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Mr Dikaios on Georgian 1TV Channel
During his visit to Georgia, Mr. Gregory Dikaios was invited to give a TV interview to the Business Contract programme on 1TV Channel of Georgia. Mr. Gregory Dikaios, the Director of Recruitment, had the opportunity to present the University of Sheffield International Faculty CITY College and to announce the launch of the Executive MBA programme that the International Faculty will offer in Tbilisi, starting in autumn 2017.
16/03/2017
P&I Company presentation for our Computer Science students
On Tuesday, 7th of March, one of the biggest and renowned companies in the HR software industry in Europe, P&I AG, gave a presentation at our university. P&I AG representatives, P&I Greece CEO, Mr. Ioannis Tsilimbaris and Ryan Brandon P&I Technical Director shared with our Computer Science undergraduate and postgraduate students a huge wealth of knowledge. After the short presentation made by Mr. Tsilimbaris, Mr Brendan shared with our students the essential elements, which differentiate P&I form other German and international companies. Eventually, both of the guest lecturers talked about the goals and future plans of the company, which include setting up a data development center in the capital and largest city of Epirus, Ioannina, by 1st of April, 2017, and evaluating and hiring over 100 new developers by the year of 2019. Systematic innovations and further developments in the product and service area, are key characteristics, which secure P&I’s high-ranked position in the market. Today, P&I is an impulse initiator for more than 15,000 European customers, large computer centers, as well as international HR service providers. P&I offers a revolutionary HR system that improves the complex processes of modern personnel management on a sustained basis. Nevertheless, it is worth mentioning that the company with 13 different locations and 399 employees, occupies 63rd place in European software vendors in 2016, and 10th place in Germany overall. Overall, our students were very excited about the presentation. The event concluded with the Q&A session between students and guest lecturers.
16/03/2017
Congratulations to Mr. Rousis on receiving an MPhil Award
Congratulations to Mr. Konstantinos Rousis on receiving an MPhil in Disciplined Exploitation of Emergent Properties from the University of Sheffield. Mr. Rousis’ research was supervised by Dr George Eleftherakis, Reader at the International Faculty’s Computer Science Department and Dr Tony Cowling, Senior Lecturer at the Computer Science Department of the University of Sheffield. “Pursuing a postgraduate research degree can be very challenging but at the same time it is highly rewarding. I am thankful for the opportunity to conduct research in such a prestigious institution, alongside people I respect both academically and personally. Although, at times, there can be a gap between industry and academia, I feel that the skills I acquired during my research are largely applicable to my everyday work; from software engineering to various aspects of management. SEERC and The University of Sheffield provide an ideal environment for such an endeavour and I am very thankful for all the support I have received during my undergraduate and postgraduate studies from all the academic and administrative staff” said Mr. Rousis. Mr. Rousis study investigated alternative approaches to coping with levels of complexity of digital systems. The focus was on implicit engineering techniques which could lead to complex global-level behaviors by focusing solely on the local, or individual, level. This is commonly referred to as emergence in the fields of complex and multi-agent systems and it was the main theme of his work, along with techniques on designing biologically-inspired artificial distributed networks. Mr Rousis holds a BSc in Computer Science by CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield. Currently, he is co-leading the development efforts at Samedi GmbH, in Berlin, Germany. Samedi GmbH is an international player in the e-health sector with thousands of hospitals, clinics, and other medical providers relying on its software in order to conduct their day to day business. Congratulations to Mr. Rousis. We wish him success in his future endeavors.
