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Welcome to the School of Economics Student Newsletter

12 June 2014

This academic year is almost over - the Exam Boards have taken place, the results are up on MyEd and graduations are approaching fast. We are very pleased to announce this year's prizewinners - see below for details.

In this issue

 Senior Honours Prizewinners  Junior Honours Prizewinners  £15,000 prize offered for book writing competition  Consultancy Graduate Scheme at global firm

Senior Honours Prizewinners The Mary Theresa Rankin Prize (£300), which is for the top final year student, is awarded to:

Poppea Daniel

School of Economics prizes for Excellence in Economics (£150 each). The winners are:

Marie Chia Patrik Gallo Gabriel Leow Genevieve Nelson

The Merchant Company Prize (£250), which is for the best Economics dissertation is awarded to

Julius Gunnemann

We also have School of Economics prizes for Outstanding Dissertations (£50 each). The winners are:

Jana Bischler Poppea Daniel Xin Huang

Congratulations everyone!

Junior Honours Prizewinners The top 3 students of the year get the Balmoral Asset Management prizes and this year the winners are:

1st Liucija Latanauskaite (£300 and engraved plate in Sterling silver) 2nd Matus Luptak (£200) 3rd Edmund Lau (£100)

These will be presented at the end of a lecture in semester 1 and we'll be in touch to confirm the date.

In addition we have three School of Economics prizes for Excellence in Economics (£75 each). The winners are:

Fraser Harker Tomas Norbutas Meri Vaisanen

Congratulations everyone!

£15,000 prize offered for book writing competition

Do you have a great idea for a business book? A new £15,000 prize offered by the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company, organisers of the Business Book of the Year Award, aims to unearth new talent by encouraging young authors to tackle emerging business themes. The Bracken Bower Prize will be given to a promising young writer with the best proposal for a book about the challenges and opportunities of growth.

Named after Brendan Bracken, chairman of the FT from 1945 to 1958, and Marvin Bower, managing director of McKinsey from 1950 to 1967, the Bracken Bower Prize honours their legacy but also opens a new chapter by asking young writers and researchers to identify and analyse the business trends of the future. The winner of the inaugural award will receive £15,000 and their proposal will be published on FT.com.

The judging panel for 2014 includes: Vindi Banga, partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice Lynda Gratton, professor, London Business School Jorma Ollila, chairman, Royal Dutch Shell and Outokumpu Dame Gail Rebuck, chair, Penguin Random House, UK

Eligibility: Only writers who are under 35 on November 11 2014 (the day the prize will be awarded) are eligible. They can be a published author, but the proposal itself must be original and must not have been previously submitted to a publisher.

The closing date for entries is 5pm (BST) on September 30th 2014. The proposal should be no longer than 5,000 words – an essay or an article that conveys the argument, scope and style of the proposed book – and must include a description of how the finished work would be structured, for example, a list of chapter headings and a short bullet-point description of each chapter.

How to Enter: The complete rules and terms and conditions of entry and frequently asked questions can be found at: www.ft.com/brackenbower and join the conversation at #BBYA14. Please send your submissions to [email protected]

Consultancy Graduate Scheme at global firm Are you interested in a consultancy career with one of the largest professional services firms in the world? Do you have a keen interest in technology and business issues? Do you want excellent training and professional qualifications, like CIMA or ACA? Our global client is looking for several commercially aware students with an interest in technology for their exciting Technology Advisory Scheme:

Position: Technology Advisory Scheme Industry: Consulting/Professional Services Location: London Earnings: Circa £30k How to apply: Send CVs to [email protected] Start Date: September 2014 Application deadline: APPLY ASAP/Right after your exams

The company: The company is the largest professional services firm in Europe, offering a range of advisory and financial services. They provide valuable benefits for clients, employees and stakeholders. Technology underpins many of the most influential organisations in the world, and this company helps clients to dramatically enhance their performance through improvements to their technology. They have an excellent graduate offering with peerless and continual training and provision of professional qualifications.

The Technology Advisory Scheme: The company helps to dramatically enhance their clients’ performance through sustainable improvements to their technology. The graduates would be providing independent, jargon-free advice to help their clients realise the potential of their technology, manage their technological risks and enable them to make the best use of their data. The Technology Advisory Scheme is a structured, 3-year scheme in which the graduates will be offered plenty of client exposure, development of their core consulting and technology skills, as well as being given the chance to study for relevant industry accredited qualifications. Your work will be diverse, spanning the full lifecycle of a project from its shaping, to its design and delivery.

Is this for you? You do not need to be technical for this scheme. Students from any degree discipline may apply for this scheme, but you must have a passion for continual adaptation of your skills and knowledge to find solutions that meet the clients’ needs, and you must have a keen interest in technology and business issues.

Send us your CV asap to [email protected] quoting 'ADVISORY' without delay and we’ll start your application today. This is a free service.

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