daniel, Associate Dean for Research & Professor in Information Management; Devendra Kodwani, Lecturer in Finance, and PhD student Sanjukta Datta, for their paper entitled The impact of ICT-enabled offshoring announcements on share prices.
The Business School team’s paper was published in the Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
Every year Emerald invites its journals...
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