Words from the Dean

I would like to begin by congratulating our student prize winners for their impressive achievements throughout last year. I, along with many local business leaders were given the opportunity to congratulate the potential these ECU students had already achieved within their university studies. I encourage you all to reach your potential throughout your university studies and remind you that your lecturers and tutors are here to help you with this goal.

The Faculty constantly strives to build working partnerships with industry, helping to connect our students to their prospective employees. These opportunities for work are promoted through our Student Information Centre and their program Get That Job!
Professor Robert Harvey, Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law

New Perth Graduate School of Business soon to be launched

We are pleased to announce that the new Perth Graduate School of Business will open at the Mount Lawley campus in late July.

The new school offers a one-stop-shop for our post-graduate students, ensuring we provide a professional yet flexible and supportive study environment.

The new Business and Law building (Building 10), also due to open at Mount Lawley in July, will become the principal location for coursework based post-graduate study, whilst Joondalup will be principal location for research based post-graduate study.

The new, modern facilities at Mount Lawley support our innovative approach to teaching and learning and will enhance your overall experience of studying at ECU.

Facilities include:  100 seat lecture theatre; case study, tutorial and breakout rooms; state-of-the art computing labs and a postgraduate lounge with fully equipped kitchen. Visit the faculty website for further details.

Deloitte Dream Team

The ECU Deloitte Dream Team pitted their business acumen against nine teams from W.A universities in the grand final on 13th May. The team consisted of five students competing for $2500 prize money against seven other university teams. The competition was judged by senior staff of Deloitte who commented on the excellent presentations with only a few points separating all the teams.

For ECU contestant Zac Meyer, the Business Edge program from the Bachelor of Business provided the knowledge and know-how to effectively answer the problem and present it to Deloitte in an effective style.

“The learning we do in that particular course (Business Edge) was directly relevant and useful in the competition run by Deloitte,” Zac said.

Acting Dean of Business and Law, Associate Professor Mark Stoney had only praise for the ECU team members. “The experience and confidence gained by students will hold them in good stead and their development throughout the course of the competition was remarkable.”

Nicole Musolino from Deloitte said “The ECU students were absolutely brilliant and credit goes to the team Zachary Meyer, Michael Manes, Robert Hardwick, Tammy Williamson and Amar Raithatha.”

Student Prize Evening

The high achievements of faculty students were celebrated on Wednesday 9 April at the Student Prizes evening held at Frasers restaurant in Kings Park.

The awards, sponsored by prominent industry leaders of Western Australia, recognise outstanding marks in areas across Business and Law. Award winners rubbed shoulders with some of Perth’s big businesses whilst enjoying cocktail finger food and drinks.

Congratulations to all winning students on their outstanding achievements.

Joondalup Open Day

Do you know anyone interested in studying at university? Let them know ECU is holding its Open Day on Sunday 25 May at the Joondalup campus. The Open Day promises to be a lively event with a huge program of entertainment including helicopter rides, the Nova Casanovas, WAAPA performances and DJ’s.

There’s a stack of prizes on offer – a trip for two to Melbourne to see Rove, a PlayStation 3, iPods, and more! Give someone the gift of knowledge and encourage them to check out what ECU has to offer at the Open Day.

The Faculty of Business and Law is looking for student volunteers to assist with the upcoming Joondalup Open Day. Tasks include:

• Setting up interactive activities (Friday afternoon)
• Setting up tables and chairs for display areas (Friday afternoon)
• Directing prospective students and other visitors on the day to our tasting tents and display rooms

FINSIA Mini Olympics

Accounting, Finance and Economics students went head to head with the big boys from St Georges Terrace last Friday at FINSIA’s Mini Olympics.

With only one week to prepare, our ECU team (being the only university participating in the competition) gave it their all against the likes of NAB, BankWest, Rio Tinto, KPMG and many other big name businesses, in a range of sports.

ECU managed to dominate on the volleyball court while the egg and spoon race was best left to the banks.

Students thoroughly enjoyed the competition, a good change from the classroom where crunching numbers is the game.

Law students prepare for national battle

Law students have been battling for the honor of representing ECU at this year’s National Australian Law Students Association Competition to be held in Hobart in July. Three major competitions test students’ skills in negotiation, client interviewing and mooting.

Tania Wenn and Michael Semenyszyn negotiated their way to victory over fellow law students on the 7 May at Blake Dawson Lawyers. Makan Mirzai and Kate Norman of Blake Dawson Lawyers judged the event and offered $1500 in prize money to support the pair in Hobart.

The Client Interviewing competition held before Michael Crowley saw Margaret Au and Biao Hu narrowly defeat Nina Goodwin and Felicia Wong.
Tottle Partners Lawyers have once again supported this year’s mooting competition which will see Musonda Songwe and Kade Rosenthal contend with Grant Narbey and Daniel Coster for the Tottle Partners Cup.

ECU Law lecturer Michael Crowley expects fierce competition in Hobart, however, he believes that our ECU students will deliver an impressive performance come July.

Wise words from a recent ECU graduate

Chelsea Jones was recently awarded the prestigious Faculty Medal at this year’s annual Student Prizes evening. Throughout her studies Chelsea has been an outstanding academic who recently completed her degree in Business, majoring in Tourism Management and Public Relations.

Who better to ask about the secret to success when it comes to study, than one of our top achievers? So how did Chelsea thrive throughout her five years of study?
“I don’t have the secret to success, all I can say is just do the work. It’s only 13 weeks for semester one and 13 weeks for semester two, altogether that’s 26 weeks. It’s only half a year.

“Read the readings, start the assignments when you get them and try to enjoy the experience as much as you can. The greater the challenge, the greater the satisfaction and fulfilment when it’s done.”

Endeavour to study abroad

Students are encouraged to enter the Endeavour Awards program to help further their academic or professional career.

The Awards program is run by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and provides study, research and professional development opportunities within Australia or overseas.

Research fellowships, executive awards, student exchange programs and language teacher fellowships are offered through the awards program.
International students who are citizens of countries other than Australia are also eligible to apply.

For more information, visit http://www.endeavour.dest.gov.au/
Applications close on Thursday, 31 July.
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