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Current events

On this page we list any forthcoming events relevant to the University of Exeter Business School

Any UEBS staff or students may always attend, although registration may be required (the event will specify if so). Anyone else should contact the department or the centre in question.

We also have a listing of past events and previous recorded events can be found on our YouTube channel.

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10 October 202317:00

Viv Groskop – Happy High Status: How to be effortlessly confident

Join Viv Groskop, award-winning writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, as she shares her thoughts on determining your own ‘status’ - how you relate to others, how you carry yourself and how your internal confidence is reflected externally. Viv’s new book Happy High Status brings to life a new, authentic and contemporary way of thinking about how you “sell” yourself to the world. Full details
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11 October 20239:30

Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships across GW4

Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (mKTP) is a dynamic partnership between a business and a team of academic experts. It is a unique and valuable government grant that bridges the gap between academics and practitioners. The acceptance rate of this grant is typically 85%-90%. In this one-day event, we will showcase the benefits that academics and businesses can obtain from applying for mKTP projects. Full details
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28 November 202317:00

Skinder Hundal-The arts, shaping a new purpose-driven leadership approach

Join Skinder Hundal MBE, Global Arts Director for the British Council, as he outlines the powerful role arts and culture can play on a global stage. With a background in multiple arts forms across the world, Skinder will outline the contribution he and the British Council are making to Cop28 and to driving new digital collaborations across countries as diverse as Vietnam, Brazil and France. He’ll share his experience of TED Global, Google Cultural Institute and the Venice Biennale and outline how he thinks today’s cultural sector can shape our understanding of contemporary leadership. Networking: You also have an opportunity to meet other leaders attending this event with time at the beginning and end of the event to network.. Full details
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23 January 202417:00

Dr Margaret Heffernan – CEOs and their climate crisis blindspot

Join Dr Margaret Heffernan, acclaimed author, speaker, former CEO and academic, as she shares why she believes today’s CEOs need to wake up to the climate emergency. Margaret will draw on her experience of mentoring CEOs and senior executives of major global organisations and the ideas she has developed through her TED talks and writing, in particular through her books Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril and Uncharted: How to Map the Future. Networking: You also have an opportunity to meet other leaders attending this event with time at the beginning and end of the event to network.. Full details
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7 March 202417:00

Dr Cath Bishop-Olympic success to a new understanding of high performance

Join Dr Cath Bishop, a triple Olympian, former British diplomat, leadership and culture coach, as she shares her thoughts on how we need to reframe the concept of high performance and success in our organisations. Drawing on her book ‘The Long Win’, one of the FT’s top 10 Business Books of 2020, Cath will reflect on the need to move away from a short-term way of thinking and towards a broader and deeper understanding of meaning and purpose. Networking: You also have an opportunity to meet other leaders attending this event with time at the beginning and end of the event to network. Full details
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