Sharing articles and blogs from across our global alumni community
Academic, author, philosopher and yacht charter skipper, Derek Mazzone, reflects on a diverse intellectual journey that began in engineering and arrived at philosophy. A transformation fuelled by a desire to understand the world and the pursuit of value – the name of his most recent book.
Derek Way, BSc Business Studies 1984, blogs about his journey from a student at Emm Lane, (The Management Centre), to managing a world-leading electronics company, Able Systems.
Archana Shetty, MBA 2013 Archana is a Leadership and Productivity Coach. She coaches and mentors ambitious, smart high achieving executives, aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs who want to advance to…
Why do 63% of CRM initiatives in large companies (73% in SMEs) fail? In this Blog, Bijan Khosravani, MBA 2004, highlights the most common reasons for CRM project failures & explains why CRM should be treated much more than just a technology initiative.
Cynthia Varley, BA Social Studies 1994, blogs about her Bradford Journey and why she wishes to remain involved as a graduate having joined the Alumni Association Executive Committee in December 2016.
Alumni Association Executive Committee member, James Robertson-Dunn, blogs about his time at Bradford, what attracted him to the City and University, why he is keen to remain involved as a graduate, and what he hopes to achieve as a member of the AA Committee.
Peter Billington, BEng Mechanical Engineering 1978, blogs about a recent reunion of his classmates held in Bradford 40 years on from their Bradford graduation.
Getting a dream job is on everybody’s wish list but the thought itself is daunting. Big companies, huge competition, lots of applications and little response. So how do you make this happen? How do you get into their talent pool? Where do you start? Archana Shetty, MBA 2013, shares her tips on how to get ready to land your dream job.
Chair of the University of Bradford Alumni Association, Terry Carroll, BSc Business Studies 1970, on why his heart has remained very much in Bradford since he first came here as a student 50 years ago, and his vision for the Alumni Association.
Ahead of the 2018 Water Industry Awards taking place in May, alumnus Callum Scott, Mechanical Engineering 2007, blogs about his unique journey, Bradford degree, and current work which has culminated in his book “The future of the water cycle in the UK” being shortlisted as a finalist in the Energy & Carbon Initiative of the Year category.