Horizons Autumn 2011 Page 2

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Welcome to Horizons, the University of Liverpool
Management School alumni magazine.

This is an exciting time for the School as we continue to
expand, both physically and in terms of our staff resources.
This year alone we have added 19 new members to our
academic staff and we expect to recruit another 10 in 2012.

If you have visited the School recently you will be aware
that the car park adjacent to the Chatham Building is currently
a construction site while the University builds new student
residences. This £44 million development will be completed
in June 2012 and will house 710 beds, a 250-seat restaurant,
and café and retail space.

One particularly exciting outcome of this building work will be
a new wing created specifically for MBA students which will
incorporate team study space. For those students moving into
the new student residences building, this fantastic facility will
be right on their doorstep.

Once the residences building is complete, work will then begin
on a new extension to the School. We will be writing to you
about this as our plans develop and will be telling you about
some interesting new teaching concepts that we are
developing here at Liverpool too.

Later this year I will be giving a lecture to incoming MBA
students about the value of exploring different industries
through informal conversations with ULMS alumni. I
encourage you to share your experiences of some of the
challenges faced by the industry you work in, as I think this
will be of real value when these students are preparing
for job interviews.

I hope that you enjoy this edition of Horizons. If you have
any thoughts or comments about the magazine or about
any aspect of the School, please don't hesitate to get in
touch by emailing mdalziel@liverpool.ac.uk

You can also follow me on twitter @mdalziel
or connect with me on Linkedin.

Professor Murray Dalziel
Director, University of Liverpool Management School

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