MBA and MSc graduates celebrate Graduation in Bath’s historic Queen Square
Following their formal graduation award ceremony on 12th December 2012, Bath MBA and Masters graduates enjoyed mulled wine and canapés with family, friends and School of Management staff and alumni in the city’s elegant Queen Square.
The ceremonies were hosted by Professor Michael Mayer, Associate Dean - Postgraduate Taught Students. He began proceedings by congratulating all the students on successfully completing their studies and wishing them well with their future careers.
| Ceremony 1 | Awarded to: |
| L’Oreal Prize for Best Overall Performance - MSc in International Management | Simone Zatti |
| 3M Prize for Best Overall Performance - MSc in Management | David Cross |
| 3M Prize for Highest Mark for Dissertation - MSc Management | David Cross |
| BP Prize for Best Overall Performance - MSc Innovation and Technology Management | Tom Swales |
| BP Prize for Highest Mark for Dissertation - MSc Innovation and Technology Management | Eryk Sokolowski |
| Ceremony 2 | Awarded to: |
| L’Oreal Prize for Highest Mark for Dissertation - MSc Marketing | Johannes Helms |
| KPMG Prize for Best Overall Performance - Accounting and Finance programmes | Shijie Lu |
| P&G Prize for Best Overall Performance - MSc Marketing | Lisanne Hillen |
| Ceremony 3 | Awarded to: |
| Intel Prize for Highest Mark for Dissertation – Part Time MBA | Laura Janes |
| Intel Prize for Highest Mark for Dissertation – Full Time MBA | Sompoch Tanutantivong |
| Flores-New Prize for Best Overall Performance – MBA | Laura Janes |
| Grant Thornton Prize for Highest Mark in Insurance Management and Markets – MBA | Stephen Lodge |
| Grant Thornton Prize for Highest Mark in Contemporary Finance Issues – MSc Accounting & Finance programmes | Muhamad Chahrour |
| Property Solutions Prize for Best Overall Performance – MSc Advanced Management Practice | Sebastian Waldbauer |
After the presentations, the School’s Alumni and External Relations team; Diana Braddock, Joanna Aspin and Merwyn Manson, welcomed the graduates to the Alumni Network and invited them to take advantage of the many services now available to them.
Notes for Editors
The highly-rated Bath MBA is a post-experience degree designed for people with a minimum of three years’ relevant management work experience. It looks beyond business processes and techniques to emphasise self-awareness, intuition, cross-cultural sensitivity and entrepreneurship skills, as well as a socially responsible and ethical approach to business and management.
Our one-year Master’s degrees combine high academic learning with practical skills, making graduates ‘work ready’. For more information on all these programmes, please visit our programmes page.
As well as prize sponsorship, opportunities for organisations to work with the School exist in the form of undergraduate and MBA student projects and recruitment, tailored executive development programmes and academic consultancy. All these services are available as part of our Corporate Partner Scheme. Please visit our Business Connections pages for further information.
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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.
The centrality of research to teaching is an essential feature of all our programmes. The School offers a full range of programmes from undergraduate to postgraduate up to PhD level and post-experience programmes including the world-ranked Bath MBA. The School also provides tailored executive development programmes for middle and senior management.
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.
