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Real business, real practice: using business school ideas in the workplace Need some fresh thinking to help your business? Join us in an exciting new venture! University of Bedfordshire Business School (UBBS) is different from other educational establishments – we are focused on the real world: real challenges for businesses and preparing our students to tackle those challenges.
How do we do this? By championing what we call a practice-led approach to our courses. Many business leaders complain that UK graduates may be good on business theory but have no knowledge or experience of business life. Organisations need individuals who can be effective from day one: individuals who fit in, demonstrate impact on the business and respond creatively to opportunities and challenges. The combination of theory and experience UBBS provides drives both our student employability and their performance. We do this by giving our students exposure to genuine business problems and practice from their very first term. Already we have worked with over 40 businesses including Easyjet, Vauxhall and Luton Town Football Club and we want many more businesses to join us in this exciting new venture. Our most popular way of working is Practice Weeks.
Practice Weeks Practice Weeks are set outside the ‘classroom’ where small groups of students work on genuine business problems presented to them by the company and identify potential solutions. They have two objectives: 1 To develop the employability of students Through practice, students learn and develop the attributes and behaviours that employers wish to see in their graduate recruits, not just skills. These include confidence, negotiation, time-management, teamwork, planning and other competencies.
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