News and events :King's College London

News and event highlights from the Department of Management can be found below with links to older items to the left. For details of news and events across the College see the College news and event pages.

Second year Business Management student and budding entrepreneur Jack Tang is hoping to cause a splash in the recruitment sector with his brainchild website thestudentjob.com

Unintended Consequences: the cost of the Government’s Legal Aid Reforms - a report by Dr Graham Cookson published.

The Modernisation of the Public Services and Employee Relations: Targeted Change
New publication from Stephen Bach, Professor of Employment Relations.

HR most influential ranking
Professor David Guest has been named in the top ten HR Most Influential UK thinkers.

Alumnus becomes youngest ever member of Turkish Parliament
A Management Department alumnus has become the youngest member of the Turkish Parliament in history. Bilal Macit graduated from the MSc in Public Services Policy and Management in 2010, and was elected as a deputy for the AK (Justice and Development) Party this year, at the age of 27.

Student wins Coco-Cola Internship
Olga Jasicka, a student in the Department of Management, has won the Clemes Marketing Internship with Coca-Cola.

Decreasing pool of technicians
Research undertaken by academics in the Department of Management has found that around half of the laboratory and engineering technicians in chemistry, engineering, and physics departments in UK universities are due to retire within the next 15 years.

KCLBC visits Dubai
King’s College London Business Club (KCLBC), the College’s award winning student enterprise society, has just returned from Dubai, UAE, where 20 participants took place in their International Insight series overseas trip.

Student selected to take part in international conference
Business Management undergraduate student Shamin Vogel has been selected to participate in the 2011 ‘Challenge the Best’ conference at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland March 25-28.

Vocational education reviewToo many young people are taking vocational courses which have little value because of badly designed performance tables and funding formulae, suggests an independent review published today by the Department of Education. The review was compiled by Professor Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King’s College London.

Pressure on pay in private sector mountsA survey by King’s College London and law firm Speechly Bircham reveals that employers are facing a sustained increase in workplace unrest as austerity measures, longer working hours, stress and a genuine skills gap take their toll on the UK workforce.

First cohort of MSc International Marketing students graduateKing’s College London awarded degrees to the first cohort of MSc International Marketing students at the graduation ceremony in January 2011.

New publication: Advanced Financial AccountingBy Jagdish Kothari, University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy and Elisabetta Barone.

Event: Reporting to Shareholders: What accounting do they really need?The Department of Management was delighted to welcome Professor Stephen H. Penman to King’s on 24 November 2010.

First study to examine concept of 'market-driving'Professor Pervez Ghauri and Dr Fatima Wang from the Department of Management have been awarded an ESRC grant for £357,150.00

Professor receives honorary awardThe distinguished award of 'Academician' has been conferred on Professor Christian Heath by the Academy of Social Sciences.