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New Vice-Dean (Research) at Strathclyde Business School  For Professor Alison Morrison, May 2008 turned out to be a pretty good month! On May 6th she was invited to an evening
reception for 350 people at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in recognition of her significant
contribution to the British Hospitality Industry (as was Professor Richard Prentice, Head of Department, Hospitality and Tourism Management). May 14th-16th HTM hosted the annual Council of Hospitality Management Education (CHME) Research
Conference which was deemed by all participants to be an outstanding success. Annually CHME award one Honorary Fellowship
to a person deemed to have made considerable and sustained advances in hospitality management education. This year it was
awarded to Alison at a Civic Reception held in honour of the conference by Dr. Angela Roper, Deputy Chair of CHME. The
month Alison Morrison culminated with her election to the role of Vice-Dean (Research) within SBS; a new and exciting challenge at a time
when we are all looking towards the outcomes of RAE2008 and beyond.
Back to top Scholar award for Professor Colin Eden  At the annual Group Decision and Negotiation conference in Coimbra, Portugal the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) of the USA has conferred on Colin Eden the GDN section annual award. The award is made
annually to an outstanding scholar in the field. The citation reads that the award is: "to honor his outstanding
contributions to the theory and practice of Group Decision and Negotiation, by integrating OR methods and behavioural
research, his theoretical works published numerous articles and books have shaped the entire field".Colin Eden Back to top Speed-dating, a novel approach to business projects........... On Thursday, 22 May 2008 Scottish Enterprise, in association with the business school Careers Support Service, set up a 'speed-dating' event for companies that wished to take on a MBA student for the summer. This was based on a successful partnership between Scottish Enterprise and the Business School, initiated by Irene Aitkenhead Taylor, and which saw over 15 projects made available in 2007. The companies were asked if they would find benefit from a variety of services, ranging from feasibility studies, detailed market research, marketing strategy and positioning, strategic and high level business consultancy. Reports from the successful event described an excellent turn out from the students eager to present themselves to some of the 13 small to medium-sized Scottish businesses attending, and that the companies were impressed with the quality and enthusiasm of the students. To date there have been around 20 projects offered. Back to top Scottish Centre for Employment Research  Professor Chris Warhurst was invited to be a main plenary speaker at the 2008 Scottish Public Sector Skills Conference held
at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow in June. He spoke on the need and ways in which the public sector can progress the
government's national skills agenda. Other speakers included Grahame Smith, General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress and a Commissioner for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Supported by the Government and SQA, the
conference is organised by the Scottish Further Education Unit, the
Scottish Qualifications & Credit Framework, Skills for Health and the Scottish Social Services Council.Chris Warhurst Back to top GGA Cultural Connections conference  At the recent GGA Cultural Connections conference, Professor Alan Wilson was part of a 'David Dimbleby style' Question
Time panel responding to an audience of over 100 theatre, arts and heritage managers from all over Scotland. The aim of
the conference related to increasing collaboration across the sector to raise the profile of the arts, enhance
Scotland's reputation and enhance audience development. Other members of the panel represented the National Theatre of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, VisitScotland.com, Culture and Sport Glasgow and Glasgow City Council.
The panel was chaired by the Alan Wilson
broadcaster Janice Forsyth.
Back to top Marketing Works Grand Finale Teams with the best resulting projects from this year's Marketing Works initiative presented their work to corporate judging panels, during May. Marketing Works is a team-based project, where the Department of Marketing's post-graduate programmes undertake consultancy for clients, between October and March. This year, there were 21 Marketing Works projects across the MSc in Marketing, and MSc International Marketing programmes. A judging panel of established marketers, Anne Donaldson (Price Waterhouse Cooper), Alex McGuire (Scottish Development International) and Paul Harrison (Intrum Justitia) considered the MSc International Marketing presentations, while Marie Taylor (Taylor McKenzie), Craig Monks (Smith and McLaurin) and Martin Raymond (Cloudline PR) assessed the presentations for the MSc Marketing. The finalists' clients included Invatec, CenTradeX, Sgurr Energy, Blue Sky Experiences, Carbon Passport, 4TM and the University's International Graduate Office. After much deliberation, prizes were awarded to the teams working with Strathclyde University International Graduate Office and Blue Sky Experiences. Martin Raymond, Cloudline PR, commented, "these student presentations were genuinely interesting, delivered with frightening confidence and style". 
