Events

What a jubilant moment when we welcome and onboard students from both South East Asia and East Asia Centres for the September 2022 MSc Financial Management cohort. Conducted via HyFlex (Hybrid & Flexible) course delivery, South East Asian students attended the session at the Centre while East Asian students joined the session via Zoom. Judging […]

While the Great Resignation implies that people are leaving the workforce, a large swath of workers is simply reconfiguring what their careers look like. The current disruption is seeing more employees moving around the job market. Post-covid pandemic resulted in more employees fine-tuning to a better work-life balance and making deliberate choices as to where

Our Centre Director kicked off the night by giving a welcome speech to a room full of the July 2022 cohort of Global MBA & Sept 2022 cohort of MSc Financial Management students as they embark on their new journey with The University of Manchester. The session was delivered via Zoom for students residing outside

We hosted a Senior Alumni Focus Group Luncheon with our UK colleagues, Mr Richard Cotton – International Development Director, Mr Stuart Wells – Executive Director of Executive Education and Dr Alex Gardner-McTaggart – Academic Theme Lead. Together with our Centre Director, Ms Lim Bee Ing, they warmly welcome the senior alumni. It was a wonderful opportunity for our

Blockchain is still a very much sought-after topic after all these years. MBSAAS organised a panel discussion on 15 June 2022 with three highly experienced C-suite executives and a special guest, Ms Bowie Lau from Hong Kong AMBS. The host, VP MBSAAS, Mr Teo Teck Loon is a director in a global bank and a

Artificial intelligence is crucial to innovation and business growth in today’s digital world. Digital transformation has accelerated during the pandemic. According to a 2021 World Economic Forum report, more than 80 percent of CEOs say the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation. Artificial Intelligence is top of mind for boardroom executives as a strategy to transform their

What is your strategy for a propelled career advancement in a world of unknowns and a shift in the way people think about work? We invited a highly sought-after Career Mentor and Career Strategist, Adrian Choo, to speak to a roomful of students and alumni on 28 April 2022. Regional students and alumni also joined

For the first time in two years, The University of Manchester Alumni Association of Singapore (UOMAAS) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in person at our Centre on 27 April 2022. It was refreshing to see familiar faces all over again and catching up with one another was priceless. Our Southeast Asia Centre Director, Ms

It gives our Centre great pleasure to host the British Council for ‘Studying in the UK’ – An interactive session with UK universities on 27 April 2022. It was a hybrid session held on Zoom and at our Centre. The other participating UK universities are University of Glasgow, University of Liverpool and The University of