Search results
-
BGU Business Students Embrace Learning on a Global Scale
BGU Business Students Embrace Learning on a Global Scale BGU students are being given the opportunity to engage in a live international business project that will allow them to gain direct hands-on experience in working with students from around the globe. Coordinated by Chris Jackson, BGU’s Programme Lead for Team Entrepreneurship, the project will engage up to 100 students from universities in the UK, USA, Finland, Ecuador, China and Nigeria. Participants will be split into groups of ten and then issued with a business challenge by a company with a global presence. Says Chris: “This is a great opportunity for any young person to develop and test the skills and attributes they will need as they move forward into the world of work. The project will need them to come together as a team, decide for themselves how they want to address the task, establish objectives and delight the client. It’s about as real as it gets.” “Lockdown restrictions have seen us all have to adapt to new ways of working that can present challenges that haven’t been experienced before. While some people wait for a new ‘normal’ to return, the wheels of enterprise have to keep turning. We have a responsibility to make sure our learners don’t get left behind or miss out on any opportunity to explore new ways of working”. Participating students will experience many challenges, including language and cultural differences, coping with time zone disparities and having to find effective ways of communicating, not to mention any basic issues such as shyness. Each team will have access to an experienced international Team Coach. “The role of the Team Coach is neither to lead or instruct”, explained Chris. “Our role is more as a ‘guide on the side’ than ‘sage on the stage’. When learners say, ‘we don’t know what to do’, then we might simply ask them what they might do and encourage them to find alternative solutions to the problem. Of course, they might not make the ‘right’ decision first time, but we want them to become curios about the world they live in and more so discover what is ‘right’ for them”. The challenge begins in October and will run through to December, although interest is such that there are already plans to extend the initiative through 2021. The initiative is open to any student who wants to learn about teamworking and active enterprise on a global scale. For further information please contact Chris Jackson at chris.jackson@bishopg.ac.uk To find out how you can create your own successes in our collaborative learning community, visit our website, speak to a member of our Enquiries Team or join us on one of our Open Days. -
Webinars help Students create business connections and share experiences
Students on the undergraduate Business course at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) haven’t been letting the complications created by COVID-19 prevent them from meeting and working with professionals and entrepreneurs across the country. In the latest of a series of online webinars, which form part of the Business Fundamentals module, students were treated to a guest lecture and Q&A session from Norman Mayhew founding director of The Sussex Sign Company. Norman’s session explored how The Sussex Sign Company has had to develop and redefine its strategy in light of various market forces including recession, Covid, legislation and social trends. In addition Norman has also carried out sessions with 2nd and 3rd BGU students along with mentoring one of the learners on our Senior Leader Master's Degree Apprenticeship programme. Speaking after the webinar Becky Goodman, Programme Leader for Business at BGU, thanked Norman and discussed the importance of these sessions for learners: “I would like to thank Norman for giving his time to support our learners to develop a real world understanding of the current challenges facing SMEs. Project based learning is a key feature of the BA (Hons) Business at BGU and activities such as this give our learners the opportunity to acquire deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges.” Feedback has been very positive with students sharing their enjoyment at being able to learn from and talk to a business owner who is dealing with the current crisis impacting businesses and that this has brought what they have learnt in lectures regarding strategy development and implementation to life. The BA Business is a course that prides itself on putting theory to the test and in context through an active and project based approach. Having virtual tours of organisations and their environments, and speakers coming into sessions this year is therefore just one of the ways that the programme team are keeping this ethos alive.” To find out how you can create your own successes in our collaborative learning community, visit our website, speak to a member of our Enquiries Team or join us on one of our Open Days. Alternatively, if you’re a business or entrepreneur interested in sharing your experiences with our students, please email becky.goodman@bishopg.ac.uk -
Georgina (Xiyue) Qian
Dr. Georgina Qian specialises in financial economics and longitudinal data analysis. She holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies, an MSc in International Business Economics, and a PhD in Finance. Prior to joining BGU, Georgina was an associate lecturer at the University of Lincoln. Her research interests include diversity, firm innovation, corporate finance, FinTech, the economics of innovation across developing countries, and multinationals’ innovation and technology spill overs. -
BGU Project Seeks to Help Local Businesses Succeed by Becoming Disability Confident
