A collaboration between The Open University and Global Knowledge, a worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, has launched a new Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) for IT Service Managers
(ITSM).
The new PGC builds on Global Knowledge's Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) training curriculum with modules jointly developed by The Open University's Business School and Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology. The certificate provides students with full Open University and Global Knowledge tutor support throughout the one year course, and recognises their existing ITIL® experience. The certificate can also be counted towards a Masters in Technology Management, an MBA or other Masters level...
If you need to find new ways to develop your people, have the right executive talent in place, unlock skills and improve your organisational capability and performance then join the strategic event for global HR and talents leaders on June 14th 2012.
As the OU Business School is a Gold Sponsor of this event, all alumni of The Open University Business School are entitled to a 30% discount. Simply quote "OUBS" when booking online to...
On Wednesday 25 April at 8am The Open University Business School will be hosting the third in its series of free Breakfast Briefings for local business people. Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, a specialist in online retailing and marketing, will explore how digital marketing can help businesses in challenging trading conditions.
Dr Ellis-Chadwick, a senior lecturer at The Open University Business School said: “Online retailing is changing the way we shop, the things we buy and how we research for the products we want. Even though UK retailers are ahead of the game when it comes to developing successful online shopping operations there are still opportunities to improve online trading, especially in the current economic climate...
More than a third (39%) of SME owners aged over 65 still do not know when they will retire, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain(*), produced by The Open University (www.open.ac.uk/quarterly-survey) with support from ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Barclays business banking.
Half the UK’s SME owners report that they have changed their retirement and succession plans as a result of the economic...
The Open University has appointed Professor Jane Frecknall-Hughes as Head of its Law School.
An expert in taxation, Professor Frecknall-Hughes has worked as a chartered tax consultant and chartered accountant. Her academic work has been instrumental in taking tax research forward into a number of different areas from an interdisciplinary perspective, such as legal history, ethics, strategic management, international business, finance and the history and development of the tax and legal professions. Until May 2009 she was President of The Tax Research Network (TRN) and she has written articles on taxation for numerous publishers and journals.
She has taught and examined undergraduates at all levels across a wide...
Dr Kirstie Ball, Reader in Surveillance and Organisation will be delivering a public lecture entitled ‘Security and Surveillance: has it gone too far?’ on the 13th March 2012, 6.30pm at the British Library.
The lecture is part of the ‘Myths and Realities’ series of events sponsored by the British Library, the Academy of Social Sciences and the ESRC. The event will also feature a lecture by Dr Pete Fussey of the University of Essex and will be chaired by Professor Bridget Hutter of the LSE.
Tickets are £5 and can be bought on the British Library website: www.bl.uk/whatson
After this week’s ‘The Bottom Line’ on Radio 4, the founder of 99pShopper.com, Suleman Sacranie, shares his experience and gives tips to fellow entrepreneurs who want to start a business on the net. Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, a senior lecturer in retail management at The Open University Business School interviews.
Find out more and watch the video by following the link below.
Privacy and security have always had a controversial relationship. On one hand security requires the collection of information about citizens, but on the other, it can be seen as infringement of their privacy. Dr Kirstie Ball, Reader in Surveillance and Organisation at The Open University, has received funding totalling £450k to investigate whether people view surveillance and the collection of information as acceptable in return for enhanced security - commonly positioned as a trade-off.
Kirstie said: “Surveillance has many positive uses, including law enforcement and investigating criminal activity, but it can also affect human...
The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion, statistics and spin to present a clearer view of the business world, through discussion with people running leading and emerging companies. The programme is a co-production between The Open University and the BBC.
Prompted by a comment from a guest in last week's programme that Facebook could never have been created in the UK, Evan and his panel swap thoughts on why the US does so well when it comes to startups when compared to Europe. They also discuss whether a big ego helps you get on in business, or gets in the way.
Joining Evan in the studio are Anita Frew, chairman of plastics company Victrex; entrepreneur and...
The Open University has appointed Professor Rebecca Taylor as Dean of its Business School and Law School.
Professor Taylor was previously Associate Dean at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University and has extensive experience within the business education sector. She has a PhD in Economics and has directed several HEFCE-funded projects related to the development and dissemination of online teaching and learning resources for Economics and the wider Social Sciences.
Professor Taylor is also an Associate Director of the Economics Network at the University of Bristol and has worked with the Economic and Social Research Council and the Higher Education Academy on addressing the identified skills deficit...