Winning group from the MScIM programme along with their supervisor Mr Edward Shiu and their client (Strathclyde International Graduate Office)
Winning group from MScM along with their supervisor Dr Paul Hewer
Back to top Annual German Library Congress Christine Reid was an invited speaker at the 97th Deutscher Bibliothekartag, the annual German Library Congress, held in Mannheim from the 3rd to 6th June. The theme of this conference was 'Moving Knowledge: Libraries in the information society' and Christine's presentation considered the social and technological factors which will impact libraries in the future. Back to top MDP The top three teams in the first year SBS Management Development Programme (MDP) presented their Holiday Projects to Deloitte and Touche staff in their boardroom in Glasgow. Selected holidays included a specialist provision for single parents, a customised holiday in Dubai and the winners who were particularly interested in environmental issues developed a rail holiday in Scandinavia. Students presented confidently and also managed financial questions posed by Deloitte staff professionally. Financial prizes were awarded to all teams and presented by Jim Boyle, Partner(Audit). The Strathclyde MDP contributes to students employability, for further information please contact Aileen Watson, MDP Manager a.c.watson@strath.ac.uk and www.strathmdp.com 
The top three teams in the first year SBS Management Development Programme (MDP)
Back to top New EPRC Publication 
Douglas Yuill, Martin Ferry and Tobias Gross have contributed an article entitled 'Review, Revision, Reform: Recent Regional Policy Developments in the EU and Norway' to a recent edition of the journal Studia
Regionalne i Lokalne (Regional and Local Studies). The quarterly journal is published by the Centre for European Regional
and Local Studies (EUROREG) at the University of Warsaw and is devoted to regional and local development and policies in
Poland and in the EU, analysed from both theoretical and policy-oriented perspectives. The article draws on research
carried out for EPRC's EoRPA consortium. It presents an overview of recent trends in national regional policy developments
across the EU and Norway (assessing recent changes in its conceptualisation, strategic content, spatial orientation and
implementation). The full reference to the article is: Yuill, D. Ferry, M. and Gross, T. (2008) Przegląd, zmiany,
reformy - zmiany polityki regionalnej w UE i w Norwegii [Review, Revision, Reform: Recent Regional Policy Developments in
the EU and Norway], Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, nr 1 (31) s. 5 - 37. See http://www.studreg.uw.edu.pl/ for more details.
The report on which the article is based is available on the EoRPA website.
Back to top EPRC Conference on Sustainable Development held in Katowice, Poland 28-30 May 2008  'Sustainable strategies for growth and jobs' was the the topic of an international conference organised by EPRC and
attended by around 50 participants from 13 EU Member States in Katowice on 28-30 May. Based on EPRC research led by Dr
Martin Ferry and Carlos Mendez, the Conference debated how sustainable development is being integrated within EU-funded
Structural Funds programmes for the 2007-13 period. The Conference was held under the auspices of the IQ-Net research
programme, which is managed by EPRC under the direction of Professor John Bachtler and Laura Polverari, and involves
cross-national research on the implementation of EU Cohesion policy in different institutional contexts. The Conference
was the 24th meeting of the IQ-Net programmes and was hosted by Śląskie Voivodeship, Managing Authority of Śląskie's 2007-13
Regional Operational Programmes.
Back to top John Gennard Prize The first annual John Gennard Prize was awarded recently at the Management Research Report Conference hosted by the Department of Human Resource Management to the top three students for their Management Research Report. The Department was delighted to introduce the John Gennard Prize, named in recognition of John's exceptional contribution, during his long career at the University of Strathclyde, both as Dean of the Business School and Head of the Department of Human Resource Management. John also contributed to the wider HR community through his work with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Students on the MSc in Human Resource Management undertake a placement from January to March where they gain valuable work experience within an organisation and the HR function. During the placement students conduct research and write-up their Management Research Report. The organisations that provided the placement opportunities are invited to the Management Research Report Conference where the students present their findings. Emeritus Professor John Gennard gave the keynote address at the conference on "Does HR contribute to business decisions?" Antonina Sobieraj was awarded First Prize, Cecile Clegg-Delavault and Louise Ross were awarded joint Second Prize. 
Left to right: Dr Kirsty Newsome, Antonina Sobieraj, Cecile Clegg-Delavault, Emeritus Professor John Gennard
Back to top Indian Business Process Outsourcing Research Professor Phil Taylor has received an award of £3,000 from Scottish Development International to continue his research into the globalisation of business services. As part of this investigation, Phil participated in the National Association of Software and Service Companies BPO Conference in Bangalore (9-10 June). He will complete for a report which updates knowledge of developments in India and its potential impact on the Scottish economy. Findings will be disseminated to a number of public and private sector stakeholders in Scotland. Back to top University Research Day: HRM Presentation At the university's research day, 10th June, the Department of HRM presented in poster and video form the story of its leading international and national research, together with its wide-ranging doctoral and postgraduate portfolio. Led by Dr Dora Scholarios and Mr Graham Lynch the department's mixed media installation gave an integrated account of exciting and internationally-esteemed work in the field of work and employment. Over the last few years the department has develop a sophisticated range of activity in its research into knowledge and skills in the contemporary economy, employees' experiences of dignity, health and well-being and human resources in the global economy. Copies of the DVD can be obtained from Graham Lynch. 
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