We were delighted to celebrate with our cohort of Year in Business
students on a sunny July morning in the beautiful Chapel at Royal
Holloway, University of London. I was so proud of this group of Year in
Business students who have achieved so much over the course of 4 years
with us. All YIBs attained either a First Class degree or Upper 2nd.
Indeed 84% of the group achieved a 1st which was significantly higher
than the Management group in total. Not only this, the vast majority of
students shared stories of their success in obtaining Graduate jobs or
plans to continue studying (eg Master courses). Massive congratulations
untuk semua!
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of our students are returning to the Companies where they undertook
their placement years. Kane Nelhams did a Management trainee programme
with Enterprise Rent-a-Car at the Slough branch and has now been
promoted to Management Assistant. Over the last year Kane was a campus
brand manager for the company and was actively involved in a number of
Year in Business events, promoting the programme to 2nd years seeking
placements. Another of our students, Ellen Pearce, is returning to
Enterprise Rent-a Car head office for a Finance graduate position.
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Year in Business students used their experience from their placements
to help them secure Graduate positions with a range of other companies.
These include Accenture, Bank of America, EY, Gartner, Hogan Lovells, HSBC, KPMG,
McClaren motors, Merkle, MVF, One Square Investments, Simmons &
Simmons, Strata partners, The Crew network, Travelzoo, Wayfairer travel
to name a few. At least one entrepreneurial graduate is looking to set up her own business.
We were delighted to hear the Graduating YIBs talk so positively about their placement years. Mikaela said ” These past 4 years
have been highly rewarding and I would definitely recommend choosing a
course which incorporates practical experience such as a year in
business, there is no better way to discover what type of role or
company suits you for a future career.”
Ellen who also graduated with a First Class degree described how the placement year “helped my
confidence to grow as well as my abilities and knowledge of accounting and
this massively helped in my final year. I was able to apply real
examples to the modules and had a better understanding of them which
helped for the exams!”
This is really inspiring to those students just about to enter their
2nd year and seek placement positions as there is not only the chance to
improve employability prospects but also the potential degree grade.
We
look forward to hearing how all the Royal Holloway Management Year in
Business students get on in the future. Do keep in touch!
