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NIBS Online - August 2003

NIBS is an email bulletin packed with information and updates from all areas of the IBS. You can click on IBS web links for further details about any topics of interest.

IBS Consulting Peter Ginty and Dr Leslie Gadman have joined the IBS to lecture in Strategic Management and establish its Consultancy operations. Both Peter and Sean have excellent track records in consulting for blue
chip firms in the UK and US. Further details about IBS Consulting will be announced soon.

Compliance Institute CPD Events to be held at the IBS in the near future are on the topics of 'Preparing for a Supervisory Visit' (fully booked) sponsored by KYCOS, and 'Directors' Disqualifications Past, Present and
Future' on Wednesday 1 October. For details contact helentc@btinternet.com

JMU Vice Chancellor Professor Michael Brown will be making his first visit to the IBS on Thursday 2 October. His itinerary will include meetings with IBS staff, students, directors and governors.

PhD Graduation Congratulations to Dr Donglin Pei who completed his PhD recently. IBS Accounting Lecturer Dr Pei chose the subject of the Chinese Stock Market for his PhD, focusing on 'The Information Content of Qualified Audit Reports on Chinese Stock Market'. By employing the most popularized Event Study Methodology, the research investigates the listed firms' share price movements around the announcements of qualified auditing reports on two Chinese A-share markets, Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

Programme Induction / Start Dates for Liverpool John Moores University degree programmes taught at the IBS are week commencing Monday 15 September. Applications are still being accepted. Contact Ciara Goode on
693709 or c.goode@ibs.ac.im for any further information about course content or funding, or to arrange a visit to the IBS to meet academic staff.

Top Marks for IBS Students who are continuing to achieve excellent results at the end of the International Business School's second academic year. Year one students on the full-time BA (Hons) Business Studies degree programme have achieved an average of 62% across the ten subject modules studied over the year - and second year students have achieved 61%. This puts most IBS students well on track to achieving a prestigious upper second or first class degree result.

STEP / Student Services Thanks to Stephanie Cannell, who has been developing IBS Student Services on her STEP workplacement project which was co-ordinated by the DTI. Stephanie who is from the Island returns to
Hull University as a third year student in September.

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