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Poster competition on real-life projects by our Computer Science students
A remarkable Poster Competition with real-life IT projects for luxury hotels of Thessaloniki took place at our main campus, where CITY College’s Computer Science students had the opportunity to present with Pecha Kucha presentations a creative series of posters. The event was organised in the frame of the unit "Decision Making with IT" led by Dr Andrew Salsbury. Mr Vassilis Tsoulis Director of the Career, Employability & Enterprise Centre of CITY College was invited to judge the presentations on his own professional experience and give valuable feedback. Mr Tsoulis also guided the students in a career move way towards where their ideas would be best applied. The event was based on presentation skills and presentation ideas. Our students were highly commented on their creativity, ideas and professional approach.
17/12/2019
Charity Event: Bake Sale
18 December 2019
17/12/2019
The Director of Career, Employability and Entrepreneurship Centre of CITY College at EU&U Conference
Mr. Vassilis Tsoulis, Director of the Career, Employability and Entrepreneurship Centre of CITY College participated in EUandU Conference, a major event for youth and employability and future trends that took place 29-30 November 2019 at Thessaloniki Port. Organised by the European Commission Representation in Greece the conference brought together distinguished speakers – among them Mr Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the European Commission and Ms Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minster for Education of Greece - with different backgrounds who discussed on stage various topics such as employability skills, career, brain-gain, entrepreneurship, mobility, start-ups and more. Mr. Tsoulis shared his views and expertise at a very lively and interactive panel on ‘Employability Skills and Career’. EUandU Conference was well attended and concluded with great success while proved a great event for the future of young people, employability and Thessaloniki!
16/12/2019
Our Library hosts MBA Consultancy Project Case Study
On 7-8 December the Library of CITY College hosted in its facilities in Thessaloniki, the 2nd year Executive MBA students, to work on their presentations for the Unit ‘Consultancy Project: Living Case Study’. Initially, a top-level manager presented to MBA students, a Case Study of an organisation and the current management issues they face. Following the presentation, EMBA students were divided into groups, each of which first met with the company representative and Mr George Efstathiadis for a debriefing session before they start their coursework. EMBA students had to work in the Library, the whole weekend to ‘solve’ the Case and submit their final report and PowerPoint Presentation that they had to give to the company. The students worked in groups using the reading and working areas of the ILC, including the Project Room, the Group Study Room, the Silent Study Room, and the Silent PC Room while finding information on the library’s electronic resources and our print and online book collections. At the end of the project working the MBA students thanked the library staff for offering the facilities and resources to accommodate their needs this weekend. The library is looking forward to next year’s MBA students, and share the experience of the Living Case Study.
16/12/2019
Company visit at the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank for our business students
A very insightful company visit to the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank was organised for our postgraduate business students by our Career, Employability & Enterprise Centre on 4 December 2019, giving our students the opportunity to get first hand information from a very important international financial institution based in Thessaloniki. Three members from the bank’s management team - namely Mr. Michalis Spanopoulos, General Counsel, Mr George Pahinis, Director Risk Management and Mr Stylianos Sousamoglou, Principal Officer, Treasury – welcomed the students, gave them a site tour and provided invaluable insight on Risk Management and Treasury. The visit took place in the context of the unit ‘Investments and Security Analysis’. Mr Konstantinos Skoutelis, Lecturer at the MSc in Finance and Banking programme accompanied the students at the company visits. About the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB), an international financial institution with headquarters in Thessaloniki, Greece, was established by Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Bank supports economic development and regional cooperation in the Black Sea Region through trade and project finance lending, guarantees, and equity participation in private enterprises and public entities in the member countries.
16/12/2019
The English Studies Department Subverts Genres
The final Personal and Professional Development seminar of the Autumn semester that took place on Tuesday, 10th December combined the areas of literature, translation and adaptation under the umbrella area of genres and their subversion. Joining forces, Dr. Cathy Marazi and Dr. Kelly Pasmatzi, delivered the seminar titled: ‘Subvert me if you can’: literary genres and going against expectations. We are all familiar with genres in one way or another. We may rely on genres – types or kinds – of literature, film, TV series, videogames to choose what we will read, watch or play. The main reason for this is because genres contain certain formulae or motifs that have been developed and refined over the years that enable us to expect certain things from certain genres. When reading a fairy tale, we expect there to be a happy ending; when watching a horror movie, we expect to be shocked and scared. Genres, however, are not as clear-cut as they may appear. There are numerous instances of hybrid genres, such as that of the superhero, as well as sub-genres such as the black comedy, that blend, alter and change certain expectations. What is more, one must be aware that a romance novel and a romantic film are not exactly the same genre due to change in medium. Furthermore, one ought not overlook how genres are used and employed so as to distinguish and in some cases dictate the formulation of canons as well as situate literary and cultural products into the high-literature or low (pop) literature categories thus determining what is taught in schools and universities. As pointed out, it is also important to see what is missing from genre categories. The focus of the seminar in question was to raise awareness towards instances where writers choose to go against and challenge genre expectations and conventions. This may be due to the purpose of the writer when catering to larger mainstream audiences such as in the case of film adaptations, or due to changes in society such as the case with feminist movements and gender representation. The examples drawn upon were numerous including: Thelma and Louise (1991), The Dark Knight (2008), Reservoir Dogs (1995), Scream (1996), La La Land (2016), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Clockwork Orange (1971), Joker (2019), Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) and Pride and Prejudice (1813), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (book 1958 and film 1961), Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (book 1994 and film 2001), reference to the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, as well as other versions of these fairy tales (British versions). Subverting genre calls into question stereotypes, dominant ideologies and perspectives that may be promoted as the status quo. To that effect, Dr Pasmatzi and Dr Marazi called on the attendees of the seminar to consider and subvert one of the earliest types of literature we are all exposed to that of the fairy tale. Taking one of the most familiar fairy tales, that of Cinderella, the members of the audience were asked to work in groups and subvert any aspect they chose. The results were highly creative, humourous but also demonstrated serious sociological and ideological issues that we ought not take at face value but approach critically and reconsider from other perspective especially as all literature can and does promote ideological meanings and can greatly influence how we view the world around us and the people living in it.
