Tag: Edinburgh Business School

Taylor Bennett Foundation launches new programme in Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

A charity set up to tackle the lack of ethnic diversity in the communications industry is to launch its first graduate training programme in Scotland. The Taylor Bennett Foundation (TBF), which works with PR agencies and in-house communications teams to provide intensive training for black and minority ethnic (BAME) graduates, will launch its first programme outside London in early June, providing training for four graduates over five weeks.  Lead sponsors of the programme are Standard Life Aberdeen and strategic communications consultancy Charlotte Street Partners. The programme is being provided in…

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Student Competition set to match profit with purpose

Stuart Mitchell

Students at Edinburgh’s Universities will devise new business ideas to tackle global challenges and pitch them to a panel of industry leaders in the second year of #makeyourmark. The two-day competition challenges undergraduates to match profit with purpose by using commercial ideas to tackle inequalities and transform local communities. Running on the 24-26 October, #makeyourmark will involve undergraduate students from the Business School, School of Law, Edinburgh College of Art, and the School of Literatures, Languages and Culture. They will be tackling challenges such as homelessness, child labour, isolation and…

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