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Alumni weekend to celebrate the opening of the new facilities

On Saturday 15th May, the Dean Professor Arthur Francis welcomed over 30 alumni and students the school's first Alumni weekend. The weekend was a great success and feedback from alumni and students has been very positive.

"I just wanted to say thank you again. I had a great weekend", John Fisher, MBA 2008

"I thought Saturday`s content was excellent and I had a very enjoyable, interesting and useful day. I would recommend future such events to other alumni", Paul Birch MBA 1991

Thanks to you and colleagues for putting together the Alumni weekend. It was good to see you and I got a lot from John Elkington's presentation. I was really impressed at the evolution the school has been through over the last couple of years. It really has a feeling of prestige about it which is brilliant! Simon Lane MBA 2002

"Thank you for organizing an excellent first Alumni Weekend. I think it was truly a success and can only grow from this initial strong foundation event", Andrew Dalziel, MBA 2004

"a top-notch event", John Shaw MBA student

"I really enjoyed the Alumni event on Saturday. I found the sessions I attended interesting and engaging. I think what I valued most of all was the opportunity to learn about what happens in different areas of current management thinking. Too often I think we become so focused on our own areas or disciplines, to the point that we miss opportunities to see things from another perspective. The hour-long sessions were ideal for building some knowledge, refreshing my thinking and generally finding out about things I wouldn't normally know how to starting exploring", Dr Rob Wapshott PhD 2008

"Just quick notes to say thank you for all your time in arranging and managing last weekend. Everyone I spoke to who attended really enjoyed it and found it really useful. I really thought it was a great success", Karsten Naylor MBA 2008

John Elkington gave the key note speech on Saturday, The Phoenix Economy - key drivers towards addressing the most pressing global challenges.

View his presentation (Powerpoint) | Watch video of the speech (Real)

Alumni weekend picture 1

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During the day CPD sessions were delivered by academic faculty.

View details of their presentations (including slides and MP3 recordings)

On Saturday evening there was an alumni dinner at Heaton Mount, several alumni then moved on into the city centre to relive their student life!

Alumni weekend dinner picture 1

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On Sunday morning alumnus Adrian Nixon ran a session on The Future: A Users Guide Strategic Trends 2010 -2030.

Listen to the audio (MP3 - 2:14:00)

Alumni weekend - Adrian Nixon presentation 1

Alumni weekend - Adrian Nixon presentation 2

Alumni then took the opportunity to discuss what services, events they would like to see offered by the school and how they could work more closely with the school. View the minutes of the meeting (Word), if you would like to add to this discussion please email alumni.mgt@bradford.ac.uk

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