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Northampton Business School

Transforming lives, inspiring change

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Northampton Business School (NBS) is renowned for high quality teaching and research,supported by strong links with industry and commerce.

“With expertise in accounting and finance, business computer systems, marketing and entrepreneurship, HumanResource Management, management development, leisure management and languages and strong links toprofessional bodies and companies we provide excellent, vocationally orientated, accredited learning at undergraduate,postgraduate and professional levels. The School is a regional centre of enterprise providing funded business start upsupport, enterprise advice, research and consultancy. Through a strategy combining internationalisation, the continueddevelopment of relevant employment focused courses and leading edge enterprise and research, NBS will furtherenhance its competitive advantages and maintain its top quartile student satisfaction*.”

Ian BrooksDean, Northampton Business School

* National Student Survey 2009, 2008, 2007: NBS comfortably ranked in the top quartile of around 110 UK business schools for overall satisfaction with the programme – an 85% approval rating.

Introduction

“I went to several presentations andexhibitions in Pakistan about studying inthe UK and found there was a wide rangeof options available to me. After a lot ofresearch I chose The University ofNorthampton because of its excellentfacilities and the generous scholarshipscheme. In my country it is regarded as

important to get a degree and once I get my qualification I willbe in a position to improve my career prospects in the corporateworld where it is important to have knowledge of differentcultures and nationalities.

The methodology of teaching here compared to South East Asiais totally different. Here you have greater opportunity to interactwith the tutors and study the subjects in more depth.”

Muzammil Hanif, MA Management (Marketing)


4Transforming lives, inspiring change | Northampton Business School

9th85%“Outstanding”

from 123 UK business schools in the National Student Survey(2010) based on the percentage of final year students whowere satisfied with the quality of teaching on their course.

In the National Student Survey (2010), NorthamptonBusiness School received an overall course satisfactionrating of 85% from its final year students.

The international standard achieved in some research areas in the UK Research Assessment Exercise (2008).

Cottesbrooke, Park Campus. Home to Northampton Business School



Since its formation, The University of Northamptonhas seen over a 500 percent increase in the studentpopulation from 2,000 in 1975 to well over 13,000students from all around the world today.

This would not have been possible without the tremendous advances in boththe range and the level of courses we offer, and in the quality of performance in nationally benchmarked teaching and research assessments. To cater for thisincreased demand, a multi-million pound university wide investment in ourestates and facilities was needed. The result of which is that we can now offer a fantastic learning and research environment for our future students.

History

Growing Financial Strength of NBS: Turnover

Year £Turnover2005/06 £8.5 million

2006/07 £9.4 million

2007/08 £10.6 million

2008/09 £12.8 million

2009/10 £15.3 million

Positive Student Feedback: National Student Survey (NSS)

Year % Overall Satisfaction Rank in UK Business Schools2007 84% 17 / 110

2008 90% 13 / 110

2009 82% 10 / 104

Facts and Figures

Northampton opens new era of education, 1932



“It’s a goodfeeling to be ableto put into playthe skills learntover my threeyear course byusing them in reallife situations. The

course in Business Computing gave me afantastic foundation to build upon withinmy current role and definitely gave me ahead start in finding a job.”

James Hiscott, Bureau Technician atAeriendi, BSc Business Computing 2006

Student Demographics

Student Numbers 2007 - 08 2008 - 09 2009 - 10Full time, undergraduate 982 1145 1374

Part time undergraduate and postgraduate 891 901 974

Full time, postgraduate 336 260 335

GenderMale 49%

Female 51%

Age BreakdownUnder 21 28%

Over 21 72%

Geographical Make UpUK 69%

International 28%

European Union 3%

Ethnic Make UpWhite 45%

Asian / Asian British 20%

Black / Black British 14%

Chinese 15%

Other / Mixed 6%



Our place in theCommunity

Regional Development / Funded Projects

Northampton Business School has established the Northamptonshire Enterprise Skills Agency (NESA) to support new business and improve the local and regional economy.

