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New Career Path in the Middle East for our graduate, Cristina Postolache
Congratulations to our graduate from Romania, Cristina Postolache, on her recent appointment as Chief Coordinator and Marketer at the Media One Hotel in Dubai. Cristina graduated last year from the MA in Marketing Advertising and Public Relations programme and started her career pursuit beyond Europe. After several interviews she was shortlisted and then appointed as Chief Coordinator and Marketer at the Media One Hotel in Dubai. Media One Hotel communication executive Siti Farida, Media One chief coordinator and marketeer Cristina Postolache and Rotana sales manager Osama Sark at Hot Hoteliers on TOMO's terrace. Photo source: www.hoteliermiddleeast.com Cristina’s main responsibilities involve working closely with the Marketing Director for the Internal Communications in the hotel, working with Marketing Team for the development and implementation of various loyalty card programmes which include maintaining accurate database information, managing regular guests, producing reports and also communicating the hotel’s activities by building relationships with key stakeholders and thus building its brand image. Cristina commented about her new job: “The Middle East, and especially Dubai, is a place that offers amazing opportunities for professional development and incredible life experience. I am planning to work here for at least the next 5 years and continuing to grow and improve my professional skills in marketing and communication in the hospitality industry. I have to admit that it is not easy living so far from home, and in a totally different cultural mix, but one thing that the Middle East guaranties is that if you work hard you will get rewarded and recognized for your efforts. I owe a great part of my success to CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, and to the amazing lecturers that helped me develop as an individual, and helped me build up valuable knowledge in the areas of marketing and public relations.”
12/05/2013
The International Faculty joins the Vice Chancellor’s Celebration of Enterprise from overseas
The week 15-19 April 2013 was dedicated to enterprise across the University of Sheffield. It was a week full of events, lectures, workshops and activities organized by the University of Sheffield Enterprise (USE) to celebrate and showcase the University’s enterprise activity. This year the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, Professor Sir Keith Burnett supported the enterprise celebration, putting emphasis on the importance that the University placed on enterprise. The International Faculty of the University, CITY College joined the celebrations from overseas with a series of events that took place during that week at the main campus of the Faculty in Thessaloniki, Greece. On 17th April a seminar on ‘INVENT: Gaining Enterprise Skills’ was delivered by Dr Dimitris Dranidis , Director of the MSc in Software Engineering & Telecommunications programme, as well as by two computer science students, Yannis Panayiotou (3rd level student) and Tomor Pupovci (postgraduate student). The seminar presented how through the projects of INVENT our students gain enterprise skills during their studies. The presentation included examples of projects undertaken by our students. ‘ΙNVENT’ (Innovative Enterprise Technologies) is run by students of our Computer Science Department. It is supervised by faculty members, and develops for its clients software solutions free of charge. It aims at providing timely, innovative and high quality software and IT service support to external clients and in this way creating a bridge between academia and industry. On the 18th of April a seminar entitled ‘From Idea to Profit: Finance and Support your Business Idea’ took place at the Auditorium of the International Faculty. The seminar hosted three guest speakers who delivered three very interesting speeches on the main theme of the seminar. Mr. Andreas Baresel-Bofiger, Lecturer at the International Faculty and Project Manager at our research centre SEERC, delivered a very insightful presentation on ‘Current trends in start-up financing - Venture initiative in Balkan Europe and the Balkan Venture Forum’. In his turn, Mr. Sotiris Karagiannis, Sales Director of N. and W. Greece, SPACE HELLAS S.A. talked about ‘From a tech idea to a global meaningful company - a mentor’s view’. The seminar concluded with a presentation by Dr. Lambros Lazuras , Lecturer at the International Faculty and Research Associate of SEERC on ‘Breaking barriers for enterprises in Europe - Insights from the projects ELIE and ELIEMENTAL. The entrepreneurial case of Cocomat was presented in a seminar delivered by the CEO of Cocomat Mr. Paul Efmorfidis, Mr. Efmorfidis, presented to the participants the company’s development and its steps to success. He elaborated on the aspects that made Cocomat a huge success, not only in Greece but also abroad. The company’s mission is to manufacture the best beds in the world in the most sustainable way possible. As Mr. Efmorfidis stressed out, one major success factor was that Cocomat is known for using natural materials from renewable sources, such as coco fibre, natural rubber, wool, cotton, sea grass, horsehair, silk, linen, wood and goose down. Cocomat is established in 1989, COCO-MAT today is a recognized leader for natural sleep products, bed linen, towels and furniture for homes and hotels. Cocomat has a growing network of stores operating now in 12 countries. Also, the frame of enterprise celebrations the Director of Student Affairs and Career Planning, Ms. Maria Mariaki , presented an insightful seminar on ‘Career Planning: Techniques and Strategies’ to Computer Science students. Ms. Matiaki presented useful techniques and strategies necessary for the pursuit of a successful career in their field of interest. She also provided students with practical advice and tips on how to best write their CV and use it in their job hunting. During her seminar, Ms Matiaki pinpointed the constant increase of skilled graduates and emphasised how a well-written CV can be a success factor that differentiates candidates. The well-attended event proved to be a good opportunity for students to learn more about strategies for their effort to find a job after graduating in the field of computer science. The events that took place at the International Faculty in the frame of enterprise celebration were well-attended and proved to be very appealing to the audience.
