MSc ITM students visit the Gillette Technical Centre
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Last month, students on the MSc in Innovation and Technology Management programme left the classroom for a one day tour of the Gillette Technical Centre in Reading.
The Centre, which has initiated some of Gillette’s flagship shaving products such as Venus, Mach 3 and Fusion, employs over 120 people and has specialist laboratories, open-plan offices, conference and library facilities and bespoke product evaluation facilities.
On arriving, the students were welcomed by staff and introduced to the concepts of ‘fusion technology’, ‘male skin understanding’, and the ‘science of shaving’. Students were then given a tour of the facility and shown a number of demonstrations including the instrumental measures used to study the impact of shaving on the skin, footage of their five blade technology cutting hair, the role of concept engineering, and rapid prototyping. A question and answer session with staff also took place over lunch.
Professor Andrew Graves, Director of Studies for the programme, said:
"We were delighted to be able to offer the students this opportunity to visit a world-class R&D facility, based in the UK. The day provided a unique experience for the students and an insight and understanding into the product development process - from concept to launch - used by a major and successful international company.
The Gillette team went to enormous efforts to make us welcome and ensure that we were aware of their R&D processes. Feedback from the students has been extremely positive and this has given them an excellent springboard for writing their dissertations during the summer and an insight into a significant high value manufacturing sector."
It is hoped that, due to the success of the trip, similar visits will be planned for future students on the programme.
Notes to Editors
The MSc in Innovation and Technology Management is unique through its combination of management and engineering, integrating the two disciplines to ensure students have the necessary skills to manage across boundaries. A full-time, 12-month intensive Master’s programme, it is a joint degree run by the University of Bath’s School of Management and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. It is designed for graduates with a 2:1 Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in engineering, management or science.
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General Notes For Editors:
The University of Bath School of Management has consistently achieved both top research and teaching ratings in the UK's Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assessments. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the School was rated 5th in the UK for management research.
We are one of a select number of international business schools accredited by EQUIS, the European Foundation for Management Development's quality inspectorate and the Bath MBA has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) since 1976. The School is consistently ranked among the top UK business schools by The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
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The School of Management has a faculty of around 90 teaching and research staff, including visiting academics, with a support team of around 70 managerial and administrative staff. Research income averages £2 million per annum. There are approximately 2,100 students in total comprising some 200 MBA students, 460 Master’s students, 210 full- and part-time research students, and over 1100 undergraduates following BSc degrees. The School also runs joint undergraduate programmes with Departments in the Faculties of Engineering and Design, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences.
