Educational visit to Landrover & Cadbury

Business students had an action packed day visiting Landrover and Cadbury, Birmingham.

After an early start our students were taken into the heart of a world leading vehicle manufacturer. Students had a tour of the factory from guides with a combined experience of over 75 years of work at Landrover. They were taken around the 300 acre site and witnessed the 90 second process times for each part of the vehicles. The saw the robots, welding and final car assembly. The guides were excellent and gave the students an overview of the business and how one individual can effect the profit and success of the whole production line. The guides also gave students details of the £700, 000, 000 that Tata are making to the site.

To see what the students toured watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtiAWxTkd10

We then drove to Cadbury where students toured the packaging factory and could sample many forms of Cadbury chocolate. Our day finished with an informative talk for our students from a business manager who tailored his talk to the countries of our students. He gave an overview of Cadbury, the recent changes and how Cadbury features in the global market with Kraft food.

The day's details can be found here: http://www.bxlworks.org.uk/images/stories/PDFs/secondaryprograms/may2011/cw%20landroverf.pdf

Pictures can be found in our gallery.

Futures at the University of Central Lancashire

Today students received a talk from The University of Central Lancashire's Enterprise Champion, she informed students of how they can be supported in starting their own businesses with:

- Futures http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/futures/index.php
- Northern Lights http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/northern_lights/index.php

This talk formed part of our students academic course and their pastoral programme.

Entrepreneurs Live at Manchester

Our Undergraduate Foundation Programme and International Diploma students visited Manchester for a fantastic day of business. Successful entrepreneurs spoke to our students to let them know what doing business is really like.

More about the event can be found here.

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Engaging Business Focus Group Simulation

Business pathway students took part in a mock focus group activity using chocolate biscuits as part of their market research topic in their UFP business course.

Check out the photo here.

Bonfire Night Lancaster Visit

Students witnessed the Lancaster Fireworks Spectacle from St George's Quay, Lancaster on a crisp, cold and clear November Night. The students looked up from the Quayside to the display which was set off from the historic Lancaster Castle, where a castle has stood since the 1100's. Visit http://www.lancastercastle.com for more information about the castle.

To find out more about the history of the 5th November visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_robinson_01.shtml

You can see a video of the fireworks finale here.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Some students are attending the University of Central Lancashire's Duke of Edinburgh's Award Society meeting this week.

Our students have a chance to achieve the internationally recognised award which is recognised by many employers as a significant achievement.

Students who do the award take part in volunteering, learning a skills, playing a sport and plan and work as a team during a self sufficient expedition in wild country.

To find out more see http://www.dofe.org/

Volunteering Event for Students

Our students can attend a volunteering fair, held at the Students' Union on Wednesday 9th November (11 am - 3pm).

They will have the opportunity to gain valuable employment advice and find out about volunteering opportunities from more than 25 leading employers.

The event is organised by The University of Central Lancashire's futures centre which provides award wining careers advice to students and start-up businesses.

Award winning staff give industry talk on motivation for students

Tonight many of our students are attending a lecture by the Human Resources Director or Blackpool Flyde and Wyre National Health Service Foundation Trust.

Students will get the opportunity to link theory to practice and network with other staff and business people as Nick provides an insight into what led to their recognition and success.

The NHS trust has won awards for how they have managed motivation through policy, strategy and structural change which has occurred in the last few years.

The event is organised by The Chartered Management Institute and The University of Central Lancashire.

Alumni students give advice and share their successes with current students

Today alumni students from our FoundationCampus shared their experiences with our current students. The students are now in the second year of their degree at The University of Central Lancashire's Business School and are studying BA (Hons) International Business and Management and Business Studies BA (Hons).

They mentioned how much they enjoyed the supportive, social environment of our campus. Florence said that she made her best friends her at UCLan FouncationCampus. Thisari mentioned that the support he gained in making presentations helped him achieve in his first year at University and he is more confident in going onto employment. He has secured a year long industry placement at Disneyland.

Our alumni gave useful advice: to manage your time effectively, to use the library and get involved in volunteering activities.

You can view the pictures here.

Employability workshop in Manchester for Chinese students

This weekend many of our Chinese students will be attending an exciting employability workshop at The University of Manchester.

The sessions have been organised by the education section of the British Embassy.

World leading employers including Microsoft, Nokia, Nestle and Deloitte will be giving students an insight into opportunities in China and how to get ahead of competition.

Induction Week

The first week of term has been as exciting as usual.  We have had 70 new students arrive and there have been 3 trips already:  Bowling, Blackpool (with fish and chips) and the Trafford Centre in Manchester for shopping.  It is not always fun in induction week of course - students have also registered with the university, had talks from the Police and the Fire Service, been introduced to their course leaders and learnt about their visa responsibilities.  If you have any questions about the content of our induction week or what students should do before they arrive - just send an email.

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