12/05/2013
Seminar on the entrepreneurial case of Cocomat by CEO, Mr. Paul Efmorfidis
An insightful seminar in the frame of the Enterprising of the University of Sheffield was presented on 15th of April 2013. The well attended seminar was delivered by Mr. Paul Efmorfidis, Director of Cocomat. Mr. Efmorfidis, presented to the participants the company’s entrepreneurial case and development. He elaborated on the aspects that made Cocomat a huge success, not only in Greece but also abroad. The company’s mission is to manufacture the best beds in the world in the most sustainable way possible. As Mr. Efmorfidis stressed out, one major success factor was that Cocomat is known for using natural materials from renewable sources, such as coco fibre, natural rubber, wool, cotton, sea grass, horsehair, silk, linen, wood and goose down. What is more, Cocomat believes in making business more sustainable, continuously investing in improving the environmental and social performance, as a means of providing the greatest possible benefit to all. After the presentation, participants had the chance to discuss with Mr. Efmorfidis and ask him questions on the company and the factors that led him to the success of his entrepreneurial business idea. Cocomat is established in 1989, COCO-MAT today is a recognized leader for natural sleep products, bed linen, towels and furniture for homes and hotels. Cocomat has a growing network of stores operating now in 12 countries.
10/05/2013
Our students claim satisfaction at the UK National Student Survey 2013
According to the recently released results of the UK National Student Survey (NSS) for Spring 2013 the overall student satisfaction for the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield almost reached the absolute 100%! The NSS was conducted at the International Faculty Departments in the period 19 March to 21 April 2013 for all 3rd year students. The participation was 63% for the overall Faculty. In 40 out of 44 questions the satisfaction was increased up to 27% compared to the NSS 2012 (on average 12%). An overall report for the University including all Departments and Faculties will be released in Autumn 2013. The National Student Survey is a national online survey open to over 400,000 final year undergraduate students across the UK. NSS provides an opportunity to give their opinions and assessment on the overall quality of courses within their institution. NSS provides an excellent opportunity for students’ voice to be heard in the benefit of academia. The International Faculty would like to thank all students who participated in the NSS survey and we welcome their feedback. We are happy to have happy students!
07/05/2013
Company visit at Polis Convention Centre in Thessaloniki
Our Business Administration & Economics Department first year bachelors students organised a company visit at ‘Polis Convention Centre’, 23 April 2013. The students, escorted by Mr. Stelios Kehaghias , Senior Lecturer at the Department, were given a short tour of premises of ‘Polis’. The centre’s representative talked to the students about the centre’s philosophy, aims and marketing strategy. The students were impressed by the facilities of Polis and found the information on the way the centre operates very interesting. Polis Convention Centre is a luxurious centre located in the outskirts of Thessaloniki and hosts conferences, as well as social events. Company visits take place during each academic year and aim at bringing students closer to the real-life business world.
25/04/2013
Guest Lecture by Dr. Nikolaidis on New Product Development
Dr. Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Head of the Business Administration and Economics Department delivered a very interesting guest lecture on New Product Development (NPD) to postgraduate students attending programmes in Management (Human Resource Management, Supply Chain and Logistics Management and Leisure and Tourism Management) as well as to undergraduate students studying Marketing. The seminar took place at the main campus of the International Faculty in Thessaloniki, on the 18th of April 2013. Dr. Nikolaidis focused his presentation on how new product and service development can prove a very successful growth strategy for businesses even in times of crisis. He presented the whole process of NPD: from idea generation, to market research, to the design production of the product and final evaluation. Dr. Nikolaidis noted that this strategy requires a strong understanding of the existing market and also require pairing the right strategy to product growth objectives. He also mentioned that such an investment usually involves a level of risk but, if businesses work methodically, it generates substantial profits. The lecture concluded with an interesting discussion between Dr. Nikolaidis and the students.
