Prizes, applause and accolades have been given to the highest-performing students in De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)’s Faculty of Business and Law this week.
Dozens of prizes were award for the best academic performance on different courses within the faculty covering subject areas including accounting, finance, business, marketing, economics and law.
Dinah Mould, winner of two Business and Law awards and who is graduating with a First in Human Resource Management and Psychology, said: “It’s so overwhelming, amazing really.
“I’ve had an amazing time, words can’t really describe my time at DMU. I’ve been given amazing opportunities and some great experiences.
“The lecturers were really supportive and the course itself was brilliant.”
Dinah is now heading off to Dubai to start her new role as a Human Resources Advisor with Seadrill Management Ltd as part of their graduate program, a challenge she is “excited” to get started with.
Nicklas Anchersen, joint winner of the best Advertising and Marketing Communications student award, said: “It’s really good to win the award after four great years at DMU.
“My time here has been really exciting, especially with all the international elements with placements abroad.”
Nicklas is now waiting to start his new role in Brand Marketing with EE in London.
Maria Errol, who won her award for studying Housing Law and who also works as a senior housing options officer, said: “This is a subject area I really enjoy, I can connect with it. It made me question absolutely everything about my day job.
“It’s a really good interesting place with incredibly helpful staff. Everyone’s really lovely, it’s just a really nice learning environment.”
Kerishma Pattni, graduating with a First in Business and Marketing, said: “I feel so overwhelmed and proud. DMU has been really enjoyable, it’s been really worthwhile.”
Kerishma is now planning on applying to do master’s at DMU with a 50 per cent bursary from the Vice-Chancellor’s 2020 Scholarship.
Hosting the awards ceremonies was Martyn Kendrick, head of postgraduate and undergraduate study in the faculty.
“I can honestly say that the standard of this year’s students has been exceptional,” Martyn said. “They’ve worked incredibly hard, they’ve been extremely focused and we’re delighted with their performance. I’m confident that they’ll all go on to enjoy successful careers and I’m pleased that a number of them will be staying with us to go into further study at DMU.”
David Scull, First in Business Management, said a placement year at Aldi had helped him land a business consultancy role at Harmonic Aerospace and Defence. He said: “Placements are the best way to go because you know what employers are after. You can propel yourself into employment.”
Kaxaa Patel, who won an award for outstanding performance in the workplace, did so well on her placement with Cummins Power Generation that bosses created a graduate role for her. She said: “It was one of the best things I have done at university.”
Full list of winners from Faculty of Business and Law, Monday and Tuesday:Monday 13 July 4:30
The CROWE prize for best HRM Dissertation - Abigial Mullins
NatWest/Times Business Ethics prize for best BA (Hons) Business Management and Economics students – Sam Wright
Cengage Learning Prize for Best BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance Student – Toby Shaw
Decision Analytics Module Poster Campaign – Toby Shaw. First Runner Up: Harvey Tayman, Second Runner Up: Toby Shaw
Leicester Mercury Award for Best Final Year BA (Hons) Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation student – Matthew Lee
Leicester Mercury Award for Best Final Year BA (Hons) Business Management and Enterprise Student – Dipali Bhavasar
NatWest Business Ethics Prize for best BA (Hons) Business and Management Student – Oliver Dodwell
Cengage Learning Prize for best performance on a Strategy and Management Dissertation – Ann Cook
Sage Prize for Best PT student on a BA (Hons) Business Studies – Lisa Maisto
Sage Prize for best BSc (Hons) Business Studies student – Angus Trimble
Leicester Business School Prize for the best BA Joint Hons Accounting or Finance Performance – Mariam Seedat
ACORN Prize for the best SWIBS (Liaoning University) student performance on a BA Hons Business and Management – Siqi Zhang
Tuesday 14 July 12:30
Baxi Prize for Best Ba Joint (Hons) Human Resource Management Student – Dinah Mould
Qdos Prize for Best BA (Hons) Human Resource Management Student – Radha Negron
Best BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics Student – David Caldwell
Best BA (Hons) Economics and Government Student – Om-Shanker Nath
Best BA (hons) Politics Student – Matthew Widdowson
Bayliss Prize for Best First Year Student in Department of Politics and Public Policy – Hannah Rowe
Best BA (Hons) Government and Politics Student – James Brown
Best BA (Hons) International Business and Globalisation Student – Mitchell Reeley
BusinessWorks Prize for Best Corporate Project Team – Sona Gangani, Alex Grice, Alec Jones, Georgia Rowe
BusinessWorks Prize for Best Social Enterprise Project Team – Muhamad Nadzrin, Olamide Fetuga, Adib Hasan, Uday Keshvala
Buckles Solicitors LLP Prize for the Best Housing Law Student – Maria Errol
IBM Innovation Prize for Strategic Marketing Management – Aruna Bhalla
IBM Innovation Prize for Best BA (Hons) Business and Marketing Student – Anna Kingman
Sage Prize for Best BA (Hons) Retails Management Student – Ceri McGlynn
Leicester Business School Prize for Best Digital Marketing and Social Media Student – Michal Golda
The Bigdog Prize for Best BA (Hons) Advertising and Marketing Communications Student – Nicklas Anchersen and Connor Jipps (Joint winners)
Rock Kitchen Harris Prize for Best BA (Hons) Marketing Management Student – Phoenix Hy
GI Solutions Group Prize for Best BA (Hons) Marketing and Media Student – Aruna Bhalla
Cellini Prize for Best BA (Hons) International Marketing and Business Student – Alex Jones
Institute of Direct Marketing Award for the Best Students on the Interactive Marketing Campaign Module – Phoenix Hy
Chartered Institute of Marketing Prize for Best Marketing Project – Connor Jipps and Kerishma Pattni (Joint winners)
ACORN Prize for Best Direct Entrant Student Performance on BA (Hons) Marketing Management - Anqi Lin
Award for Outstanding Performance in the Workplace – Dinah Mould
Award for First Place Work Based Learning Certificate – Mitchell Reeley
Tuesday 14 July 16:30
Leicester Business School Prize for Best BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance Student – Farhan Chohan
The Gemma Newman Award – Haylie Brown
MGC Hayles Prize for Best Final Year Financial Accounting Takeover Assignment – Haylie Brown, Suad Mohamed and Kate Tasker (Joint winners)
CFA Society UK Prize for Best BSc (Hons) Finance Student – Ally Mbaruku
CFA Society UK Prize for Endeavour on BSc (Hons) Finance – Shelley Sharma
Compass Group UK and Ireland Prize for Best Presentation on the Management and Development and Control Module – Harish Kerai, Eleanor English, Ajay Khanna, Ling Jin and Gurjit Dusanj (Joint winners)
ASET Student Competition Winner – Kishan Somani
ACORN Prize for the Best Overall SQA Progression Student on BA (Hons) Business and Management – Xuan Ding
ACORN Prize for Best Overall Progression Student on BA (Hons) Accounting and Business Management – Yirun Lu
ACORN Prize for Best Overall SWIBS Student Performance on BA (hons) Accounting and Finance - Yin Fang
ACORN Prize for Best SWIBS Student Performance on BA (Hons) Business and Management – Siqi Zhang
ACORN Prize for the Best SWIBS Student Performance on BA (Hons) International Marketing and Business – Mohan Yu
ACORN Prize for the Best BNU Student Performance on BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance – Yuanyuan Zhang
ACORN Prize for Best Overall Progression Student Performance on BA (Hons) Business and Finance – Jingyi Liu
Posted on Wednesday 15 July 2015