From: SBC News Centre
On Nov. 11, the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) Alumni Event was held by the SBC Learning Resources Project Team in Room 203 of the SBC library. Three outstanding MMU graduates (Diane Yao, Pauline and Denis Tang) were invited to participate in the event and share their stories of success with SBC students.
MMU is one of the SBC’s UK partner universities. It offers courses and qualifications in a range of subject areas, and is located in Manchester – one of the best and largest student-focused cities in Europe. The University is committed to providing a world-class learning experience.
Diane Yao studied Strategic Marketing at MMU. Now she works as Associate Director of Strategic Marketing Department of Deloittee China. Diane shared stories about how she applied for a Master’s Degree at MMU and the shining points of her ten years of working experience. She simplified her years of working in one sentence “doing what you learned”. After giving a general description of Deloitte China and her work, she elaborated how important it was to demonstrate independent thinking, innovation and great character at the workplace. She also mentioned the importance of thinking twice before everything is about to be completed and forming a reading habit. Finally, she recommended several books for business students to have a deeper cognition of the business world.
Dennis Tang studied Business Information Technology and Management. He now works as Manager of the MMU China Office. He shared some interesting stories of his ten years working including the fact that he had changed jobs seven times. He told students that the most crucial thing about your career was to gather much more information about your subject and the related industry. His suggestions have really helped students find a direction for their studies and career plans.
Paulin studied Fashion Design at MMU. She has worked as a designer in DKNY for about seven years. She now has her own fashion company in Shanghai. Unfortunately Paulin was not able to attend the event to share the story of her success by herself. However, students still learned a lot from the full introduction on Pauline given by the host of this event.
Students who joined the Alumni event expressed that they all received plenty of fresh thoughts from the outstanding MMU graduates, that they would like do some research and collect much more information to guide their career planning. They hope that more events like this will be held at SBC.