25/04/2013
Annual MBA Study Week in Thessaloniki 2013
More than 120 2nd Year Executive MBA students from across the South-East and Eastern Europe, attended the Annual Study Week at the main campus of the University of Sheffield International Faculty in Thessaloniki that this year took place 5-12 April 2013. During the joint classes of the study week students from all countries (Greece, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine and Turkey) attended the specialisation units of the MBA track they have chosen. The study week is a unique opportunity for Executive MBA students to join the Faculty’s international network, attend modules of the MBA programme and participate in a number of seminars and social events. In the frame of this year’s study week a very interesting seminar on ‘Career Coaching’ was presented by Mr. Nikos Lambridis, Chief Executive Officer at Advisor Coaching and Training, who shared his expertise on career-related issues. MBA students had also the opportunity to attend the annual Strategic Peoples Management Workshop that this year coincided with the study week. Participants found the topic of the workshop, ‘Taking the ‘i’ out of crisis: Leadership and Learning’ very timely interesting and speakers’ presentations particularly insightful. On the occasion of the weekly visit in Thessaloniki MBA students went sightseeing around the city and organised short trips to some of Thessaloniki’s beautiful surroundings like Chalkidiki with its sandy beaches, Mount Olympus and the archaeological site of Vergina. Students were impressed by enchanting Thessaloniki and the places they visited. The International Faculty also organized a ‘beer party’ to welcome all students to this unique MBA gathering. Also, before leaving Thessaloniki, our students didn’t miss out on the opportunity to spend typical Greek ‘bouzoukia’ night. Classes, seminars, fun, networking: the Study Week in Thessaloniki had a bit of everything and everyone left very content with this unique study experience offered by the programme. Study week photo gallery
24/04/2013
Seminar on 'Education and Technology' by Mr Hatziapostolou at Noesis
Mr. Thanos Hatziapostolou, Senior Lecturer at our Computer Science Department, delivered a very interesting seminar entitled ‘Technology and Education’ that took place at NOESIS Technology Museum in Thessaloniki, 22 April 2013. In his presentation, Mr. Hatziapostolou presented a series of web tools that teachers can use to adapt new technology in the classroom in order to facilitate their work, increase student motivation and participation - since traditional teaching often cultivates a passive role -, receive better feedback, train students to use technology and improve the overall educational process. The speaker explained the use of each tool and their advantages to both the students and the teachers. The demos of some of the tools required the audience’s participation with the use of their smartphones. The outcome was quite impressive. When asked, Mr. Hatziapostolou commented: “If teachers are willing to be trained and embrace technology in their classes, students of every age are sure to benefit from the many tools and skills technology can offer. However technology should complement the traditional educational methods and not overwhelm the educational process”. The seminar was addressed to teachers of different levels of education and concluded with a vivid Q&A session.
23/04/2013
Our Psychology Department becomes Organisational Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
We are happy to announce that our Psychology Department recently became ‘Organisational Member’ of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). BACP is currently the largest UK (over 37,000 members) professional body representing counselling and psychotherapy. This is another official demonstration that our Psychology Department is dedicated to practicing responsibly, ethically and to the highest of standards not only academically, but professionally too. Graduates of our postgraduate programmes in Counselling Psychology will have one more advantage as counsellors in their professional field, since they will have graduated from a Psychology Department that was organisational member of BACP. Dr. Suzie Savvidou , Academic Director of the postgraduate programmes in Counselling Psychology commented: “This membership is a very good development for our counselling students and graduates. The role of counselling becomes extremely important nowadays for everyone’s well being, and our graduates need to be distinguished among the so many counsellors and psychotherapists, with the status they deserve. Holding a degree from Sheffield University, in a Department which is an organizational member of BACP brings them closer to this achievement.” More info about BACP www.bacp.co.uk
21/04/2013
Message from Prof. Paul White
Watch the video with Prof. Paul White talking about the University of Sheffield and the study opportunities offered across South-East Europe, through CITY College the University’s International Faculty.
10/04/2013
Company visit to SEPVE for our Computer Science students
On Monday 1st April 2013 a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Computer Science Department made a field trip to SEPVE, the Association of Information Technology Companies of Northern Greece. During the visit the students had the opportunity to learn more about SEPVE, and attended presentations which were delivered by Mr G. Asimopoulos, Director of Technopolis, Mr S. Ignatiadis, Director of SEPVE and a representative of a company hosted at the incubator. SEPVE is the only collective body representing the interests of the Information Technology businesses in the regions of Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaly. It plays a major role in assessing and promoting the needs of the Information Society in Greece and South Eastern Europe. The students enjoyed this field trip experience and had the opportunity to get information about a leading organization in the industry. The International Faculty is always happy to give its students the opportunity to visit organizations and take a glimpse on real life business environments.
07/04/2013
BAED students visit NOESIS Museum in Thessaloniki
On Wednesday 20th March 2013 a group of postgraduate students from the Business Administration and Economic Department (BAED) made a field trip to NOESIS, the Science Center and Technology Museum in Thessaloniki. The visit took place as additional activity of the “Festivals and Events Management” module. Accompanied by the module leader, Dr Ana Cruz , the students met Dr. Tanya Kiriakidou, project manager for radio Awards at Noesis who shared insights into the organization of the Radio Awards in Greece. Radio Awards is a contest organized by Noesis aiming at honoring the best radio station and presenter in Greece and Cyprus. Students contributed creative ideas that are considered to be implemented in next year's Awards. They also enjoyed the interactive exhibitions, the planetarium and a very thrilling ride in the simulator! The students enjoyed this field trip experience and had the opportunity to get first-hand information about the organization of the radio awards. The International Faculty is always happy to give its students the opportunity to visit organizations and take a glimpse on real life business environments.
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