In this latest episode of his new student rep podcast series, Azmain Iftekhar caught up with Felicia Kaspar, final year student from the School of Economics and Finance.

In this episode, we caught up with one of the School's Careers Consultants, Laura Skedgell to discuss how they are supporting undergradaute and postgraduate students this year.

The second episode in our series talking to the School of Economics and Finance academic community welcomes Professor George Skiadopoulos. In this podcast he discusses his journey into academia but also his current research and working with industry.

George is currently part-time at Queen Mary and he is also a Professor  at the University of Piraeus in the Department of Banking and Financial  Management. He is the Director and co-Founder of the Institute of  Finance and Financial Regulation, and an Associate Research Fellow at  Cass Business School, City University, and at Warwick Business School,  University of Warwick. George holds a BSc. from the Department of  Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business, an MSc. in  Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from the London School of  Economics, and a PhD. from the University of Warwick.

George's research interests lie in the areas of commodities,  empirical asset pricing, financial derivatives and portfolio management.  He has published in academic journals such as the Management  Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of  Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Banking and Finance,  Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Empirical Finance,  International Journal of Forecasting, and others. He serves in the  editorial boards of the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of  Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Commodity Markets, Journal  of Derivatives and Multinational Finance Journal.

In this latest episode of his new student rep podcast series, Azmain Iftekhar caught up with Dr Manolis Noikokyris and Philippa Costello (Student Support Officer) from the School of Economics and Finance. He explored what it was like for students to study online during the pandemic and how the school has worked hard on developing its student engagement activities.

Recently we caught up with George Lonergan from the central EDI team at Queen Mary University. In this podcast, George talks about the work the EDI team are undertaking in 2021 and how students and staff can get involved.

For more information on EDI at the School of Economics and Finance please visit our EDI webpage https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sef/edi/

Welcome new a new student led series from the School of Economics and Finance.

Azmain Iftekhar is the school's elected representative and in the first of his new series, meets with Cameron Storey, an alumnus of the school's Economics and Politics degree and current VP Humanities & Social Sciences at Queen Mary Student Union.

Here Azmain explores Cameron's role and what he has been doing to achieve his campaign priorities for 2021.

In this very special short podcast, we chat with Azmain Iftekhar; the School of Economics & Finance Representative 2020/21.

As an introduction to Azmain, we briefly explore his manefesto and how he will support students at the school. More information can be found on the Queen Mary Student Union website https://www.qmsu.org/part-time-reps/economics/

Look out for a full podcast with Azmain very soon!

In this special episode, we caught up with Laurence Gouldbourne, Interim Head of Diversity and Inclusion to discuss all things EDI at Queen Mary University, including the new Dignity Disclosure Officer initiative, what we can expect from the work currently being undertaken, but most importantly, how staff and students can proactively get involved, not just within the School of Economics and Finance but also the wider university.

This has become a focused and important element in the University’s strategy as we work on creating “a truly inclusive environment, building on our cherished cultural diversity, where students and staff flourish, reach their full potential and are proud to be part of the University. Dedicated to the public good, we will generate new knowledge, challenge existing knowledge, and engage locally, nationally and internationally to create a better world.”

Do consider bookmarking our web pages to keep up to date with information about the equality, diversity and inclusion work, news and events at Queen Mary https://bit.ly/31Ys91A

Recently we caught up with School of Economics and Finance alumnus and serial entrepreneur, Junior Ogunyemi. For over a decade, he has been making headlines for launching many successful companies. His business portfolio ranges from local sports academies, to global tech ventures. His achievements have seen him collect numerous national awards and become one of the most sought after business speakers.

He has produced one of the highest ranked courses on Udemy and is the best-selling author of the highly influential book, “How to be a Student Entrepreneur”.

Junior has appeared on Tedx and has worked on government initiatives both locally and internationally. His dynamic inspirational messages have helped thousands of business owners gain clarity, learn how to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and maximize their full potential.