Bishop Grosseteste University's (BGU) Business Inspiration Project – based at BGU’s Lincolnshire Open Research and Innovation Centre (LORIC) – has worked hard with a series of key partners, including Jobcentre Plus, the Shaw Trust and East Lindsey District Council to put on an event to assist small businesses in meeting skills shortages by diversifying their workforce. Succeeding in business is your top priority. So finding the best people is essential. With unemployment at its lowest since the 1970s and skills shortages across most sectors, for many businesses recruitment is becoming ever more challenging. In East Lindsey District alone there are close to 8000 unemployed people with some form of disability. As an employer based in the region, this event is designed to help you understand what support and assistance is out there to become part of the solution to employ people with a disability who are unemployed. Being Disability Confident is about recruiting and retaining disabled people and people with health conditions for their skills and talent. By becoming Disability Confident you could discover someone your business just can’t do without. The event will provide expert advice and signposting to information available to a business, helping them to become disability aware. There will also be some inspiring talks from small and medium sized local businesses who have successfully recruited individuals with a disability, demonstrating how this has positively impacted their business. Join the Business Inspiration Team on the 9th of October to: Hear Expert Advice - What support is available to you as a business Understand how to make your business more disability aware Hear from Local Employers and Employees Learn about the Small Employer Offer including potential Small Employer Payment The event will begin at 8am at The Priory Hotel in Louth. For more information or to book your place on this event, please contact Julie Fisher on 07398 893993 or email Julie.fisher@bishopg.ac.uk. If you’d like to find out more information on how the Business Inspiration and LORIC teams can support your business visit our website or contact loric@bishopg.ac.uk. -
BG Futures Businesses pull on their Christmas jumpers for a great cause
Staff and businesses from BG Futures at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) were full of festive cheer as they joined thousands of people up and down the UK by pulling on a Christmas jumper for a great cause. The Christmas Jumper Day initiative (which raises funds for Save the Children UK to create a brighter future for children) helps bring essential food, healthcare, education, and protection to millions of children around the world who are missing out. Becky Goodman, Enterprise Development Manager, was delighted to see the BG Futures team and tenants come together in support of the charity: “Initiatives like this are incredibly important especially during the festive period so it’s been fantastic to see so many of our team and tenants support it. "A huge thank you must also go to BG Futures administrator Cassie Rainey for organising and promoting the initiative” The BG Futures team would like to extend their thanks to all that supported their event, and furthermore encourage others to donate £2 to wear their favourite Christmas jumper over the festive period. For more information on all these events and how you can get involved contact the BG Futures team at bgfutures@bishopg.ac.uk. -
International Cooperation and a Unique Way of Learning Celebrated at Business Conference
Over 100 entrepreneurs and business delegates from around the world were brought to Lincoln as Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) hosted the 4th ‘Team 4 Learning’ (T4L) event, an international conference dedicated to fostering and supporting young entrepreneurs. -
Entrepreneurial Enterprises and Start-up Advice on the Agenda at BG Futures Business Open Morning
BG Futures, the Business and Enterprise Centre at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU), opened its doors to the University’s students for a morning of start-up advice, business support and networking. -
Assisting Business Growth Event - Wednesday 14th February 2024 - The Showroom, Lincoln
Book your place here! -
Dawood Khan
Dawood Khan is a Lecturer in Marketing and Branding at Bishop Grosseteste University. He teaches undergraduate, postgraduate, and apprenticeship modules, and is actively involved in curriculum development for advanced-level courses. Prior to this, Dawood served as an Associate Lecturer at Nottingham University Business School (at the University of Nottingham), supervising MSc Marketing and Branding dissertations and mentoring students through complex research processes. Dawood has held various teaching positions at Nottingham Business School and Nottingham School of Art and Design (at Nottingham Trent University), where he delivered modules ranging from Strategic Marketing and Brand Management to Advanced Research Methods. He has also supervised dissertations for postgraduate students in fashion marketing and branding, fostering their academic and professional growth. Additionally, at Oxford Business College, he taught a broad range of courses, including Principles of Marketing and Researching Business Data taught via the University of West London curriculum. ORCID iD -
Disability Confident Workshop shows local businesses how to enhance skills and talent with a more diverse workforce
This month, the Business Inspiration Project at Bishop Grosseteste University hosted a Disability Confident workshop in Louth to help local businesses boost their skills and talent by recruiting and retaining staff with disabilities and people with health conditions. Over 50 representatives from Lincolnshire-based businesses attended the workshop, with representatives from JobCentre Plus, the Shaw Trust, Linkage College, Russon Consultancy Ltd and a range of local businesses from a number of industry sectors. Research undertaken by the Business Inspiration Project found that businesses are still unclear of what a difference an employment opportunity can make to somebody living with a disability, and how their skills can have a significant impact, particularly in a small business. The workshop aimed to challenge the current perceptions and mindset of taking on disabled employees, with talks from local businesses who have benefitted from doing just that. Information was also provided on becoming an accredited Disability Confident Employer, together with advice from the Access to Work scheme, which included details of the financial assistance available to support individual employees. Grahame Killey, Project Manager of the Business Inspiration programme, said “We were delighted to see such a positive response from local businesses in their pursuit of being fully inclusive with employment opportunities and accommodating a more diverse range of employees who can have a real impact in their business.” If you would like to hear more information on becoming a Disability Confident employer, please contact julie.fisher@bishopg.ac.uk or visit https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign The Business Inspiration Project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
Explore BGU
Browse our wide range of degree courses and find the perfect one for you.
Open days are the best way to find out what BGU has to offer.
Download your copy of our prospectus to find out more about life at BGU.