News
2009
January 28/29
Presenting team auditions
Jubilee Campus
Auditions for a place in this year’s Regional and National competition presenting team are being decided on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th January, 2009.
Fantastic opportunity for students to present in front of 100’s of observers, including judges from multinational companies, such as HSBC, Accenture, KPMG and many more! Email gabbyclinkard@sifenottingham.co.uk if you are interested.
2008
December 4/5
Urban Fashion House suit fittings
SIFE Nottingham and Urban Fashion House volunteers will be on campus these 2 days for suit fittings.
Suits for both men and women will be available. Grab a Zara or Armani quality suit for unbeatably cheap prices! Great for interviews, internships, snowflake/grad ball and that eventual graduate job!
Visit the stalls at the Exchange, Jubilee Campus and Portland Building, University Park on these 2 days.
November 30
Nottingham Rugby Club’s biggest game of the season
Nottingham vs Manchester
Meadow Lane, 6pm
As you have no doubt seen in the press, the city’s rugby club, formed in 1877, is on the verge of insolvency. We are working with the club to help boost their exposure on campus and for the game on Sunday against Manchester, student tickets are only £5. Help keep one of Nottingham’s oldest sporting club’s in existence.
November 25
Deloitte Training Day
Deloitte Office, Nottingham.
4 - 6:30pm
A fantastic opportunity is currently available to all Business School students at the University of Nottingham to network with leading business executives from Deloitte (Nottingham Office) on Tuesday 25th November at 4pm-6:30pm. This recruitment event has been organised by SIFE Nottingham, who would like to welcome those of you interested in applying for/obtaining a graduate job/placement with Deloitte to join us.
The itinery for the event is as follows:
Audit Director Alistair Pritchard to introduce and speak
Corporate Finance - Transaction Services - Andy Grey - Manager
Private Client Services - Jamie Weller - Senior Manager
Corporate Tax - Michelle Hunt - Senior Manager
Indirect Tax - Rob Outram - Assistant Manager
ERS (Enterprise Risk Services/IT) Deena Chauhan - Senior Consultant
Consultancy - tbc
November 8
SIFE Nottingham Training Day
Jubilee Campus, Business School South.
11am – 4pm
This will be our first SIFE Nottingham Training Day of the academic year, and our biggest yet! All new members who have just joined last month in our recruitment sessions are welcome to come along. The day will include a whole range of activities from team-building to presenting and communication skills.
The presenting team at the Singapore World Cup last month will be showcasing the presentation that saw SIFE Nottingham get to the world semi-final stage.
There will also be sponsors attending and speakers, including the previous SIFE Nottingham presidents who are now working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture and Nationwide, respectively.
Food and drink will be provided. Social at Market Bar in the Lace Market will follow!
November 1/2
SIFE UK Training Weekend
Lincolnshire (40 minutes from Nottingham)
This is the annual training weekend held by SIFE UK for all the SIFE teams in the country. It is a fantastic 2 day event which includes a host of activities and is key event for which we begin the SIFE year.
New members are especially welcome. If you are interested in learning more about SIFE as a whole and grabbing a great head-start over other students then let one of the team know you are interested. Perfect for members who wish to start their own project or those looking to get involved in SIFE Nottingham a lot this coming year.
October 28
University of Nottingham awarded ‘Entrepreneurial University of the Year’ 2008!
The University of Nottingham has won the prestigious honour at a glittering Higher Education ceremony in London. A large factor in the university winning has been due to the dedicated and globally recognised impact SIFE Nottingham has had over the last year, and the team’s President Charlotte Matthew and Co-Vice President Reena Chandar were invited to pick up the honour on the university’s behalf.
The university’s Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway has enthused over the work our team has carried out and had this to say:
“What pleases me most about this award is the way it reflects how our students embrace the qualities of the entrepreneur.”
Business School Director Professor Leigh Drake, UNIEI Director Professor Martin Binks as well as Ian Robertson, Chief Executive of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship all praised the work of SIFE Nottingham and their contribution to the university winning the coveted accolade.
October 16/17
Recruitment Fayre
Exchange, Jubilee Campus.
5pm-7pm
The first and largest recruitment drive of the year will be happening on Jubilee. In order for SIFE Nottingham to continue to succeed we need new highly motivated and talented members. All disciplines welcome. Come along on one of these evenings to see our project portfolio for this year or even come along to talk to current members about what you could bring to us. Freshers and 2nd year students especially needed!
£7 membership fee – join the SIFE revolution.
October 16
SIFE Social Enterprise Workshop, ISE.
Birmingham
SIFE members will be attending the workshop as part of our continued efforts to help turn around struggling social enterprises in and around Nottinghamshire, into profitable and sustainable ventures.
October 10
Special thank you to sponsors Accenture
SIFE Nottingham has been privileged to be supported by Accenture through annual sponsorship, but in particular for the support given to us in the run up to the SIFE World Cup in Singapore in August and September. Business Advisory Board members Paul Gurney and Christopher Kimmett from Accenture have given the team invaluable advice and help on presenting skills, script writing and much more, and we are grateful for them dedicating their time to help us. Accenture also allocated us an office for the day in Raffles, Singapore, just days before the World Cup, allowing us key preparation time. Many thanks.
October 6/7
SIFE Nottingham members hold conference on Ningbo campus, China.
Team members Charlotte Matthew, Reena Chandar and Chris Godwin visited the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus in China to meet our sister SIFE team.
Over 2 days SIFE Nottingham helped Ningbo members to develop their project ideas and the team’s sustainability program, sharing the skills and experience from our past projects. The team’s world cup presentation, scripts and annual reports were also presented to the Ningbo members to help them in preparation for the SIFE China National Exposition in 2009.
October 1-3
SIFE Nottingham reach Semi-Finals at SIFE World Cup in Singapore
The team agonisingly missed out on the chance to be the very first UK team to ever reach the Final Round at a SIFE World Cup after being eliminated at the Semi-Final (last 16) round.
The competition, in which 47 countries across the globe competed in, was a fantastic spectacle in the Suntec Convention Centre in the heart of Singapore.
SIFE Nottingham were drawn against eventual winners Canada in the first round, alongside Malaysia, xxxx, in which us and Canada were able to progress.
The semi-final stage again saw the team up against Canada, as well as xxx, but agonisingly it was Canada who progressed and went on to win the world cup. So close for the team.
September 24
SIFE Nottingham wins HSBC Financial Literacy Award!
The prestigious award was presented to the team whilst preparing for the SIFE World Cup at an event with the SIFE UK Board of Directors in London. The award signifies the strength of SIFE Nottingham’s commitment to teaching financial literacy and beat stern competition from all other SIFE UK university teams. The award relates to the team’s project ‘Enterprise Nottingham’ which saw SIFE Nottingham teach 415 secondary school pupils about entrepreneurship & business in a number of interactive workshops and exercises. Fantastic result for the team.
April 17/18
SIFE Nottingham wins SIFE UK National Championship for 4th consecutive year!
For the 4th consecutive time since 2005, the team has won the National competition. Held in the Britannia Hotel in the heart of Canary Wharf, London, SIFE Nottingham overcame the stiffest competition yet to secure our place as the top SIFE team in the UK for 2008.
The team beat the SIFE teams from Lancaster, Bath and Sheffield to the coveted crown.
SIFE Nottingham will now be representing the University of Nottingham and the UK at the SIFE World Cup in Singapore this October! Well done to all team members this year – we really would not have done it without you!
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