It has been a year already for the first cohort of SBC students studying Business Management at The University of Sheffield. We believe many people want to know about their study life in UK. Fortunately, we were able to get in touch with one of them, Liu Liping a couple of weeks ago. She gave us much information about her study life at The University of Sheffield.
She said that at The University of Sheffield, their lecturers are from all over the world and senior academics in related research areas. Students in Sheffield have the opportunity to learn from professionals in various business sectors through guest lectures. The Library provides abundant learning resources like books, videos, digital databases etc.
The most challenging part of her study in Sheffield is being taught using real business cases which really improve students’ critical analyzing, creative thinking and problem solving abilities. And their module in Operations and Supply Chain Management is the best example for case studies in Sheffield. The module is run in association with Rolls-Royce.
Liu Liping mentioned Rolls-Royce Business Game particularly in the module which is an integrated case-study and business/simulation game sponsored by Rolls-Royce and is used as the basis for a group project, with a prize awarded by the company’s executives to the best group. Liu Liping with her team received the Rolls-Royce Academic Award of Excellence based their performance in the game. Only four of fifty groups were given awards. Liu said that through the game she had the opportunity to work with group members from four countries, UK, Indonesia, Vietnam and Romania. She also learned how to deal with problems in a real business context.
In August 2010, the Chinese Ministry of Education gave approval to the University of Sheffield to deliver their Business Management degree at the Sino-British College. The business management is a four-year, full-time major. After two years’ study in the SBC, students can head to the University of Sheffield in the UK to study for one or two years. Upon completion of the degree, the SBC students will be awarded a BA in Business Management from the University of Sheffield.
Andy Richie, SBC Business Management lecturer, who is responsible for running of the University of Sheffield programme, said, “It is a privilege to work closely with professors from a world ranked university like Sheffield. Already we have had several video conferences with the Business Management team in Sheffield and this can only help our staff to bring the best of UK educational experiences to our students here in SBC. The fact that out of 50 groups participating in the Rolls-Royce Academic Award for Excellence, two of the four prizes awarded went to groups of students from SBC is a source of great pride and confidence in the quality and future of the programme.”
