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Nottingham Business School Alumni Fellowship Scheme Virender Slaich, Head of Accreditations & Quality
Click to edit Master title style Why Engage Alumni?
Why should Business Schools engage alumni?
In the context of your School, how do you engage
alumni?
Click to edit Master title style Why Engage Alumni?
• Alumni are our most loyal supporters.
• Alumni are great role models for our students and are often well
placed to offer practical support to students as they begin their
professional careers.
• Alumni are frequently in the position to engage the expertise of the
Business School in their professional lives.
• Alumni generate invaluable word-of-mouth marketing among their
professional and personal networks.
• Alumni are our global ambassadors. They take their knowledge of
our school and programmes to their home towns and countries and
into their professional and personal networks.
• Alumni are fundraising prospects.
Click to edit Master title style Nottingham Business School Alumni
40 years of alumni
talent across the
globe
Duncan Chapple, Senior Vice President, Kea Group
Matthew Blain, Head of HR Boots
Andrew Green, Account Manager Cisco Systems
Nikhil Kotak, Product Manager, Barclays
Rosie Cartwright, Santander UK
Duncan Chapple, Senior Vice President, Kea Group
Click to edit Master title style NBS Alumni Fellowship Scheme
Aims:
– To create a valuable resource for the benefit of our student population.
– To offer a unique opportunity for alumni to raise their own profile and develop skills and experience.
Requirements:
– Graduated at least two years ago from NBS.
– Hold over two years full-time work experience.
Resources:
– Appointed an Alumni Fellowship Manager.
– Created Website https://www.ntualumni.org.uk/nbs_alumni_fellowship
– Annual Welcome Event.
Click to edit Master title style Alumni Fellow Activities – 2 days per annum
• Recruitment fair support
• Assessment Centre support
• Mock employment interviews
• Company visits and shadowing
• Enhancement boards
• Guest lectures/seminar support
• Academic/industry “buddying” scheme
• Mentoring
Click to edit Master title style Alumni Fellow Benefits
• Use of the title “Alumni Fellow of NBS”.
• Alumni Fellowship network events.
• Priority invitations to University/School events.
• 20% discount on membership of Institute of Directors.
• Discounts on programmes throughout the University.
• NTU email account, which enables access to online resources.
• Access resources on campus, including the library.
Click to edit Master title style What Does This Mean For An Alumni Fellow?
• Contribution to the career enhancement of our students.
• Engagement with our faculty - knowledge exchange.
• Networking opportunities
• Use of our resources
• Discounts on courses
• A title: ‘NBS Alumni Fellow’
And hopefully… A WARM GLOW
Click to edit Master title style Mark Taylor: Alumni Fellow
Click to edit Master title style What Does This Mean For Our Students?
• Industry insight:
- Enriching the curriculum
- Refreshing the curriculum
• Individual opportunities - Placements and work shadowing
• Improving skills for employability
• Mentoring and coaching
• Motivating and inspiring
Connecting academic, professional and experiential learning
Click to edit Master title style Student Mentoring – Part of Personalisation
• Mentors:
- Academic
- Industry
- Peer
Helping students to understand
their experiences
Mentor
Helping students to implement a
personal development
plan
Exploring aspirations, reflection & creating a personal
development plan
Click to edit Master title style Students: Raj Thuk (UG) & Thu Phan (PG)
Click to edit Master title style 157 Alumni Fellows: Profile
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Females 32%
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Click to edit Master title style Initial Research: 37 Alumni Fellows in Pilot
How did Alumni Fellows become aware of the scheme?
Over a third of Alumni Fellows were personally
invited by NBS Faculty
Click to edit Master title style Initial Research: 37 Alumni Fellows in Pilot
Active engagement with NBS since graduation
Over half of the Alumni Fellows had no significant active
engagement with NBS since their graduation
Click to edit Master title style Initial Research: 37 Alumni Fellows in Pilot
Employer attitude
Over two-thirds of Alumni Fellows are receiving
employer support
Click to edit Master title style Initial Research: 37 Alumni Fellows in Pilot
Alumni Fellowship activities undertaken
The most popular activity is mentoring
Click to edit Master title style Next Steps
• Target is to grow to 500 Alumni Fellows by
2020.
• Alumni to impact at the core of our activities:
- Curriculum design/enhancement
- Guest lectures
- Company visits/shadowing/placement opportunities
- Mentoring students (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Knowledge exchange
Click to edit Master title style Finally
Is this scheme unique?
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