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Published: 10 Feb 2020 Bachelor of Commerce

The National Indigenous Business Summer School 2020

Over the summer, The University of Melbourne was proud to host the 2020 class of the National Indigenous Business Summer School (NIBSS). We spoke with some of the program attendees to find out more about the NIBSS experience, and what they took away from the intensive.

Published: 29 Jan 2020 Student Enrichment

MBSSA: An organisation for everyone

With 2020 now upon us, we caught up with Rocky Reynaldo, incoming president of the Melbourne Business School Students Association to find out what MBSSA has planned for the year ahead.

Published: 17 Jan 2020 Alumni

Bringing business thinking to sport

Jo Weston (BCom, 2015) is a star player for the Australian Diamonds netball team and the Melbourne Vixens. Here she reflects on how she applies business thinking on the court.

Published: 17 Jan 2020 Alumni

The making of a CEO

Shamini Rajarethnam climbed from marketing coordinator to CEO at luxury skincare company, Rationale, in four years. Here she shares her wisdom – from juggling work and home life to the importance of building a “tribe” of trusted advisors.

Published: 16 Jan 2020 Alumni

Forging a career as a global citizen

Vi Peterson climbed to senior ranks in the male-dominated banking industry in the 1980s. Not satisfied to rest on her laurels, she has gone on to connect international businesses as a consultant, create her own philanthropic foundation and sit on a number of boards all over the world.

Published: 16 Jan 2020 Alumni

Why the Lord Mayor has embraced being a “career chameleon”

Melbourne Lord Mayor, Sally Capp (BCom, LLB (Hons) 1991), has had a myriad of career changes. Here she shares how her love of transformation and commitment to learning has shaped her own version of success.

Published: 16 Jan 2020 Alumni

Advice from an investor: Beware of “mentor whiplash”

Venture capitalist Rachel Yang drives positive social change by investing in start-ups that make a difference. Here she shares some advice she usually reserves for the founders she works with.

Published: 08 Jan 2020 Awards

Global award for transformational online education

The Future of Management Education Alliance and the University of Melbourne receive international recognition for innovative approach to online learning and business education.

Published: 08 Jan 2020 Accounting

Recognising accounting champions

The Australian Accounting Hall of Fame celebrates distinguished accounting practitioners and academics.

Published: 03 Jan 2020 Alumni

An Entrepreneurial Perspective

Nolana Lynch launched Eco-Truffles, a skin care range that supports and employs Caribbean women, after beginning her PhD in earth and environmental science. As research gave way to social enterprise, Nolana decided it was time to take the next step in her career, with the Master of Entrepreneurship at Wade institute.

Published: 03 Jan 2020 Alumni

How do you plant a million trees? Sell a million socks

As we consider the future of our economy, society and planet, the role of business to create change and have a positive impact becomes more and more pronounced. For Melbourne Business School alumnus Jesse Bilkey, it was an accident on the family farm that made him think about what he wanted his legacy to be. The answer was a way to honour his grandfather and help save the environment.

Published: 03 Jan 2020 Entrepreneurship

Why entrepreneurship can and should be learned

Most startups don't fail to start, they fail to grow. Taking the opportunity to learn is a critical part of being an entrepreneur.

Published: 24 Dec 2019 Economics

The hidden secrets of the gender gap

Behavioural economist Dr Maria Recalde uses experimental methods to investigate the oftentimes hidden factors that contribute to gender gaps in the workforce. Here she discusses what drives her to do her research.

Published: 24 Dec 2019 Marketing

Questioning consumerism

How Dr Michal Carrington’s unique childhood and former career as a marketing executive inspired her research of the modern world’s most tricky problems.

Published: 19 Dec 2019 Media

Top stories of 2019

Another busy year in the FBE Newsroom! Here are the top stories of 2019.

Published: 03 Dec 2019 Accounting

Accounting for the future

Prof Naomi Soderstrom has always been interested in environmental issues. Her research uses mainstream accounting to address climate change.

Published: 02 Dec 2019 Accounting

Love at first sight

Master of Management (Accounting and Finance) student Aishwarya Kalyanshetti completed a masters degree at home in India, but at the end of her studies she didn’t feel she’d gotten all she needed. With her sights set on studying abroad, a chance encounter at a student recruitment fair opened her eyes to Melbourne Business School, and it was love at first sight.

Published: 28 Nov 2019 Bachelor of Commerce

Taking on the world

Twins Anchuli Felicia King and Aphiwan Natasha King shared their undergraduate years at the University. But embarking on very different study paths has led to two distinctly successful global careers.

Published: 28 Nov 2019 Bachelor of Commerce

From wild west to ‘democracy sausage’

John Tass-Parker (BCom BA(Media&Comm)2012) has already had his fair share of career highlights. He’s worked for two Australian prime ministers, in the movie industry in Los Angeles, and as a wedding photographer. But for the past five years, Tass-Parker has worked for Instagram’s Politics and Government team in New York, and he’s recently been listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30.

Published: 19 Nov 2019 Awards

Taking teaching excellence to new heights

Each year the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement recognises and celebrates the valuable contribution of our teachers at the Business and Economics Faculty through the Teaching Excellence Awards.

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