Over the last 5 years NESA has:

• Assisted 2,250 people to set up new businesses

• Assisted 3,540 people to get jobs with these businesses

• Led in the development of three new undergraduate and three new postgraduate programmes

• Set up and operated two entrepreneur incubation centres

• Established the largest University Enterprise Club in the country

• Spun off its own Social Enterprise

• Organised hundreds of paid work placements for students and graduates

To find out more about the work of NESA, please contact Professor Simon Denny at: [email protected]

At Northampton Business School we are immensely proud of our contribution to the economicwellbeing of Northamptonshire.

We:

• Have strong links with local employers, helping them to improve their businesses;

• Work with local authorities and public sector organisations, developing their people and improving their efficiency.


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Entrepreneurial activities NBS offers a range of support services designed to promote andencourage individuals to explore self employment as a career option.Whether you are just thinking about the possibility of setting up abusiness or are a long way down the road of turning your ideas into a real business we have services that can help.

Social Enterprise• NBS has set up its own social enterprise, 3e, to help unemployed

people develop new skills and secure new jobs.

• We lead the university's research into, and support of, social enterprise.

• We deliver unique and practical undergraduate and postgraduatesocial enterprise qualifications.

The University of Northampton EnterpriseClub – bringing entrepreneurs together Managed by Northampton Business School (NBS), the Enterprise Club:

• Supports entrepreneurs throughout Northamptonshire

• Gives new businesses the opportunity to interact with established organisations

• Brings students into contact with businesses

• Facilitates joint working and sharing of best practice

• Provides grant funding to individuals to start a business through the Enterprise Inc programme

Guildhall, Northampton Royal and Derngate theatre, Northampton

Althorp House, Northamptonshire



Links with localemployers

Bespoke corporate programmes: what makes us different?

• NBS employs a team of successful academic and business practitioners

• We provide award winning and value added bespoke management training

• All of our programmes are fully accredited

• Our study packages offer maximum flexibility to make it easier to combine work and study

• We work in close partnership with clients around the world

• Our bespoke programmes deliver measurable, value added outcomes

• We implement rigorous evaluation strategies to constantly monitorand review effectiveness

• Clients receive unique and exciting training programmes that aretailored to their specific needs

• NBS incorporates cutting-edge theoretical knowledge with industryleading best practice

We work with employers and professional bodies to develop and support our curriculum and students.

To discuss how we can assist your business with a bespoke corporateprogramme, please call our team today on 01604 892036.

“We have found the Foundation Degree in Leadership andManagement to be a very effective way of providing the rightdevelopment for our people. The work-based nature of theprogramme is ideal for us and our company is already benefittingfrom better skilled managers.”

Chris Dolby, Learning and Development Manager, Norbert Dentressangle

Silverstone, Northamptonshire



Gary Hoffman - visiting professor

CEO Northern Rock, Former Group Vice Chairman, Barclays plc

“What is it that turns a competent manager into a great leader? A leader should create and champion theirorganisation’s vision, and convey an inspired sense ofpurpose behind it.”

Allan Fraser-Rush - visiting industry professor

Global Planner, Lowe International

“The simple reason for me involving myself more with theacademic programme at NBS is to bring to the students alittle of the real world. NBS does a great job in teaching thetheoretical base of any discipline and bringing as much ofthe real world into their courses as possible, but the reality is that it is different out in ‘Agency land’; we use our ownphraseology, we have our own processes and potentially for a young graduate entering our business will be quiteterrifying. Without the partnership between Lowe International(and formerly Tequila\London) and NBS, students could onlyimagine what life was like in an agency, what we have doneis shown them, not only how we work, but how we think, the disciplines we cover and how we work with one another.All of which should better position them to have a betterchance of securing that elusive marketing role they want.”

Sir Digby Jones

Former Director General of the CBI

Speaking at NBS, Sir Digby Jones said: “If we are to keep therole of Universities at the value added, quality end of thegame, businesses should use and benefit from the facilities of their university to commission work and research.”



Centre for work-basedlearning

We have a strong commitment to work based learning. Over 300 students annually take the opportunity to integrate their ‘live’ work/business experience into their academic learning. Many of our courses offer students the opportunity of a placement year in industry.

