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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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

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Active engagement with NBS since graduation

Over half of the Alumni Fellows had no significant active

engagement with NBS since their graduation

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Employer attitude

Over two-thirds of Alumni Fellows are receiving

employer support

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Alumni Fellowship activities undertaken

The most popular activity is mentoring

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• 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?