For those of you stressing over exams or course work, I bring this interesting article from the Financial Times about why giving 11% is not always the best thing. In short, work hard but also take breaks and try not to put too much pressure on yourself. Moving from exams to the world beyond, this article has some advice on interview techniques and closing an interview well rather than feeling awkward when they ask you if you have any questions. This article from the Harvard Business Review, talks about which types of women are in senior business roles and the likely effect that will have on confidence and recruitment throughout the business. Perhaps something for our female graduates to remember in their careers and to encourage the younger women following in their footsteps.
The Guardian has been discussing how well Business Schools have taught about sustainability and whether they are doing enough to support and encourage sustainable innovators and entrepreneurs. What do you think? Did Middlesex encourage you to consider sustainability and to pursue green entrepreneurship? Thinking of sustainability and alternative business models, this FT editorial is a fascinating discussion of mutuals and how the Co-op's current troubles don't actually damage the mutual model.
In other news, the UK Budget was announced last week with a massive shake-up of pensions and also a reshaping of the pound coin. Google and Apple have stepped up their battle over operating systems for Smartwatches and a new generation of wearable technology. Microsoft has announced an end to it';s support of Windows XP which is used for many ATM machines, meaning ATMs may becomes more vulnerable to crashing and hacking. Last week I attended lots of and lots of Boards of Study and listened to student feedback which is so useful for helping improve the library. This week I have some more teaching sessions as well and I am very much looking forward to seeing students again.
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