http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/ en-gb http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24463/guardian-measure-performance/ 'Measuring performance and valuing return on public investment is crucial in the public sector but it can be costly and dysfunctional if not done properly,' says Professor Mike Pidd in an opinion piece in the Guardian. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:26:16 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24463/guardian-measure-performance/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24433/bangkok2012/ 19 Lancaster alumni attended the 2012 British Council Grand Reunion event in Bangkok on 28th January. The Lancaster group was one of the biggest at the event and represented the University well. This annual event is a great opportunity for Lancaster alumni to reconnect, and also to network with alumni from other UK universities. Those attending agreed that this was the best British Council event yet. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:40:10 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24433/bangkok2012/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24458/nick-miles-christies/ BusinessBecause has published a feature article on MBA graduate Nicholas Miles, who talks about how the Lancaster MBA has helped him in his job as Director of Transport for international auction house Christie's. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:17:58 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24458/nick-miles-christies/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24455/anya-rasaiah-exhibition/ The Sultan Gallery in Lancaster is displaying an art exhibition by BA Advertising and Marketing student Anya Rasaiah. Anya's first solo show, 'Oportunidad', runs from 29 February until 29 April. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:17:26 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24455/anya-rasaiah-exhibition/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24441/bart-lambrecht-ft/ Bart Lambrecht is the FT's 'Professor of the Week' from 16 February. The FT describes Prof Lambrecht's research interests in corporate finance and housing/household finance. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:46:08 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24441/bart-lambrecht-ft/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24404/GEC/ IEED are official promoters of The Global Entrepreneurship Congress taking place in Liverpool in March and have secured a 20% discount on ticket price for all their business contacts. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:09:02 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24404/GEC/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24390/GEC2012/ The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is the largest gathering of start-up champions from around the world. It's about unleashing potential and the will to win, inspiring people to realise their ambitions, exciting them to make it now. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:14 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24390/GEC2012/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24360/careers-connect/ The LUMS Careers, Alumni and Employer Relations team hosted the first Lancaster Careers Connect event at The Work Foundation in London on 3rd February. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:11 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24360/careers-connect/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24362/goenka-graduating-students/ Lancaster University's Chancellor, renowned mountaineer Sir Christian Bonington, presided over the inaugural graduation ceremony students enrolled at GDGWI-Lancaster University on 8 February in India. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:48:26 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24362/goenka-graduating-students/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24310/fei-pfister/ Dr Jan Pfister, of Lancaster's Department of Accounting and Finance, has had his book Managing Organizational Culture for Effective Internal Control featured in an issue alert by the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research arm of Financial Executives International (FEI). Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:02:52 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24310/fei-pfister/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24299/meet-the-employer-2012/ The Management School's Meet the Employer Event, held on 1 February 2012, was our biggest yet. The annual event, which has been running since 2007, brought together representatives from 27 organisations with participants including graduate recruiters, Lancaster alumni, and LUMS students on placement. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:21:28 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24299/meet-the-employer-2012/ http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24162/jordanian-global-mba/ Four students from Jordan, participants on Lancaster's Global MBA programme, visited the Lancaster campus recently. For the Jordanians it was a great opportunity to share in the Lancaster campus experience. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:43:30 +0000 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/24162/jordanian-global-mba/