Corporate Partner Brochure for BA (Hons) Business Leadership and Corporate Management programme

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Shape Your Future Talent
BA (Hons) Corporate Management
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2. Previous & Current Recruiters

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scm pharma
“ The advantages of this programme for businesses like us, is
that the students are given a strong grounding in business
in their first year at Newcastle Business School and join us
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hungry to put this knowledge into a practical context.
Dianne Sharp, Managing Director, SCM Pharma
BA (Hons) Corporate Management
This programme provides an innovative approach to talent recruitment, giving companies like
yours direct and early access to capable, high-potential students within a supported learning
framework.
Designed around a work-focused and work-based curriculum, the three year programme
incorporates a two year, full-time paid position within a forward thinking business, where students
undertake a formal role while returning to Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University for
intensive study blocks.
This approach blends their academic development with their business role; enabling them to make
a real contribution within your organisation, whilst they gain ongoing support from Newcastle
Business School.
The programme therefore offers you the opportunity to replace or supplement existing graduate
recruitment schemes, as well as providing an enhanced talent pipeline for those organisations
without specific graduate programmes.
Contact Rob Wiggins on 0191 227 3576 or email robert.wiggins@northumbria.ac.uk

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What’s Involved During years two and three, students work full
time within your organisation while studying
This programme is designed to equip your
for their degree and attend 2, two-week periods
future managers with the specific knowledge,
back on campus at Newcastle Business School
skills and competences that your organisation
each year during October/November and
requires.
February/March.
Through challenging University and work
This provides students with the opportunity
based learning, the programme promotes
to contextualise their learning and academic
academic, personal and professional
modules covered during this period support
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development, creating highly skilled
their in-company learning. These include:
individuals that match your organisational
requirements. • Managing Self and Professional Skills
emily little
Delivered in a different way to conventional • Managing People in Organisations
degree programmes, we take a small group
• Business Innovation
of high calibre students and accelerate their
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development, helping them achieve their • Business Research and Reflective Practice
potential to be senior managers and leaders of
Working on the Corporate Social Responsibility project the future.
• Operational Improvement through Change
• Implementing and Evaluating Change
with Alnwick Gardens has progressed and developed my
“ During year one, students are based at
Leadership
Newcastle Business School and undertake a
management competencies in areas such as organisation, comprehensive programme which places great • Understanding Strategy
time management and presentation skills. emphasis on the development of competences
valued by organisations. This includes several
• Contemporary Organisational Analysis
‘real world’ consultancy projects. • Undergraduate Dissertation
Emily Little, Taught modules include: Throughout the programme students receive
BA (Hons) Corporate Management Student, guidance on their work based projects from our
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CSR project with Alnwick Gardens experienced staff, who have strong practitioner
• eveloping Management Competence
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Benefits to your organisation
There are many positive economic, financial and developmental reasons why this programme can help
your organisation.
• Early access to a focussed and highly motivated talent pool • Innovative Graduate Recruitment
The programme is designed and promoted to attract the brightest and most dynamic students, blending This programme allows you to co-develop high-calibre students to meet your own specific graduate
our highest academic entry standards with an additional assessment centre process that looks for requirements alongside their academic studies. Capturing the best student talent prior to student
practical experience and motivation. We then invite you to select from this pool, meaning you only graduation allows you to embed them within your organisational culture, which can increase loyalty
recruit the best of the best. and retention. Hiring new talent in this way provides a lower cost recruitment route than graduates
with the average salary for undergraduate placement students on this programme being approximately
• An innovative workforce with our support
£15,000 per year.
Students can provide a fresh, inquiring perspective to business challenges, as well as contribute to
• Enhanced student placements
main-stream delivery with high levels of enthusiasm. Ongoing support from Newcastle Business
School encourages them to think differently and blend academic theory, real-life case studies and their If you already take students on traditional one year placement within your company, then this two year
workplace environment to deliver tangible benefits. For example, in their final year, students undertake scheme can provide more meaningful integration within the company. This leads to greater value being
valuable organisational research as part of their dissertation, which is then delivered at an affordable derived from the student through reducing the amount of time taken for settling in and handovers
rate in a meaningful timescale. which often significantly reduces the meaningful period of operation over twelve months. In addition,
retention is much improved as their career with you can start immediately, without the usual one year
break for them to return to final year study at University.
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Enterprise Rent a Car
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“ Having the opportunity to work with these high calibre students early in
their educational development, gives us a real competitive advantage.
Lynne Mounsey, HR Manager, Enterprise Rent a Car
Contact Rob Wiggins on 0191 227 3576 or email robert.wiggins@northumbria.ac.uk

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greggs Your commitment
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As a partner organisation, you simply agree to take students on a two year placement,
recruiting them to a suitable position which provides a ‘graduate level’ role.
By giving opportunities to students through this Together we promote your opportunity to the students and you select those who meet your
programme, we are supporting their professional required selection criteria. Once recruited, all students are managed by you as full time
employees and we support them through regular placement visits, to ensure things are
development whilst contributing to our future success. running smoothly.
We have been impressed with the calibre of students and
“ A salary is payable to the student and this is negotiated individually, an average salary is typically
their obvious enthusiasm and commitment that we have £15,000 per year. You are also required to permit students to attend the University for two study
blocks each year (each of two weeks duration) in October/November and February/March.
recruited through this programme. There is no commitment to continue employment beyond the two year period, although many
of our partners do as they are so impressed with the calibre and commitment from our students
during their placement period.
Julie Nowak, Management Development Advisor, Greggs
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How to get involved
We’re more than happy to discuss the BA (Hons) Corporate Management Programme in more detail If you would like to find out more information on this programme, please contact
with you, looking at how we can work with your organisation to ensure you get the right candidate. Rob Wiggins, Business Engagement Manager at Newcastle Business School on 0191 227 3576
or email robert.wiggins@northumbria.ac.uk.
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Sarah Noble
“ My placement is within logistics at Nissan and I am really enjoying it; I’ve learnt so much
within my first year of placement and my biggest achievement to date is being offered and
accepting a full time position. It’s great to know that my talent and hard work have been
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recognised and I have a future with an organisation I already feel part of.
Sarah Noble, Current BA (Hons) Corporate Management Student, placement with Nissan
Contact Rob Wiggins on 0191 227 3576 or email robert.wiggins@northumbria.ac.uk

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