University of Portsmouth Faculty of Business and Law Year 12 Conference

Our Faculty of Business and Law Year 12 Conference is an opportunity for students to gain knowledge and insight into the wide range of courses on offer in Business, Economics and Finance, Accounting and Financial Management, Marketing, Sales, Law, Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Organisational Strategy and Human Resource Management.

Attendees will experience a short lecture, an academic seminar and a student-led practical workshop on specific areas of interest to them.

Programme for the day:

9:30 - 9.55 Arrival, registration and refreshments

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction and welcome talk

10:15 -10.50 Opening lecture

A Measure of Service Quality: The SERVQUAL Analysis

It is no longer possible for an organisation to stand still and remain competitive, ‘we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place, and if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that’. Service provision is complex, it is not simply a matter of meeting expressed needs, but of finding out unexpressed needs, setting priorities, allocated resources and publicly justifying and accounting for what has been done. The SERVQUAL analysis, a tool that allows important voices to be heard, relevant performance measures taken, and improvement actions prioritised.

11:00 -11.50 Seminar session A

Students will take part in a subject session of their choice:

• Selecting Shares to Make Money - Accounting and Financial Management
• Guilty or Not Guilty? Mock Trial - Law
• Smoothie Operator - Marketing
• Trading in a Pit Market - Economics
• Is it all about Recruitment - Business and Human Resource Management
• Want to be an Entrepreneur? - Business Management and Entrepreneurship
• Push or Pull? An exercise about strategies - Business and Supply Chain Management
• Reasons to study abroad and Internationalising a Product - International Business

12:00 -12.30 What is Involved in a Placement Year?

Hear from a current student on their placement year and have the opportunity to ask them questions about their experience so far. Students will also hear from the Global Support team about the type of support that's available for University of Portsmouth students who are interested in studying abroad.

12:30 - 13:00 Lunch

A packed lunch will be provided. During lunchtime, students will have the opportunity to speak with staff from the Placement Office, Degree Apprenticeships, Student Finance and Study Abroad teams. Current students will also be on hand to chat to students.

13:05 -13.50 Seminar session B

Students will take part in a subject session of their choice:

• Selecting Shares to Make Money - Accounting and Financial Management
• Guilty or Not Guilty? Mock Trial - Law
• Smoothie Operator - Marketing
• Trading in a Pit Market - Economics
• Is it all about Recruitment - Business and Human Resource Management
• Want to be an Entrepreneur? - Business Management and Entrepreneurship
• Push or Pull? An exercise about strategies - Business and Supply Chain Management
• Reasons to study abroad and Internationalising a Product - International Business

14:00 - 14:30 Course overview and student ambassador Q&A

14:30 Conference closes

This event is for both school and college groups and individuals.

Schools and colleges: We'll contact you ahead of the event to confirm your students session choices.

Individual bookings: Please select your session choices on the order form.