16/12/2019
Charity Event: Share your food, share your culture
17 December 2019
13/12/2019
Award Ceremony for our first Executive MBA graduates in Yerevan
• Congratulations to our fist graduates in Yerevan received the MBA degree from the University of Sheffield • The Charge d”Affairs of the British Embassy, Ms. Alison Chick and the Adviser to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, Mr. Samvel Karabekyan, honoured the event with their presence. • The degree were presented by Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme Our first Executive MBA graduates in Yerevan celebrated the awarding of their MBA degrees in a ceremony that took place on 22 November. The degrees were presented to MBA graduates by Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme in front of The Charge d’ Affairs of the British Embassy, Ms. Alison Chick and the Adviser to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, Mr. Samvel Karabekyan, who also honoured the event with their presence. Prof. Szamosi commented: “Working with Armenian students is a wonderful experience for any academic and I am really proud of working in Armenia. During the last three years I worked with nearly 80 Armenian students. Without any compromise, our graduates today are advocates of quality education. They keep an interest towards new knowledge, constantly grow and want to improve. And this is a quality to be inspired from. For me, the biggest challenge is to keep alive the wish to overcome challenges in a student who is an employee and has the first specialisation. Armenian students constantly present us with challenges and as education is a world necessity, the more we learn from the student and teach him, the better”. After the awarding of their degree Ms. Astghik Berezovskaya and Ms. Rema Ohanyan, both MBA graduates also addressed a short speech about their accomplishments and their MBA experience. Among the awards there were two degrees with distinction and four with merit. Graduates families and friends joined the ceremony and proudly congratulated our graduates. MBA graduate, Anahit Shahmuradyan, said after receiving the MBA degree: “My decision to join the Executive MBA programme that was offered in Armenia was made at a turning point in my life, I realized needed to make a big change in my professional life. Being a linguist, and also having a scientific degree, I decided to take the risk and learn finance and accounting. That was an area which seemed to be extremely strange and unknown. Studying at the Executive MBA Programme was one of the biggest challenges in my life, and I can now say with pride that I did it. I managed to overcome something which seemed to be inaccessible and impossible. I am holding today the University of Sheffield MBA degree in my hands and besides deep knowledge, it offered me experience, self-confidence and a sense of belonging to the world, being the world's citizen.“ The event was successful overall and was widely covered by local media. CITY College warmly congratulates all MBA graduates in Armenia and wishes them every success in their future endeavors. Related article on MEDOAMAX
12/12/2019
Cookies and Coffee Day
19 December 2019
11/12/2019
Hour of Code 2019
Online Participation Form
10/12/2019
EBSCO, a valuable partner for our Library
For over 20 years, CITY College Library has partnered with EBSCO Information Services, a pioneer in the library services industry, to provide our students, researchers, and staff, access to a variety of research databases and ebook collections. As part of this long-term relationship and the mutual effort of growth and innovation in service provision, Mr Dragan Nikolic, Southeast Europe Regional Sales Manager, introduced upon his recent visit to the Library, new EBSCO products and technologies, all of which will be discussed and announced in the near future. Our librarian Ms Chrysoula Papadopoulou and Mr Dragan Nikolic during the visit. The library would like to thank Mr. Dragan Nikolic for catering over the years for the information needs of the CITY College community.
10/12/2019
Competition with real-life IT projects for luxury hotels of Thessaloniki by our business students
Pecha Kucha presentations of creative posters by our second year business students who participated in the competition Judging panel comprised of managers of two luxury hotels in Thessaloniki Building employability skills while putting theory into practice Connecting students to industry For the fourth year in a row our business students presented real-life projects for two luxury hotels of Thessaloniki -the Lazart Hotel (5*) and the Caravan Hotel (3*) – in the context of a presentation Competition that took place at our main campus in Thessaloniki. The competition was organised by Dr Andrew Salisbury, leader of the unit ‘Decision making with IT’. According to the brief of the project, students were asked to design a presentation, using the latest IT technology and provide cutting-edge information systems to enhance an already existing system or create a new one. Students were divided into 14 groups and worked systematically towards the completion of the project. The judges, Ms Anastasia Kartsoni, Sales & Banquet Manager at Lazart Hotel and Mr. Alexandros Karapatoglou, Co-founder of the The Caravan Bed & Breakfast, were impressed by our students’ creativity, ideas and professional approach. Hotel managers were not only asked to judge the best pitched presentations but to give feedback based on their own experience, enabling students to get first-hand knowledge of hotel operations inside and out. The winning teams of the competition are as follows: Winning teams Andreou Galateia, Trikou Niki, Zachariadou Stavria Kokkalis Dimitris, Sreten Iliev, Maslovarikj Jovan Lykaki Aria,Maria eleni Giareni Runner-up teams Vazakas Pantelis, Chalaitsidis Theodoros Dabovic Iva, Synodias Konstantinos The winning teams were offered a private company visit - tour at Lazart & Caravan while the runner-up teams will enjoy a breakfast at the hotels. All students received certificates for their work. Activities like the poster competition are organised frequently within programme curriculums at CITY College aiming at building our students employability skills by offering them the opportunity to work for real clients on real-life case studies, move from theory to practice, as well as bring them closer to the industry. The event was supported by the Career, Employability & Enterprise Centre of CITY College in its efforts to support the academic departments' activities aiming to bring students closer to the industry. Photo Gallery:
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