The Open University Business School
Alumni Newsletter: certificate & diploma

Regional events (click on title to jump to website)

21 February Aston Whole brain leader or half brained manager?
24 February Frankfurt Stammtisch
1 March Bristol First Tuesday networking
8 March London Second Tuesday networking
17 March Redhill You want me to stand up and present? with Jo Salter
23 March Geneva LinkedIn - what's all the fuss about?

MBA Information Sessions - please spread the word amongst colleagues

The Open University Business School is organizing MBA information sessions at various locations across the UK. These events are a wonderful opportunity for those interested in knowing more about the MBA programme to come and meet our specialist MBA team, advisors and alumni/current students and get to know details of the modules, structure and content, their experience of the OU MBA how it has made a difference in their lives, how the structure of the course helped them integrate work and study.

OUBS would like to thank its brilliant alumni for constant support and help. You can support us further by asking your friends and colleagues who might be interested in the MBA about these events.  The complete list of events, along with date, time, maps and registration form can be found at www.openuniversity.co.uk/mbaevents If you want to contact us about these events, please get in touch with Raj Ghosh (r.ghosh@open.ac.uk)

Business School Essay Competition - please forward to anyone who is currently studying or considering studying

The Open University Business School is proud to announce its first MBA Essay Competition.
The competition is open to existing Open University students (of all disciplines) as well as prospective students.
Applicants will be required to write an essay in response to a question posed by the MBA academic panel within the Business School. All essays received will then be assessed by the panel and the winner announced. The prize for the successful applicant will be full sponsorship for Stage One of the MBA (B716).
To apply for entry into the competition and to receive details of the essay question click on
www8.open.ac.uk/business-school/study/mba/essay-competition-2011

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News

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QuickLinks

Your alumni association has launched a dedicated OU Business School group on Linkedin.

Linkedin is an online professional networking service, used by over 12 million professionals worldwide. It allows members to connect with each other and expand their business contacts. Through this website you are able to search and view OU Business School group members' profiles as well as their networks. You see much more than a name. All connections are controlled by you, this is an opt in only.
How to join: There is no charge to join Linkedin, or to join the OU Business School Alumni Network group on Linkedin. You are pre-approved as a member of the OUBS alumni association and can join the group immediately by clicking on the Linkedin Logo above.
You will need to use the same e-mail address with Linkedin as the one to which this e-newsletter is sent. You can easily add this address to your existing Linkedin profile.

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Update your details

If you need to change any of your contact details, email, home or work please go to the alumni website at www.open.ac.uk/oubs-alumni click on 'update your details'. If you have not registered your details or opted into the membership directory please do so now and keep connected to this thriving international network.