16/03/2017
A successful Hotel and Hospitality Conference at the International Faculty
More than 100 participants gathered to attend a rather successful conference on ‘Hotel and Hospitality Management’ organised by CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield in Thessaloniki. The one-day conference took place on Friday, 10 March 2017at the Auditorium of CITY College and was organized by the Business Administration & Economics Department. Entitled ‘Challenges and opportunities in the Tourism Sector: The road ahead’ the event aimed at addressing issues and facilitating views exchange concerning future prospects of Tourism in Greece. Dr Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Head of the Business Administration and Economics Dept. and Mr. Vassilis Tsoulis, Director of the Career Enterprise and Employability Centre opened the event by welcoming all guests. Divided in two panels – a. From city hotels to new BNB concepts and b. New age concepts & services – the conference featured a series of successful and unique cases of products or services within the sector of Tourism. Invited speakers were: Mr. Alexandros Karapatoglou, Owner, The Caravan Ms. Chrysa Faki, Marketing Manager, Polis Apartments Ms Lialina Natalia, Owner, Urban Donkey Mr Panos Remoundos, Representative of Easybnb in Thessaloniki Ms Maria Tryfinopoulou and Ms Nikolina Manoli, Owners, Dot2Dot and Ms Tania Vlahomitrou, Owner, In the loop All guest speakers presented the company they represented, their vision and strategy agreeing that, despite all difficulties, there is room for fresh ideas and new entrepreneurs within the Tourism sector, noting that there is development and growth potential within the hospitality industry. The conference brought together many professionals and entrepreneurs as well as university students who were particularly interested in the insightful presentations and the discussion generated at the closing Q&A session. More photos from the event
15/03/2017
ELT Methodology Seminar: 'Lesson Planning for Creative Teaching'
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 FREE ENTRANCE Seminar Overview (PDF) Online Participation Form Join and share! Information: T: +30 2310 224421 E: amarazi@citycollege.sheffield.eu
14/03/2017
Prof. Ketikidis appointed WBAF Commissioner for Greece
During the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) 2017 that this year took place 13-14 February in Istanbul, Turkey, Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis, Vice Principal of the International Faculty, CITY College and Chairman of SEERC, was appointed as WBAF Commissioner for Greece. The WBAF honors individuals who have evidently showed their commitment to furthering early-stage investment markets by offering to key individuals the role of WBAF Commissioner. Becoming a WBAF Commissioner includes embracing certain duties that are designed to serve WBAF members and the global community. Combining regular contributions from many self-motivated WBAF Commissioners around the world means that all forum members benefit from shared knowledge, better networking and increased exposure. The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) 2017 brought key players of all markets together to discuss the benefits and challenges for the angel investment community in achieving successful growth for their businesses. More than 90% of the early-stage investments in Europe come from angel investor capital. Congratulations to Prof.Ketikidis and best success in his recently assumed new role within WBAF! A few words about WBAF The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) is an international organisation aiming to ease access to finance for businesses from start-up to scale-up, with the ultimate goal of generating more jobs and more social justice worldwide. It is committed to collaborating globally to empower world economic development by creating innovative financial instruments for innovators, start-ups, and SMEs. The Forum interacts with leaders in all areas of society, first and foremost in business and political spheres, to help assess needs and establish goals, bearing in mind that the public interest is of paramount importance. We engage a wide range of institutions – public and private, local and international, commercial and academic – to help shape the global agenda.
13/03/2017
Dr Dimitriadis at Dubai Lynx, the biggest advertising event in the Middle East
Dr Nikolaos Dimitriadis, Development Director of our Executive Development Institute (EDI), gave an inspirational keynote speech at Dubai Lynx, the leading creative advertising Festival in the Middle East and North Africa and one of the biggest in the world! The event took place at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, from 5-7 March. Dr Dimitriadis joined the event together with distinguished speakers from around the world with a presentation on ‘Empathy: The missing link in effective creativity’. During his speech he emphasized the need for the creative advertising industry to bring forward and embrace the value of empathy’ in order to build trust and reinforce people’s engagement. Dr Dimitriadis’ participation in this event was extremely important and as it was the first time for the Intenational Faculty to participate in an event in the Middle East with such impact and it also comes in line with our mission for knowledge-sharing at an international level, extroversion and outreach.
13/03/2017
'Tips and Techniques to Publish your Research' by Prof. Kefalas
Tuesday, 14 March 2017 Summary Summary During the pursue for a higher degree, students often face the challenge to publish their work in workshops, conferences and journals. The aim of this seminar is to discuss tips and techniques on how UG, PGT students and PhD candidates can be successful on publishing papers. We will go through the cycle for publishing and the numerous decisions that need to be taken. The seminar will not be discipline specific but will focus on issues that an inexperienced researcher tend to neglect, such as suitability of work to fora, scientific context, contribution and self-evaluation, clarity, structure, presentation, guidelines, to name a few. During the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussing their views on publishable research of scientific papers. Information: T: +30 2310 224421 E: amarazi@citycollege.sheffield.eu
10/03/2017
Finance Club event: "Forex Exchange Markets and How they work"
13 March 2017
10/03/2017
CITY College Finance Club Agenda
10/03/2017
"INFINITY" Club - Google Forms Seminar
10/03/2017
Orphanage Charity by Marketing Club students
Students of the Marketing Club CMC of CITY College successfully organized a charity to collect funds and items in need for the orphanage "Agios Stylianos". "Agios Stylianos" is located in Thessaloniki and accommodates 30 children. Through the Christmas T-Shirt selling event and the XMAS charity party co-organised in collaboration with CSU, students of the Marketing Club managed to collect a considerable amount of money which was donated to an organised institution of our community. "We are very touched that we helped put smiles on the children's faces, as we were able to supply them with toys and goods that they are in need. We really hope that the future will hold many more actions like this,providing help to those in need. The Marketing Club, will continue with great joy to actively support organizations like this." said students of the Marketing Club. As civic engagement and volunteering is part of CITY College's mission and Identity, we encourage students to engage in such activities and are truly proud of their qualities and achievements.
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