Issue 12 (Summer 2011) - Cardiff Business School - Cardiff University

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Welcome
Planning for the future
It is a challenging time for higher education institutions in the UK,
not least because of cuts to Government funding and the
corresponding rise in tuition fees. In order to survive, business
schools need to adapt and develop – they need to continue to prove
their relevance to organisations in the private and public sectors by
providing the very best in educational programmes respectively.
Here at Cardiff we remain a very popular choice for students at
undergraduate and postgraduate level. We moved into the
Aberconway Building in 1987 and have been growing ever since. As
we approach our 25th anniversary, we find ourselves needing to
develop our estate in order to provide the best possible education
experience. I am therefore delighted to announce our intention to
build the Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Centre, a £10.6m
investment in state-of-the-art facilities. We hope to commence this
project, subject to the planning permission required from Cardiff
City Council, later this year.
The building will provide two new Harvard-style lecture theatres
and two seminar spaces. Students will also benefit from the latest IT
study facilities, a new and larger Trading Room, and student
workspace and common rooms. It will also house our PhD students
in bespoke office accommodation.
Many of our students choose to study here because of our
reputation for research that contributes to the development of
organisations in Wales and across the globe. In this edition of
Synergy, you can read about our Centre for Local and Regional
Government Research’s work in advising the Welsh Government.
Professors Martin Kitchener and Zoe Radnor are investigating patient
safety and the implementation of ‘Lean’ in the NHS respectively.
Professor Pete Turnbull outlines our relationship with the
International Labour Organisation. Professor Costas Andriopoulos
gives tips for managing innovation, crucial to the recovery of the
economy, while Professor Helen Walker explains how committing to
sustainable procurement can improve firms’ competitive advantage.
As well as communicating our research to the wider world, we
invite experts who can share their knowledge with our students, our
alumni and our corporate partners. Our public events programme
has included talks by David Roche, President of Hotels.com, Morag
Stuart, Former Head of Procurement at Olympics 2012, and Will
Hutton, Executive Vice Chair of The Work Foundation. A summary
can be found on page 8. From autumn 2011, guest lectures will be
available to download as podcasts from our website – visit
www.cf.ac.uk/carbs for further details.
Welcome to Synergy.
Professor George Boyne, Dean
Above and below:
an artist’s drawings
of the external
perspectives of
Cardiff Business
School’s proposed
state-of-the-art
postgraduate
facilities
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