IBM UBC IS THE UK'S LEADING UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPING STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY

RECORD 1,250 STUDENTS FROM OVER 73 UNIVERSITY FACULTIES ENTERED THE 2008-09 CHALLENGE

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR UBC 2009-2010

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HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM UBC 2008-9

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM FROM IMPERIAL COLLEGE WHO WON THE GRAND FINAL

Brendon Riley, Chief Executive, IBM UK & Ireland, gave the key note address, congratulated the participants in all 10 teams for their wonderful achievement in reaching the Grand Final 2008-9 held at IBM Bedfont Lakes, London, on Friday 6 March 2009.

"This is a fantastic achievement. The competition started out in October 2008 with 250 teams from over 70 universities and you are the 10 finalists. You should be proud of yourselves", he told the participants, their supporting lecturers and representatives from other sponsoring companies who attended the concluding third round of the competition. Click here to view photographs. In a hard fought and close Grand Final held at IBM Bedfont Lakes, London, a team from Imperial College London (Bright Futures) claimed first place.

1st Place: Imperial College London

Team members proudly holding the IBM UBC UK trophy are:  Jason Lin, Hesham Zafar, Ashley Uglow, Daban Abdul-Hamid and Maximilian Tay (Team Leader - right).

2nd Place: Bournemouth University Business School

 Congratulations to Bournemouth University Business School who finished aclose scond. Team members are: Andrew Winsper, Jan Foryszewski, Adam Griffin, Emily Mascarenas and Lucianne Pharoah. They were supported by Mark Ridolfo, head of the Business School. They are photographed with Morag Wright and Ravina Manku (front row left and second left) and Sonia Bannon (right) of IBM Graduate Recruitment Officer.

3rd Place: University of Abertay - Dundee Business School 

Congratulations to the team from University of Abertay - Dundee Business School who finished third. Team members are: Colin Mackintosh (team leader), Daniela Meinert, Patrik Schreiber, Valentina Zheleva and Fraser Laing. They were supported by their lecturer Helen Smith. They are photographed with Morag Wright and Ravina Manku (front row left and second left) and Sonia Bannon (right) of IBM Graduate Recruitment Officer.

 

HERE ARE THE TEAMS THAT WON THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL

Click here to see the Grand Finalists.

The IBM Universities Business Challenge is the premier business simulation competition for all university undergraduates in the UK who want to have a life-changing experience. The IBM UBC is a true learning experience for all those who enter. Commencing in October each year, the competition helps students improve their decision-making skills, develop their team-working abilities and increase their knowledge of key business areas such as marketing, finance, production and human resources. The competition also enhances their employability skills and provides an important extra item for their CV.

Participants come from all faculties...

The Universities Business Challenge is not just for Business Studies students. Students in Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, Law, Mathematics, Accounting, Medicine and a wide range of Arts and Sciences faculties have gained an invaluable understanding of the business world.

Improve employability skills....

Participating undergraduates tell us year after year how taking part in the IBM UBC has helped them make the transition from university to the world of work.

"The UBC reflects the ethos that brings out the qualities in the participants that we are looking for in potential employees: team-working abilities, tenacity, persistence..." - says Sonia Bannon of IBM.

Meet potential employers....

IBM is the UBC lead sponsor and together with the regional semi-final sponsors - Procter & Gamble, Citi, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and the Royal Navy - they represent some of the UK's top employers.

You'll be in challenging company....

Previous winners have included: Anglia Ruskin University, Sheffield Hallam University, Manchester Business School, Imperial College, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Durham, Cambridge, Swansea, Farnborough and Sussex. Semi-finalists have included teams from: Sheffield-Hallam, Imperial, Lancaster, Sheffield, Oxford, UCL, UMIST, Reading, Southampton, Loughborough, Anglia Ruskin, Aberystwyth, Bristol, Trinity All Saints, Bournemouth, Oxford Brookes, Essex, Birmingham, Dundee, Bell College, Regents Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Royal Holloway. Click here for the Hall of Fame

There will be cash prizes for the top three teams as follows:

IBM Universities Business Challenge 2009-2010

To download a printable version of the IBM UBC leaflet please click here

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