MAC Tools employed their first everbusiness placement student around sevenyears ago. Harry Lakhani had a highlysuccessful placement year and returned to work part time during his final year. Afterjoining them as a graduate, he progressedthrough the company and is now Marketing

Manager for MAC. This initial trial has lead to the recruitment ofplacement students every year from this point with two additionalstudents being offered permanent positions on graduation as a result.

MAC Tools (Part of the Stanley Group)

“During my placement year I developed avariety of new skills; I am a lot moreconfident when meeting people and havereally improved my communication andorganisational skills. Having been in a workenvironment the theory I’d been learningnow makes total sense and I have a variety

of skills that I can use for my final year and dissertation. I woulddescribe my placement year as invaluable; I’ve paid off my studentloan, gained lots of good friends and have job prospects when Ifinish university.”

Shelley Rowland, BA (Hons) Business Milton Keynes Council


"I worked at Cisco Systems in Dubai as a FinanceAnalyst training to become a Finance Manager.During my time there I gained internationalbusiness exposure, developed my presentationskills, worked with people across the board froma variety of different cultures and learnt theimportance of governance and collaborationwith a multi national corporation."

Vishal Shah, BA (Hons) Business Studies


“At Hotel Chocolat we hosted Catherine Freestone, a placementstudent for a year and from the very beginning proved to be a veryvaluable asset to the team. The Buying and Merchandising teamwas looking for someone who could ‘hit the ground running’,understand the Hotel Chocolat brand and be able to take on tasksand run with them, with very little direction from the Buyers.Catherine managed to achieve all of this very effectively.

Having a placement student working in the department has provedto work really well. We get a fresh set of eyes every year to bringnew ideas and creativity!”

Teresa PeckBuyer, Hotel Chocolat Ltd

“The tasks I undertook during my yearenabled me to develop valuable timemanagement and organisational skills, I have built my confidence significantlyand feel confident in many businesssituations including presentations. Taking a placement year was one of

the best things I could have done, I earned good money whilstgaining a wide variety of skills."

Catherine Freestone, BA (Hons) Business Studies Hotel Chocolat



We boast two thriving research centres at Northampton Business School, and can offer our expertiseto businesses and the public sector through both consultancy and knowledge transfer. The quality of the research we contribute is considered to be of international standard, with some fields ranked as outstanding by the UK Research Assessment Exercise (2008).

The Centre of Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Governance (CEEG)Research Centre specialises in the study of:

• Corporate governance

• International relations

• Entrepreneurship

• Human Resource Management

• Leadership

The investment has enabled us to support enterprise through:

• Business creation

• Social enterprise

• Business incubation

The China and Transitional Economics Research Centre is dedicated toresearch in:

• The political economy of China

• Chinese environmental protection

• Agriculture and rural development

• Issues of property rights

• Corporate governance in the transitional economies of EasternEurope, Russia and China

The Centre provides consultancy and research to both public and privateorganisations in the region as well as a number of internationalcollaborations with universities in China, Russia and Poland.

Research

“Studying at The University of Northamptonwas one of the most memorable years of mylife, I achieved so much. As a student at TheUniversity you are treated as an individualand the advice I was given was specificallytailored for me. Coming from a backgroundin fashion and running my own business in

Sri Lanka, I decided to enrol on the MBA programme to build on theexperience I already had as a business woman.

Since completing the course I have improved my decision makingskills and feel more confident in exploring new business ventures,turning failures into new beginnings and facing new challenges. I am putting into practice the skills I have learnt into my business in Sri Lanka and I’m already seeing the results.”

Niroshani Leanage, MBA



Sir Bobby Charlton

Patron of the China & Transitional Economies Research Centre

Internationally renowned footballing legend Sir BobbyCharlton was installed as the new Patron of The University of Northampton’s China & Transitional Economies ResearchCentre at a special ceremony in March 2006.

“As a nation that is increasingly leading the world’smanufacturing and export/import agenda, China is a country that interests me greatly and one to which I am particularly attached.”



InternationalreachNorthamptonshire is serviced by six international airports. The county is home to a largenumber of global companies and over a quarter of the school's students and many staff come from India, China, the Middle and Far East, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.



Ian Brooks, (Dean of Northampton Business School) with a cohort of students who completed theMA International Human Resource Management course in Dubai.

