Sport student inspired by Olympic placement
Local entrepreneurs learn from world expert Local entrepreneurs had a rare opportunity to learn from one of the best in the business at a free event in the Sheffield Business School.
Elaine Zhang and Layla Chen teaching the art of eating with chopsticks.
Kids go nuts for chopstick challenge By Joe Field
Visitors to Sheffield’s Winter Gardens had their chopstick skills put to the test by students, as part of the city’s Student Week celebrations. Two international students, Elaine Zhang and Layla Chen, challenged local people to prove their dexterity by using chopsticks to take peanuts from a bowl in the fastest time possible. And the winners were treated to a handful of Chinese sweets. Jake Kitchiner, welfare and community officer at Hallam Union, said: “Student Week’s all about showing what students do in the community and getting people to engage with us. “We’ve had nature walks for kids to get involved in; a Chinese New Year event, where children painted the symbol for the year they were born in; societies doing demonstrations and performances including dancing and bands. “It’s involved participation from people of all ages and backgrounds, which has been great to see and is exactly the idea of the event.”
Andrew Haigh, managing partner of the Entrepreneurs Client group within Coutts bank, shared his extensive experience of the business world to highlight what he thinks makes a good entrepreneur. He shared his tips and advice on progressing a business through difficult economic times and discussed the challenges faced by the modern entrepreneur. He also took questions from the audience about their own business ventures. Andrew began his career as an investment banker in London and then New York before moving to become finance director of NatWest’s International Businesses Division. In 1996 he became managing director of the Coutts businesses in Jersey, before returning to New York in 1999 to act as head of NatWest Group in North America. From 2006 Andrew was based in Beijing and Shanghai helping the Bank of China open the first domestic private bank in that country. He returned back to Coutts & Co in 2008 as managing partner of the Entrepreneurs Client Group, where he now has strategic responsibility for 20,000 entrepreneur clients within the UK. Andrew said: “An entrepreneur is somebody who is quite happy to disrupt market places. Not everybody can be an entrepreneur or a business owner because you need to be hugely flexible, be prepared to take risks and have a huge degree of self-confidence and self belief in your ideas.”
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Popular former Bishop returns to reveal his heroes A former Bishop of Sheffield entertained an audience at Sheffield Hallam with stories of his heroes past and present. From his grandmother to the anti-apartheid campaigner Trevor Huddleston, former Bishop Jack Nicholls revealed the people who shaped his life’s work. Bishop Jack visited the University in April after the early winter’s bad weather put paid to an earlier planned visit in December. Jack, who retired in 2008 after 12 years as Bishop, took his audience in the Pennine Theatre on a journey from a two-up, twodown house where he was born in Rossington to a trip to Rome.
David Oakes, from the Sheffield Business School, said: “We were delighted that Andrew agreed to come to the University to share his extensive entrepreneurial experience.”
His heroes included his grandmother Sarah Jane Vann, his local vicar George Hamilton Richards, the former Dean of Cape Town Rowan Smith, playwright Alan Bennett and comedian Les Dawson.
To hear an interview with Andrew about his tips for succeeding in business visit the news pages of the University website www.shu.ac.uk/news
As an Honorary Doctor at Sheffield Hallam, the Right Reverend has a long association with the University.
Olympic inspiration wins top awards for volunteers Hallam Union has achieved a much sought after Olympic Games Inspire Mark for two of its volunteer projects run at primary schools in Sheffield.
By Joe Field
Students went into the schools to share their knowledge and encourage interest in the Olympics. One project at Porter Croft Primary School taught youngsters about the history and traditions of the Olympic Games while the second, at Hallam Primary School, ran a number of Olympic style events for the children. One volunteer Cherry Buckley won Outstanding Volunteer of the Year at the
2011 Hallam Union Student Awards for her dedication to the Porter Croft project Community Development Coordinator for Sports and Culture, Katy Weston said: “The projects have been a great success. Our volunteers invested such a lot of time and effort into them and achieving the Inspire Mark really shows that it has paid off. The projects have provided a great opportunity for us to raise awareness of the 2011 Olympic Games and its history in schools, allowing the children to get involved with it for themselves.”
He said: “I was thrilled to return and renew my association with Sheffield Hallam and have the opportunity to talk about the heroes and heroines who have influenced and inspired me in my life’s journey and shaped my religious convictions.”
A sport development student has been selected for a once-in-a-lifetime placement at the London 2012 headquarters, thanks to the University’s partnership with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). Lynsey Appleby (pictured below) has been selected for a seven week internship with the press operations team as part of an agreement between LOCOG and the University. Lynsey said: “I couldn’t hope to graduate in a better year than 2012. And when I do, I hope to work in the media side of sport. The internship will give me a chance to put everything I’ve learnt during the last two years into practice. “LOCOG staff have been inspirational. They’ve been brilliant at involving me in any projects and I’m extraordinarily grateful for it. They’ve given me lots of guidance and advice to prepare me for when the internship begins.” LOCOG and Sheffield Hallam have developed a unique set of academic modules for students interested in a career in major sporting events. Students who take the modules have the opportunity to apply for internships with the organising committee. Senior lecturer in sport Sarah Wenham said: “The partnership will give students on the media operations modules the opportunity to apply to work alongside the media during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games across all sports. It’s a fantastic opportunity to be part of a once-in-a-lifetime event.” The agreement makes Sheffield Hallam the only university in the UK to officially partner with LOCOG in this way and it is the only university to have had agreements with the organising committees of the Beijing Olympics and the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Jack was a member of the House of Lords from 2003 until his retirement. Throughout his life he has worked tirelessly to champion causes that support the gospel message, and has been an active campaigner against things which dehumanise others. As Bishop of Sheffield, he was much involved in building better relations with other faith groups, especially Jewish and Muslim communities, and within the Christian communities with Roman Catholics and Methodists.
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