2006 Network (Winter)

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Cambridge Professor inducted to International Women’s Forum’s Hall of Fame

Research on model selection for advertisements to be funded by the Ogilvy Foundation

Professor Dame Sandra Dawson, KPMG Professor of Management and the former Director of Judge Business School has been inducted to the International Women’s Forum’s (IWF) International Hall of Fame. She was joined by this year’s other honourees, Nobel Laureate

Judge Business School has been awarded a US $50,000 grant from The Ogilvy Foundation to support a three-year research project entitled

Dr Linda Buck of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, and pioneer and founder of the Breast Cancer Advocacy Movement, Dr Susan Love, at the Gala Global Awards Ceremony in Seattle on Friday the 29th of September.

International student exchange programme agreed On the 13th of October 2006 Judge Business School and the Indian School of Business announced that they have signed a three year international student exchange programme agreement. The programme will enable selected students from the Indian School of Business to visit Cambridge and enrol as full-time MBA students for one academic

semester, whilst the selected students from Judge Business School will enrol at Hyderabad for a similar appropriate period. Whilst visiting their host schools, the students will attend lectures and undertake consulting projects with host Microsoft Research on ‘emerging’ technologies in order to familiarise themselves with technology entrepreneurship.

‘Why Reflect Reality? The Effectiveness Of ‘Ideally Attractive’ Models Versus ‘Reality Reflecting’ Models in Fashion And Beauty Advertising’.

Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) at Judge Business School resumes its highly successful ‘Enterprise Tuesday’ programme, a series of free weekly evening lectures and networking sessions, which run from October 2006 to February 2007. ‘Enterprise Tuesday’ is a major focus on entrepreneurship for the University, demonstrating the application of learning to solve problems and

create businesses. Over the last three years, Enterprise Tuesday has grown steadily with over 1000 registered attendees in 2005/06, with more than 600 from the University of Cambridge, other UK Universities and Regional Development Agencies. It is closing the gap between the University and business community with over 170 individuals from local and UK businesses attending the last programme.

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