Advance Credit And Project Finance- A Practical Case Study Approach Workshop

Congratulations to Kadi Huang, Chris Himpich, Alex Priest and Daniel Lim for reaching the final of the Universities Business Challenge! In Particular to ICMA Centre students Kadi Huang, 2nd year Finance and Investment Banking, and Daniel Lim, 1st year Finance & Investment Banking. The semi-final was held at the offices of P&G (Procter & Gamble) in Weybridge and required the ten semi-finalists to purchase, renovate and manage a hotel business in Thailand.Tasks included corporate social responsibility, media presentation, creative thinking and networking. The Henley team produced an outstanding performance to win with a profit of £151K (moderated by a stakeholder engagement score).They will join nine finalists from other top business schools at the London HQ of IBM UK in Southbank on Friday 22 March for the chance to win up to £1000. We wish them the best of luck!

A student from Vietnam has been awarded the prestigious British Council Chevening Scholarships to undertake a postgraduate degree at the ICMA Centre for the 2009/10 academic year. The award has been jointly funded by the University of Reading, and will cover 50% of the course fees which will be provided by the ICMA Centre. Mr Hung will be studying MSc Corporate Finance at the ICMA Centre.

On Friday 6th November 2009, the ICMA Centre travelled to Athens, Greece to take part in the British Council UK Education Fair. These fairs are held in numerous locations across the world, and are excellent opportunities for E.U and overseas students to find out more about studying in the UK.