New Deputy Dean

Professor Gary Packham was recently appointed as Deputy Dean (Research & Development) of the faculty. Prior to joining Anglia Ruskin, Professor Packham was Head of the Glamorgan Business School at the University of Glamorgan and also Director of the University's Centre for Enterprise. Professor Packham began his career in the financial services sector before returning to higher education. He has led and managed a wide range of research and business engagement projects over the past 12 years.

Microgenius goes live with hydro scheme

As part of our Enterprise Fellowship Scheme, our Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR) has awarded £10,000 and ongoing mentoring support to Emily Mackay, founder of Cambridge-based Microgenius.

Emily's not-for-profit website is designed to link people with an interest in sustainable energy with communities that are developing microgeneration projects. She said: "When I was looking to invest in renewable energy, I found it really difficult to find the community projects. It was so frustrating. I eventually found and talked to some co-operatives and 'community benefit' societies and I realised then how burdensome they find attracting investors and the administration that comes with it. So I could see that something had to be done to help. Microgenius is designed to simplify the process for both projects and investors. It is a web-based platform that has been specially developed to manage the administration of fundraising and also to make it possible to reach a much wider range of people with the share offer."

Ben Mumby-Croft, Senior Lecturer and Emily's mentor, said: "We are delighted to see the progress Emily has made since being awarded the CEDAR Enterprise Fellowship. She has taken her initial idea to a national launch in less than a year. CEDAR specialises in finding and supporting true entrepreneurship, which is about having a positive attitude, being tenacious, and not being afraid to try out new ideas and approaches, which are all traits Emily has aplenty."

Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) Student Ambassador off to South Africa

Charline Collard, Chair of the GRLI Ambassadors group, won an all-expenses paid trip to participate in the GRLI General Assembly 'Young Ambassadors @ Africa Leads' which was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Charline represented our faculty and on her return presented its outcomes to the Business School and wrote an article on the competition and the conference for the student publication The Biz. We are very proud of Charline's achievement and pleased she represented us at the conference.

For more information and to 'Like' our GRLI page visit www.grli.org

People Management Award Winners

Lord Ashcroft International Business School celebrated a major achievement when, in partnership with Barclays plc, we were announced the winners of one of the prestigious 2012 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) People Management Awards. With Barclays we have successfully designed, developed and managed the Retail Development Programme (RDP), which has at its heart the BA (Hons) Management and Leadership degree. The judges praised the overall programme as the first of its kind and highly commended Barclays and Anglia Ruskin.