2015
The Management School is delighted to announce the official launch of a strategic partnership with Tayto called Facilitaytors which will encourage students to become more socially responsible and raise monies for a local charity through a range of School based and student organised events. The School's first nominated charity is Marie Curie Cancer Cure.
Professor John Turner, Head of the Management School, highlighted the relationship with Tayto and Marie Curie, focusing on the 3 Cs – crisps, compassion and creativity. Crisps represent the link with Tayto, compassion represents the continuous care and support Marie Curie provide to terminally ill people and their families, and creativity represents part of the School’s Mission Statement – to produce creative and socially responsible students.
In supporting the students in their fundraising activities, Tayto have created a range of scholarships for both individual and team based activities. Paul Allen, Chief Executive Officer for Tayto Group Ltd and an Economics graduate of the School, highlighted the importance of students getting involved and volunteering. He noted that 42% of managers who are seeking to recruit graduates consider volunteering equivalent to full-time work experience.
Ciara Gallagher, Deputy Head of Regional Fundraising for Marie Curie, spoke of the work Marie Curie undertakes throughout Northern Ireland, and how everyone in the School, staff and students alike, can get involved in fundraising.
At the launch, various students and staff spoke of the activities that they planned to organise to raise money. Some of the School’s PhD students developed a humorous time-lapse video of a relay race around Riddel Hall to help motivate the audience to fundraise
The event finished with what else, but lots of crisps, giving everyone the energy to go out and raise some money!
All students and staff in the Management School are encouraged to get involved. Some School wide events are already planned, but why not plan your own as well. Send an email to facilitaytor@qub.ac.uk to find out more information on how to get involved.