“My quest for an MBA institutionproviding good facilities, an educationalatmosphere enriched with recreationalactivities and suiting my financial needsended when I logged onto TheUniversity of Northampton’s website.The helpful International Office staffguided me through the admissions

procedure and before I knew it, I found myself at the University,staring at the emblem above the front gate of the reception. I had made it and I could not believe it.

The University is amongst the finest institutions in the UK. It has a beautiful campus with lush green gardens, sportsfacilities, state of the art IT labs and numerous communitiesthat I could join and keep myself busy. The town itself providesa fantastic atmosphere with occasional events and carnivalsand a variety of part-time jobs for students.

The MBA degree was very challenging and it tested us at every stage. A team of dynamic and highly professionallecturers helped us throughout our course with their ownpractical experience. The result is that I am now working in a leading global energy firm, AREVA, as a Regional SalesPerformance Analyst in Dubai, UAE and I can proudly say thatmy MBA from The University of Northampton was the bestdecision in my life so far.”

Shahneel Baray, Business Analyst, AREVA T & D, Dubai, UAE, MBA

NBS values the richness and diversity thatinternational students bring and we regularlyreceive applications from students in over 70 countries.

In addition to attracting students to Northampton, the BusinessSchool works with partners overseas in teaching and researchincluding:

• China (Shaoguan and Beijing)• Sweden• Australia• USA• Poland


Business and ManagementBusinessEconomics

Human Resource Management Management

International Development


Our coreteaching

We know that there are demands on the time of ambitious people, which is why our studypackages offer maximum flexibility; it couldn’t be easier to combine work and study.

Full course listings can be found on our website at www.northampton.ac.uk

Accounting and Business ComputingAccounting and Finance

Financial ServicesBusiness Computing Systems

Marketing and LeisureAdvertisingMarketing

Travel and TourismEvents Management

LanguagesFrenchGerman

English as a Foreign Language

Full time undergraduate courses areoffered in the following subjects:

Accounting IT Service Management

Human Resource ManagementManagementMarketing

Full time masters courses are offered in:

AccountingBusiness

Business Computing Human Resource Management

IT Service ManagementLeadership and Management

ManagementMarketing

Part time /Distance Learning/professional courses are offered in:



“I knew the great reputation of the Universitywhen I made the decision to study atNorthampton. The University has a first classundergraduate and postgraduate provision,and the campus is such a great place to be -almost in a countryside setting but within a few minutes of Northampton town centre.”

Jason �illiams, Information Systems andSports Studies undergraduate and BusinessComputing postgraduate�

“Leaving my full time job to improve myeducation was the best decision I have evermade. I completed a HND, followed by a top up year to BSc Business Computing, at TheUniversity of Northampton. I thoroughlyenjoyed my career and am continuouslylearning and building on the theoretical and practical skills I learned at University.”

Heidi Lightfoot, Applications Developer at East Northamptonshire Council, BSc (Hons) Business Computing

“I really enjoyed my course, especially the modules on retail which were verycomprehensive and interesting. My degree has helped me to get an amaLing job in thefashion industry. I joined FULLCIRCLE, a London based fashion brand, as a MarketingAssistant. I’ve always wanted to work in thefashion industry and now I live in London, workfor a great company and am doing really well.”

Clarissa Atkins, Marketing Assistant atFULLCIRCLE, BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing



Situated in the heart of England, Northampton is a lively and vibrant town with excellentsports, leisure and entertainment facilities.Northampton is only one hour travel time fromLondon and Birmingham and is served by sixinternational airports and excellent road and rail links to all parts of the UK and Europe.

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Where we are

CAMBRIDGE

MANCHESTER

BIRMINGHAM

BEIJING, CHINA

SAO PAULO

NORMANDY, FRANCE

GDANSK, POLAND

HONG KONG

VANCOUVER, CANADA

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

SHANGHAI, CHINA

NETHERLANDS

SINGAPORE


Northampton Business SchoolPark CampusBoughton Green RoadNorthamptonNN2 7ALUnited Kingdom

Telephone: (44) 1604 892036Fax: (44) 1604 893537Email: business�northampton.ac.uk'eb: www.northampton.ac.uk


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