The successful placements and internships undertaken by Faculty of Management students last year were celebrated at the recent Employability Awards.
These awards highlight the exceptional contributions our students make to their placement companies, as well as the significant personal and professional development they undertake during their placement year.
The awards are聽part of the faculty鈥檚 Student Talent Employability Engagement Programme (STEEP), a career-focused programme designed to develop students employability skills through workshops and events with the aim of helping students secure a placement or graduate role for their industry.
Dr Philip Ryland, Associate Dean for Student Experience in the faculty,聽and Chair of the awards panel, said: 鈥淭he Awards judging panel was enormously impressed by the quality of many of the submissions this year and narrowing down the field of submissions for each award has proved to be a difficult task. However, we managed it and we are really proud of their聽achievements.鈥�
Overall winners for the six categories were:
- Outstanding Contribution Award: Gemma Griffin, IBM, BA (Hons) Business Studies with Economics
- Citizenship Award: Louis Burr, Brioche Pasquier UK, BSc (Hons) Marketing
- Financial Impact Award: Lauren Keen, Story Events Limited, BA (Hons) Events Management
- Global Engagement Award: Kristian Landmark, Samsung Electronics Europe, BA (Hons) Business Studies with Operations and Project Management
- Innovation Award: Michael Sanders, Eli Lilly and Company, BA (Hons) Business Studies with Marketing
- Service Excellence Award: Oban Chautard, Edenred Espa帽a, BA (Hons) Finance and Business
Innovation Award winner Michael said: 鈥淗earing about the incredible innovations BU students achieved whilst on placements was astounding. Therefore, I was both surprised聽and incredibly proud to win the overall award for innovation. Finding new ways of changing practices to help save our planet聽is critical, and聽winning this award further encourages me to keep working and innovating in this field.鈥�
Reflecting on his Global Engagement Award, Kristian said: 鈥淩eceiving the award was a very proud moment for me, and a moment I was happy to share with many of the students and staff I have worked with during my time at BU. Well done to all the students who received their well-deserved awards.鈥�
聽offers workshops, developed by programme leaders and industry experts, that concentrate on the key skills needed when applying for work, inspiring, challenging and building confidence and industry knowledge in those who take part.
Visit our website for more information about聽聽as well as聽, open to all BU students - students on the STEEP programme can use their work towards聽the聽.
